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Aterciopelados | Reluciente, Rechinante Y Aterciopelado
ARTIST: AterciopeladosTITLE: Reluciente, Rechinante Y Aterciopelado (Shiny, Squeaky and Velvety)LABEL: Sony ColombiaAterciopelados (“The Velvety Ones”), the duo of Andrea Echiverri and Hector Buitrago,...
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Charts October 9, 2016
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 KOTTARASHKY AND THE RAIN DOGS | Cats, Dogs And Ghosts | Asphalt Tango2 ATERCIOPELADOS | Reluciente, Rechinante Y Aterciopelado | Sony Colombia3 MOUSSU T E LEI JOVENTS |...
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Program October 12, 2016
What's new in rock en espanol? You''l find out this week on Global A Go-Go, when I feature new releases by Orkesta Mendoza (pictured above), Aterciopelados and Eljuri among others.Also this week: rock...
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Orkesta Mendoza | Vamos A Guarachar!
ARTIST: Orkesta MendozaTITLE: Vamos A Guarachar!LABEL: GlitterbeatTucson, Arizona is home to a few of the most interesting, hardest to categorize musical projects in the USA: Calexico, Giant Sand,...
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Dawda Jobarteh | Transitional Times
ARTIST: Dawda JobartehTITLE: Transitional TimesLABEL: Sterns AfricaWest African Mande music, certainly the centuries-old classics and also some of the modern stuff, can sound stately, formal, even cool...
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Charts October 16, 2016
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 BACAO RHYTHM AND STEEL BAND | 55 | Big Crown2 ATERCIOPELADOS | Reluciente, Rechinante Y Aterciopelado | Sony Colombia3 FRIGHTNRS | Nothing More To Say | Daptone4 JOE...
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Program October 19, 2016
Richmond Independent Radio's Fall 2016 Fund Drive is currently underway; it continues through Tuesday October 25. We're aiming to raise $40,000 in this fall's drive, which will keep WRIR bringing to...
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Vaudou Game | Kidayu
ARTIST: Vaudou GameTITLE: KidayuLABEL: Hot CasaThe second album by Lyon, France-based sextet Vaudou Game nails the 70s Afro-funk sound better than any other current band. Leader Peter Solo has a direct...
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The KutiMangoes | Made In Africa
ARTIST: The KutiMangoesTITLE: Made In AfricaLABEL: TrampHere’s an unexpected pleasure: the second album by a Copenhagen-based band influenced by Afrobeat, electric jazz, soul and blues. The KutiMangoes...
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Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 | Struggle Sounds
ARTIST: Seun Kuti & Egypt 80TITLE: Struggle SoundsLABEL: Sony MasterworksSeun Kuti has been fronting his dad’s old band since Fela’s death in 1997; the band’s personnel stayed remarkably constant...
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Program October 26, 2016
First of all, thank you to everyone who has donated in WRIR's Fall 2016 Fund Drive, our most successful drive in a couple of years. If you slept through it or otherwise missed the drive, it's not too...
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Charts October 30, 2016
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 VAUDOU GAME | Kidayu | Hot Casa2 SEUN KUTI AND EGYPT 80 | Struggle Sounds | Sony Masterworks3 YENI NOSTALJI | 2016 EP demo (final mix) | unreleased4 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Bobo...
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Program November 2, 2016
First of all, I want to thank the over 500 listeners who donated $43,000 during WRIR's Fall 2016 Fund Drive. This was WRIR's most successful fund drive in several years, and we owe it all to you! You...
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Tiken Jah Fakoly | Racines
ARTIST: Tiken Jah FakolyTITLE: RacinesLABEL: WrasseMy favorite reggae album of 2015 is now getting a proper USA release. Tiken Jah Fakoly of Cote D’Ivoire is one of Africa’s leading reggae artists; his...
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Charts November 6, 2016
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 FRIGHTNRS | Nothing More To Say | Daptone2 TIKEN JAH FAKOLY | Racines | Wrasse3 ALSARAH AND THE NUBATONES | Manara | Wonderwheel4 NOURA MINT SEYMALI | Arbina |...
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Program November 9, 2016
The KutiMangoes (in the small images above), an Afro-jazz band from Copenhagen, went to Ouagadougou in the West African nation of Burkina Faso to record their new album Made In Africa. You'll hear the...
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Charts November 13, 2016
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 DAWDA JOBARTEH | Transitional Times | Sterns Africa2 ALSARAH AND THE NUBATONES | Manara | Wonderwheel3 NOURA MINT SEYMALI | Arbina | Glitterbeat4 ABOU DIARRA | Koya | Mix...
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Alkibar Jr. | Jamal
ARTIST: Alkibar Jr.TITLE: JamalLABEL: Studio MaliBefore Tinariwen and the rise of la guitare des ishumar, Ali Farka Toure was the first international superstar of desert blues. From a different place...
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Program November 16, 2016
Alkibar Jr. (pictured above) is bringing Ali Farka Toure's Songhai blues sound into the present tense. Their debut album will be released in December and it's a gem -- you'll hear a track from it on...
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Charts November 20, 2016
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 ALKIBAR JR. | Jamal | Studio Mali2 TIKEN JAH FAKOLY | Racines | Wrasse3 VAUDOU GAME | Kidayu | Hot Casa4 SEUN KUTI AND EGYPT 80 | Struggle Sounds | Sony Masterworks5 NOURA...
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