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Fanfare Ciocarlia | 20
ARTIST: Fanfare CiocarliaTITLE: 20LABEL: Asphalt TangoFanfare Ciocarlia, the Romanian 12-piece brass band who play sirbas, horas and the like with military precision at Ramones-like tempos, celebrates...
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Charts July 10, 2016
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 SYSTEMA SOLAR | Systema Solar | Nacional2 GABRIELLA GHERMANDI | Ethiopia: Celebrating Emperor Tewodros II | ARC3 ADNAN OTHMAN |Bershukor: A Retrospective Of Hits By A...
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Program July 13, 2016
Steelpan, the national musical instrument of Trinidad & Tobago, is a tuned percussion instrument made from industrial waste: a 55 gallon industrial drum that formerly held oil or chemicals. And...
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Money Chicha | Echo En Mexico
ARTIST: Money ChichaTITLE: Echo En MexicoLABEL: VampisoulMoney Chicha is a new band from Austin led by bassist Greg Gonzalez of Grupo Fantasma and Brownout and featuring several members of those two...
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Joe Bataan | Call My Name
ARTIST: Joe BataanTITLE: Call My NameLABEL: VampisoulWell, I guess I’ve now been at this long enough to see my favorite new releases become reissues. Joe Bataan’s comeback, Call My Name, was one of my...
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Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band | 55
ARTIST: Bacao Rhythm & Steel BandTITLE: 55LABEL: Big CrownWhen they first appeared on disc in 2007, the Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band were said to be an obscure Trinidadian combo, known only to...
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Charts July 17, 2016
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 JOE BATAAN | Call My Name | Vampisoul2 MONEY CHICHA | Echo En Mexico | Vampisoul3 JON RENBOURN AND WIZZ JONES | Joint Control | Riverboat4 ELIAS ALEXANDER AND BYWATER BAND...
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Program July 20, 2016
Miramar, the old-fashioned bolero combo led by Marlysse Simmons, Rei Alvarez and Laura Ann Singh (pictured above in their home away from home, Kuba Kuba, photo by Chris Smith) is Richmond's latest buzz...
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Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis | NYN
ARTIST: Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis KalyviotisTITLE: NYNLABEL: RiverboatKristi Stassinopoulou and Stathis Kalyviotis have been working in some of the most intriguing niches of world music for...
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San Lazaro | La Despedida
ARTIST: San LazaroTITLE: La DespedidaLABEL: HopeStreetSan Lazaro is a band from Melbourne, Australia that’s making some of the most multifaceted, sophisticated Latin music I’m hearing right now. The...
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Mamadou Barry & Afro Groove Gang | Tankadi
ARTIST: Mamadou Barry & Afro Groove GangTITLE: TankadiLABEL: Label BleuSaxophonist Mamadou Barry is one of those West African golden age musicians who keeps going like the Energizer bunny. He’s...
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Charts July 31, 2016
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 YENI NOSTALJI | 2016 EP demo (final mix) | unreleased2 JOE BATAAN | Call My Name | Vampisoul3 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Rough Guide To Peru Rare Groove | World Music Network4...
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Program August 3, 2016
When you're a fan of African music like I am, one of the things you learn is that for every world-famous artist like Salif Keita or Youssou N'Dour, there are a hundred obscurities who are just as...
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Vieux Kante | The Young Man's Harp
ARTIST: Vieux KanteTITLE: The Young Man’s HarpLABEL: Sterns AfricaThe kamale ngoni, or young man’s harp, is a young instrument: a smaller, secular version of the donso ngoni (hunter’s harp), it wasn’t...
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Charts August 7, 2016
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 VIEUX KANTE | The Young Man's Harp | Sterns Africa2 MAMADOU BARRY AND AFRO GROOVE GANG | Tankadi | Label Bleu3 SAN LAZARO | La Despedida | HopeStreet4 QUANTIC PRESENTA...
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Program August 17, 2016
More new music from the Sahara Desert this week on Global A Go-Go -- I'll play a great acoustic track from the recent debut album by Algeria's Imarhan, and the first official release by Afous D'Afous...
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Charts August 21, 2016
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 VARIOUS ARTISTS | This Is Kologo Power! | Sahelsounds/Makkum/Red Wig2 YENI NOSTALGI | 2016 EP demo (final mix) | unreleased3 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Quiero Creedence | Concord...
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Program August 24, 2016
Kristi Stassinopoulou and Stathis Kalyviotis (pictured above) have been collaborating for more than 25 years, incorporating Greek traditional music, rembetika, psychedelic rock and electronica into...
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This Is Kologo Power!
ARTIST: various artistsTITLE: This Is Kologo Power!LABEL: Sahelsounds / Makkum / Red WigThe kologo is a two-stringed lute made of calabash, wood and animal hide. It’s native to the Upper East region of...
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Quiero Creedence
ARTIST: various artistsTITLE: Quiero CreedenceLABEL: Concord PicanteCreedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) isn’t just a mainstay of American “classic rock” – they’ve long been huge south of the border as...
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