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Charts July 23, 2017
WRIR's NACC World Top Ten1 MEKLIT | When the People Move, The Music Moves Too | Six Degrees2 OUMAR KONATE | Oumar Live In America | Clermont Music3 RAMON GOOSE | Long Road To Tiznit | Riverboat4 "OM"...
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Program July 26, 2017
The Bombay Royale (pictured above) is an 11-piece band from Melbourne, Australia that's equally inspired by Bollywood and by spaghetti westerns -- think A.R. Rahman meets Ennio Morricone and you'll...
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Ruben Gonzalez | Introducing
ARTIST: Ruben GonzalezTITLE: IntroducingLABEL: World CircuitHere’s a reissue of then-77-year-old Ruben Gonzalez’s first solo album, 20 years after its initial release. It was the third album recorded...
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The Bombay Royale | Run Kitty Run
ARTIST: The Bombay RoyaleTITLE: Run Kitty RunLABEL: HopeStreetThe Bombay Royale is an 11-piece band led by saxophonist Andy (The Skipper) Williamson and fronted by two Indian-Australian singers, Parvyn...
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Charts July 30, 2017
WRIR's NACC World Top Ten1 MEKLIT | When The People Move, The Music Moves Too | Six Degrees2 CHICAGO AFROBEAT PROJECT FEAT TONY ALLEN | What Goes Up | self-released3 JUANA MOLINA | Halo | Crammed4 OTE...
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Program August 2, 2017
Regis Gizavo, the Big Box Man of Madagascar, was one of the most amazing accordionists you'll ever hear. He made a career in France in the Corsican band I Muvrini, as accompanist for Cabo Verdean...
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Charts August 6, 2017
WRIR's NACC World Top Ten1 THE BOMBAY ROYALE | Run Kitty Run | HopeStreet2 RODRIGO GALLARDO & NICOLA CRUZ | El Origen | Wonderwheel3 RUBEN GONZALEZ | Introducing | World Circuit4 "OM" ALEC KHAOLI |...
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Kwaito is South Africa's answer to house music from Chicago, Detroit and New York City: disco's four-on-the-floor rhythm, deep bass, percussive samples, infectious melodies. It's also a direct...
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Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From The Horn Of Africa
ARTIST: various artistsTITLE: Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From The Horn Of AfricaLABEL: OstinatoLike most African nations, Somalia had a cultural golden age after it gained independence,...
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Charts August 13, 2017
WRIR's NACC World Top Ten1 MEKLIT | When the People Move, The Music Moves Too | Six Degrees2 SWEET AS BROKEN DATES: LOST SOMALI TAPES FROM THE HORN OF AFRICA | various artists | Ostinato3 UMOJA | 707...
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Program August 16, 2017
1977, the year when "two sevens clash," is when reggae went mainstream in the USA and Bob Marley became an international superstar. This week on Global A Go-Go I'll play you five indelible, unbeatable...
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Charts August 20, 2017
WRIR's NACC World Top Ten1 CULTURE | Two Sevens Clash (40th Anniversary Edition) | VP2 LOBO MARINO | The Mulberry House | self-released3 MDOU MOCTAR | Sousoume Tamachek | Sahelsounds4 OFFA REX | The...
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Rio Mira | Marimba Del Pacifico
ARTIST: Rio MiraTITLE: Marimba Del PacificoLABEL: AYAColombia’s Afro-Caribbean musical genres like cumbia, champeta and vallenato are now well known around the globe. Less recognized are the...
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Offa Rex | The Queen Of Hearts
ARTIST: Offa RexTITLE: The Queen Of HeartsLABEL: NonesuchIn case you can’t tell from their recordings, Colin Meloy of The Decemberists is a huge fan of British folk music and the folk-rock of the 60s...
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Mdou Moctar | Sousoume Tamachek
ARTIST: Mdou MoctarTITLE: Sousoume TamachekLABEL: SahelsoundsMdou Moctar from Niger is a central figure in the current Tuareg guitar music boom. He’s best known as the star of the first...
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Program August 30, 2017
Gogol Bordello (pictured above), maybe the most exciting live band in the USA right now, with members hailing from Ukraine, Russia, China, Scotland, Ethiopia, Ecuador and Belarus, have been making...
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Gogol Bordello | Seekers And Finders
ARTIST: Gogol BordelloTITLE: Seekers And FindersLABEL: Cooking VinylHere’s the seventh studio album from Gogol Bordello, the New York based multinational band fronted by Eugene Hutz. They’ve pioneered...
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Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band | Bone Reader
ARTIST: Chopteeth Afrofunk Big BandTITLE: Bone ReaderLABEL: self-releasedChopteeth is a 12-piece Afro-funk band from Washington DC that won the Wammie (Washington Area Music Award) for best world music...
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Charts September 3, 2017
WRIR's NACC World Music Top Ten1 GOGOL BORDELLO | Seekers and Finders | Cooking Vinyl2 RIO MIRA | Marimba Del Pacifico | AYA3 BOMBA ESTEREO | Ayo | Sony Latin4 MURPHY'S KIDS | Time Dilation |...
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Program September 6, 2017
The African influence on music from the Americas is vast. On this week's program, you'll hear seven different styles of music from Latin America, each of which is just one degree removed from Africa....
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