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Program August 29, 2018
Have you (like me) been waiting eleven years for a new studio album from Manu Chao? I've got just the thing to tide you over: the superb debut recording by Guatemala's Doctor Nativo (pictured above)....
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Charts September 2, 2018
WRIR's NACC World Top Ten1 JOHNNY CLARKE | Creation Rebel | VP2 ALBA GRIOT ENSEMBLE | The Darkness Between The Leaves | Riverboat3 DOCTOR NATIVO | Guatemaya | Stonetree4 TWO NILES TO SING A MELODY: THE...
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Program September 5, 2018
Ellie Mannette (pictured above), the father of the modern steel drum, died last week at age 90. More than anyone else in the world, Mannette made the steel pan, the national instrument of his native...
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Black Masala | Trains And Moonlight Destinies
ARTIST: Black MasalaTITLE: Trains And Moonlight DestiniesLABEL: self-releasedHere’s the third studio album from Washington DC’s Black Masala, hands down one of the most exciting live bands anywhere....
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Afro-Cuban All Stars | A Toda Cuba Le Gusta
ARTIST: Afro-Cuban All StarsTITLE: A Toda Cuba Le GustaLABEL: World CircuitWorld Circuit continues its reissues of the famous 1996 Buena Vista Social Club (BVSC) sessions with this title. The...
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Charts September 9, 2018
WRIR's NACC World Top Ten1 AFRO-CUBAN ALL STARS | A Toda Cuba Le Gusta | World Circuit2 DOCTOR NATIVO | Guatemaya | Stonetree3 JUPITER AND OKWESS | Kin Sonic | Everloving4 GRUPO CONTROLE DIGITAL | A...
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Program September 12, 2018
Ivan Duran (pictured above) is one of the most important producers in world music today. He spearheaded the international recognition of Garifuna music, he's responsible for what Amazon.com's editors...
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Charts September 16, 2018
WRIR's NACC World Top Ten1 JUPITER AND OKWESS | Kin Sonic | Everloving2 NICKODEMUS | A Long Engagement | Wonderwheel3 TANNAHILL WEAVERS, THE | Orach | Compass4 DIZZY MANDJEKU AND ALE KUMA | De Palenque...
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Program September 19, 2018
Rachid Taha (pictured above) passed away last week. If there's a "most Global A Go-Go" musician of all time, it would have to be this son of Oran, Algeria who came with his parents to France at age...
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Superfonicos | Suelta
ARTIST: SuperfonicosTITLE: SueltaLABEL: self-releasedHere’s the debut EP from Superfonicos, a band organized by four players active in the Austin TX scene who are of Colombian heritage and wanted to...
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Michi Sarmiento Y Su Combo Bravo | Salsa Con Monte
ARTIST: Michi Sarmiento Y Su Combo BravoTITLE: Salsa Con MonteLABEL: VampisoulVampisoul’s Discos Fuentes reissue series continues with this dancefloor filler. Michi Sarmiento is part of the Discos...
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Peregoyo Y Su Combo Vacana | Mi Buenaventura
ARTIST: Peregoyo Y Su Combo VacanaTITLE: Mi BuenaventuraLABEL: VampisoulWhen you think of Colombian music, what comes to mind? Maybe cumbia, champeta and the other Afro-Colombian styles of the...
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Newpoli | Mediterraneo
ARTIST: NewpoliTITLE: MediterraneoLABEL: BeartonesEven though I’m of Southern Italian heritage, I’m a newcomer to the swirling, energetic, hallucinatory traditional music of Apulia, the heel of Italy’s...
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Dur-Dur Of Somalia | Volume 1, Volume 2 & Previously Unreleased Tracks
ARTIST: Dur-Dur Of SomaliaTITLE: Volume 1, Volume 2 & Previously Unreleased TracksLABEL: Analog AfricaFive years ago, Awesome Tapes From Africa introduced the rest of the world to the Dur-Dur Band,...
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Charts September 23, 2018
WRIR's NACC World Top Ten1 SUPERFONICOS | Suelta [EP] | Discos Fonicos2 DUR-DUR OF SOMALIA | Volume 1, Volume 2 And Previously Unreleased Tracks | Analog Africa3 MICHI SARMIENTO Y SU COMBO BRAVO |...
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Program September 26, 2018
Newpoli (pictured above) is a band from Boston featuring three Italian immigrants (plus one from Sweden and one from Finland, just because) who play the swirling, energetic, hallucinatory traditional...
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Sarazino | Mama Funny Day
ARTIST: SarazinoTITLE: Mama Funny DayLABEL: CumbanchaLamine Fellah is as cosmopolitan as they come: the son of an Algerian diplomat, he grew up in Spain, Switzerland, Burundi and Burkina Faso; he moved...
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Charts September 30, 2018
WRIR's NACC World Top Ten1 PEREGOYO Y SU COMBO VACANA | Mi Buenaventura | Vampisoul2 BLACK MASALA | Trains And Moonlight Destinies | self-released3 SARAZINO | Mama Funny Day | Cumbancha4 DUR-DUR OF...
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Program October 3, 2018
Sorry to say, it's once again time to pay tribute to a Global A Go-Go inspiration who's shuffled off this mortal coil. Two weeks ago it was Rachid Taha; this week it's trumpeter/conguero Jerry...
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Charts October 7, 2018
WRIR's NACC World Top Ten1 KALETA AND SUPER YAMBA BAND | "Mr. Diva / Hungry Man, Angry Man" [Single] | Yamba2 DUR-DUR OF SOMALIA | Volume 1, Volume 2 & Previously Unreleased Tracks | Analog Africa3...
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