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Betsayda Machado & La Parranda El Clavo | Loe Loa: Rural Recordings Under The...
ARTIST: Betsayda Machado & La Parranda El ClavoTITLE: Loe Loa: Rural Recordings Under The Mango TreeLABEL: OdeliaParranda is music of the Afro-Venezuelans of the Barlovento region on Venezuela’s...
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Leila Gobi | 2017
ARTIST: Leila GobiTITLE: 2017LABEL: Clermont MusicLeila Gobi is a singer from the town of Menaka in eastern Mali, nearly 1000 miles from Bamako and far closer to the capitals of Niger and Burkina Faso....
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Charts September 10, 2017
WRIR's NACC World Top Ten1 SWEET AS BROKEN DATES: LOST SOMALI TAPES FROM THE HORN OF AFRICA | various artists | Ostinato2 CHOPTEETH AFROFUNK BIG BAND | Bone Reader | self-released3 MDOU MOCTAR |...
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Program September 13, 2017
Terapia (therapy): that's what Colombians call the urban dance music of Cartagena and Barranquilla which is based on African, Antillean, indigenous and Afro-Colombian styles. It's good for what ails...
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Son Palenque | Kutu Prieta Pa Saraguia
ARTIST: Son PalenqueTITLE: Kutu Prieta Pa SaranguiaLABEL: PalenqueChampeta resulted from the head-on collision of modern Congolese and Antillean pop music styles like soukous and zouk with the...
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Rumput | Rumput
ARTIST: RumputTITLE: RumputLABEL: self-releasedRumput is certainly one of Richmond’s most unique bands: they seem to be the only group in the USA (for now, at least) playing keroncong, the traditional...
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Banda Magda | Tigre
ARTIST: Banda MagdaTITLE: TigreLABEL: GroundUP / VerveMagda Giannikou is a Greek-born composer who’s had a unique group of collaborators already in her young career: Snarky Puppy, Kronos Quartet and...
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Charts September 17, 2017
WRIR's NACC World Top Ten1 GWYNETH GLYN | Tro | Bendigedig2 ZAIRE '74: THE AFRICAN ARTISTS | various artists | Wrasse3 RUMPUT | Rumput | self-released4 SON PALENQUE | Kutu Prieta Pa Saranguia |...
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Program September 20, 2017
Cumbia is probably more popular now than it's ever been. And that's saying something when you're talking about a style of music almost 200 years old.La Misa Negra (pictured above) from Oakland CA is...
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Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet | Ladilikan
ARTIST: Trio Da Kali & Kronos QuartetTITLE: LadilikanLABEL: World CircuitClassically-trained Western musicians like the Kronos Quartet are schooled in centuries-old tradition. Mande musicians like...
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La Misa Negra | La Misa Negra
ARTIST: La Misa NegraTITLE: La Misa NegraLABEL: NAM EntertainmentCumbia is probably more popular today than it’s ever been, and that’s saying something since it’s been around for nearly 200 years. La...
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Charts September 24, 2017
WRIR's NACC World Top Ten1 MEKLIT | When the People Move, The Music Moves Too | Six Degrees2 TRIO DA KALI AND KRONOS QUARTET | Ladilikan | World Circuit3 JOEY LE SOLDAT | Barka | Tentacule4 LA MISA...
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Program September 27, 2017
I'm digging deep into older Cuban music on this week's program -- we're talking charanga, cha-cha-cha, son montuno, tumbao; recordings from the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s. Plus a track from the recently...
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Charts October 1, 2017
WRIR's NACC World Top Ten1 BETSAYDA MACHADO & LA PARRANDA EL CLAVO | Loé Loá - Rural Recordings Under the Mango Tree | Odelia2 LOS CAMAROES | Resurrection Los | Analog Africa3 SON PALENQUE | Kutu...
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Program October 4, 2017
Gumboot (pictured above), a dance style originally developed by gold miners, is one of the true symbols of the black working class experience in South Africa. Gumboot dancers stamp, slap, clap and...
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Kries | Selo Na Okuke / Village Tracks
ARTIST: KriesTITLE: Selo Na Okuke / Village TracksLABEL: RiverboatFolk music played differently can be the most radical act there is. Kries (“Bonfire” in a Croatian dialect) plays traditional music...
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The Expanders | Old Time Something Come Back Again, Vol. 2
ARTIST: The ExpandersTITLE: Old Time Something Come Back Again, Vol. 2LABEL: Easy StarThe Expanders are a Los Angeles-based reggae quintet that seems entirely uninterested in the reggae-rock hybrid...
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Los Camaroes | Resurrection Los
ARTIST: Los CamaroesTITLE: Resurrection LosLABEL: Analog AfricaWith all the recent years’ crate-digging activity, one might think that he’d heard all the great African records of the 60s, 70s and 80s....
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Charts October 8, 2017
WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 MDOU MOCTAR | Sousoume Tamachek | Sahel Sounds2 LOS CAMAROES | Resurrection Los | Analog Africa3 KRIES | Selo Na Okuke / Village Tracks | Riverboat4 LA MISA NEGRA | La Misa...
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Program October 11, 2017
It's my favorite weekend of the year: the weekend of the annual Richmond Folk Festival, three days of great music in the great outdoors, right here in downtown Richmond.On this week's program, you'll...
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