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August 2014 Concert Calendar
August's Global A Go-Go picks:Mauritanian singer Noura Mint Seymali (pictured above) tours the USA supporting her new album Tzenni, one of the year's best; she and her band (led by amazing guitarist...
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Charts June 1, 2014
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 BOBBY VALENTIN | El Mensajero | Andale2 BIO RITMO | Puerta Del Sur | Vampisoul3 SEUN KUTI AND EGYPT 80 | A Long Way To The Beginning | Knitting Factory4 IBIBIO SOUND...
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Program June 6, 2014
Will (Quantic) Holland, the British DJ-producer-record collector-bandleader-composer-musician, has just finished up a six-year residency in Colombia (he recently moved to Brooklyn).His superb new album...
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The Sound Of Siam, Volume 2: Molam & Luk Thung From North-East Thailand...
ARTIST: various artistsTITLE: The Sound Of Siam, Volume 2: Molam & Luk Thung From North-East Thailand 1970-1982LABEL: SoundwayVolume 2 of this series from Soundway Records and compilers Chris...
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Quantic | Magnetica
ARTIST: QuanticTITLE: MagneticaLABEL: Tru ThoughtsThis is Will (Quantic) Holland’s fifteenth studio album, and he’s still just 34 years old. Holland came out of England’s northern soul, funk and broken...
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Charts June 8, 2014
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 BIO RITMO | Puerta Del Sur | Vampisoul2 QUANTIC | Magnetica | Tru Thoughts3 BOULPIK | Kompa Lakay | Lusafrica4 VARIOUS ARTISTS | The Sound Of Siam Volume 2: Molam &...
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Program June 13, 2014
This week on Global A Go-Go, Elin (pictured above with Brazilian legend Jorge Ben) and Ben Takis of the band Alma Tropicalia drop by the studio for a chat. DC-based Alma Tropicalia, who specialize in...
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Charts June 15, 2014
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 BIO RITMO | Puerta Del Sur | Vampisoul2 GAROTAS SUECAS | Feras Miticas | Vampisoul3 QUANTIC | Magnetica | Tru Thoughts4 VARIOUS ARTISTS | The Sound Of Siam, Volume 2:...
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Program June 20, 2014
This week, Global A Go-Go goes live -- Black Masala (pictured above), DC's gypsy-inspired brass band, plays live this Friday on Global A Go-Go before taking the stage at Balliceaux later that night.If...
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Salsa De Hoy: An Independent Salsa Caliente Compilation
ARTIST: various artistsTITLE: Salsa De Hoy: An Independent Salsa Caliente CompilationLABEL: Discos De HoyRichmonders know all about Bio Ritmo (track 4), the hometown salsa band whose appeal goes well...
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Charts June 22, 2014
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 BOBBY VALENTIN | El Mensajero | Andale2 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Salsa De Hoy: An Independent Salsa Caliente Compilation | Discos De Hoy3 BIO RITMO | Puerta Del Sur | Vampisoul4...
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Program June 27, 2014
Here at WRIR, the flavor of summer 2014 is most definitely "Latin." We've received more good-to-excellent new Latin music releases in the last couple of months than at any other time in the first ten...
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Cumbia All Stars | Tigres En Fuga
ARTIST: Cumbia All StarsTITLE: Tigres En FugaLABEL: World VillageIn the last seven or so years, there’s been a worldwide groundswell of interest in chicha, Peru’s psychedelic cumbia music of the 60s,...
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Charts June 29, 2014
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 BIO RITMO | Puerta Del Sur | Vampisoul2 CUMBIA ALL STARS | Tigres En Fuga | World Village3 RICARDO LEMVO AND MAKINA LOCA | La Rumba SoYo | Cumbancha4 VARIOUS ARTISTS |...
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Program July 4, 2014
It happens that I live in a Congressional district (Virginia's 7th) where the key issue in the recent Republican primary was immigration -- not the economy, not unemployment, not healthcare. Here's a...
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Charts July 6, 2014
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 RICARDO LEMVO & MAKINA LOCA | La Rumba SoYo | Cumbancha2 BIO RITMO | Puerta Del Sur | Vampisoul3 BOULPIK | Kompa Lakay | Lusafrica4 QUANTIC | Magnetica | Tru Thoughts5...
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September 2014 Concert Calendar
September's Global A Go-Go picks:Two of African music's legends are appearing this month at George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium: Youssou N'Dour on Sunday Spetmeber 14 and Salif Keita...
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Program July 11, 2014
Karikatura (pictured above) is a band that sounds like an amalgam of all the music you hear if you spend a day walking around New York City neighborhoods: the sounds coming out of apartment windows,...
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Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca | La Rumba SoYo
ARTIST: Ricardo Lemvo & Makina LocaTITLE: La Rumba SoYoLABEL: CumbanchaHere’s the latest from American-based Congolese singer Ricardo Lemvo (he’s made Los Angeles his home since the ‘80s), and it’s...
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Charts July 27, 2014
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 NOURA MINT SEYMALI | Tzenni | Glitterbeat2 SON PALENQUE | Afrocolombian Sound Modernizers | Vampisoul3 RICARDO LEMVO AND MAKINA LOCA | La Rumba SoYo | Cumbancha4 DEXTER...
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