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Dzambo Agusevi Orchestra | Brass Like It Hot
ARTIST: Dzambo Agusevi OrchestraTITLE: Brass Like It HotLABEL: ARCMacedonia is a hotbed of Balkan gypsy brass music; 29-year-old trumpeter Dzambo Agusev looks like he’s going to become the genre’s next...
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Charts August 28, 2016
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 YENI NOSTALJI | 2016 EP demo (final mix) | unreleased2 MAMADOU BARRY AND AFRO GROOVE GANG | Tankadi | Label Bleu3 ANTHONY JOSEPH | Caribbean Roots | Heavenly...
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Program August 31, 2016
Juan Gabriel, Mexico's most revered pop music icon, died on Sunday at age 66. It's impossible for non-Mexicans to fully understand his cultural role: imagine Elvis, Michael Jackson, David Bowie, James...
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The Frightnrs | Nothing More To Say
ARTIST: The FrightnrsTITLE: Nothing More To SayLABEL: DaptoneThis is the debut long-player by the Frightnrs, a young band from Queens, New York that specializes in original music based on rocksteady,...
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Charts September 4, 2016
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Quiero Creedence | Concord Picante2 FRIGHTNRS | Nothing More To Say | Daptone3 SAN LAZARO | Amor De Despedida | HopeStreet4 DZAMBO AGUSEVI ORCHESTRA |...
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Program September 7, 2016
Mulatu Astatke (pictured above) is the man who invented Ethio-jazz. His recordings and arrangements from the late 60s and 70s revolutionized Ethiopia's popular music by adding elements of jazz and...
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Program September 14, 2016
Yeni Nostalji (Turkish for "New Nostalgia") is one of the most unique bands in Richmond right now -- hell, they're unique anywhere in the world.Led by singer-songwriter Christina Marie Gleixner...
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Charts September 18, 2016
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 FRIGHTNRS | Nothing More To Say | Daptone2 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Quiero Creedence | Concord Picante3 VARIOUS ARTISTS | This Is Kologo Power! | Sahelsounds / Makkum / Red Wig4...
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Program September 21, 2016
Banda Magda, who will be playing live on Global A Go-Go this week and headlining at the Broadberry later on Wednesday night, is one of those international bands that can only form in a polyglot city...
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The Ultimate Guide To English Folk
ARTIST: various artistsTITLE: The Ultimate Guide To English FolkLABEL: ARCEnglish folk music, which lay mostly fallow in the 1980s after a great 60s revival and the flowering of folk-rock in the 70s,...
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Noura Mint Seymali | Arbina
ARTIST: Noura Mint SeymaliTITLE: ArbinaLABEL: GlitterbeatThe second album by Mauritania’s Noura Mint Seymali continues and extends what she and her band accomplished on their outstanding 2014 debut,...
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Abou Diarra | Koya
ARTIST: Abou DiarraTITLE: KoyaLABEL: Mix Et MetissesAbou Diarra is a musician from Mali’s Sikasso region who now lives in Paris. His main instrument is the kamale ngoni or youth harp, a secularized...
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Charts September 25, 2016
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 ABOU DIARRA | Koya | Mix Et Metisses2 VIEUX KANTE | The Young Man's Harp | Sterns Africa3 NOURA MINT SEYMALI | Arbina | Glitterbeat4 VARIOUS ARTISTS | This Is Kologo...
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Program September 28, 2016
I love reggae harmony vocal groups, and you'll hear a bunch of them on this week's program: a new track from The Frightnrs, classics from the Mighty Diamonds, the Congos and more. I also have some...
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Kottarashky And The Rain Dogs | Cats, Dogs And Ghosts
ARTIST: Kottarashky And The Rain DogsTITLE: Cats, Dogs And GhostsLABEL: Asphalt TangoNicola Gruev, aka Kottarashky (“Tomcat”), is a Bulgarian musician whose specialty is cutting and pasting Eastern...
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Alsarah & The Nubatones | Manara
ARTIST: Alsarah & The NubatonesTITLE: ManaraLABEL: WonderwheelAlsarah & The Nubatones, Brooklyn’s own “East African retro-pop” outfit, are back with their sophomore LP. It’s a follow-up to...
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Charts October 2, 2016
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 VARIOUS ARTISTS | The Ultimate Guide To English Folk | ARC2 FRIGHTNRS | Nothing More To Say | Daptone3 MIRAMAR | Dedication To Sylvia Rexach | Barbes4 ALSARAH AND THE...
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The Global A Go-Go Guide To The 2016 Richmond Folk Festival
My favorite weekend of the year is coming up soon – that would be the weekend of the Richmond Folk Festival, this year held on October 7-9. It’s like Christmas for a music junkie: 107 performances by...
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Program October 5, 2016
The Richmond Folk Festival is happening this weekend (see the Global A Go-Go guide to the 2016 Richmond Folk Festival here), and I'll be featuring the music of two of its bands on this week's...
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Moussu T E Lei Jovents | Navega!
ARTIST: Moussu T E Lei JoventsTITLE: Navega!LABEL: ManivetteReady for some roots-rock Provencale? That’s what Moussu T E Lei Jovents, one of the world’s most criminally underappreciated bands, delivers...
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