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Charts July 28, 2013
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 GOGOL BORDELLO | Pura Vida Conspiracy | ATO2 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Stand Up, People: Gypsy Pop Songs From Tito's Yugoslavia 1964-1980 | Vlax3 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Delicious...
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Program August 2, 2013
70-year-old Mulatu Astatke (pictured above) is the father of Ethio-jazz; his 1970's recordings were famously reissued on Francis Falceto's Ethiopiques series and were brought to the (art-house) masses...
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Mulatu Astatke | Sketches Of Ethiopia
ARTIST: Mulatu AstatkeTITLE: Sketches Of EthiopiaLABEL: Jazz VillageMulatu Astatke, the father of Ethio-jazz, is best known for his seminal 1970s recordings that were introduced to the rest of the...
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Charts August 11, 2013
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 MULATU ASTATKE | Sketches Of Ethiopia | Jazz Village2 GOGOL BORDELLO | Pura Vida Conspiracy | ATO3 FAT FREDDY'S DROP | Blackbird | The Drop4 SEAN TYRRELL | Walker Of The...
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Program August 16, 2013
Ever heard a guy scat-sing Miles Davis in the Akan language? (Ever been in a cockpit before? Ever seen a grown man naked? But I digress: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfgO90yGusI.)Well this is your...
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Charts August 18, 2013
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 CHICO TRUJILLO | Gran Pecador | Barbes2 GOGOL BORDELLO | Pura Vida Conspiracy | ATO3 MULATU ASTATKE | Sketches Of Ethiopia | Jazz Village4 FAT FREDDY'S DROP | Blackbird |...
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Program August 23, 2013
Summer 2013 brought with it a strong crop of reggae releases from all points of the globe: Cote D'Ivoire's Alpha Blondy, Soraia Drummond from Brazil, England's Soothsayers, and the pride of the Bronx,...
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Charts August 25, 2013
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Saoco! Vol. 2: Bomba, Plena And The Roots Of Salsa In Puerto Rico 1955-1967 | Vampisoul2 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Daora: Underground Sounds Of Urban Brasil -...
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Charts September 1, 2013
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 ALPHA BLONDY | Mystic Power | VP2 VARIOUS ARTISTS | The Ladies At Joe Gibbs | 17 North Parade3 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Soca Gold 2013 | VP4 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Amharic Music...
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Tamikrest | Chatma
ARTIST: TamikrestTITLE: ChatmaLABEL: GlitterbeatTamikrest, from Kidal in northeastern Mali, is one of the most significant bands in the genre world music fans call “desert blues” and Tamasheq...
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Orchestre National De Mauritanie | Orchestre National De Mauritanie
ARTIST: Orchestre National De MauritanieTITLE: Orchestre National De MauritanieLABEL: SahelsoundsSahelsounds’ Christopher Kirkley is best known for his Music From Saharan Cellphones series, which...
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Andrea Echeverri | Ruisenora
ARTIST: Andrea EcheverriTITLE: RuisenoraLABEL: NacionalRuisenora (Nightingale) is the third solo album by Andrea Echeverri Arias, best known for her work in the pioneering Colombian rock band...
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November 2013 Concert Calendar
November's Global A Go-Go picks:VCUarts Music Department hosts a three-day festival of flamenco music and dance November 1-3 at the Singleton Center for the Performing Arts on VCU's campusKlezmer and...
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Program September 6, 2013
In my opinion, the best rock 'n' roll music in the world today is being made by bands from the Sahara Desert. Case in point: Tamikrest (pictured above), from Kidal in northeastern Mali. Their third...
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Charts September 8, 2013
WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten1 TAMIKREST | Chatma | Glitterbeat2 ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE MAURITAINIE | Orchestre National De Mauritanie | Sahelsounds3 FAT FREDDY'S DROP | Blackbird | The Drop4 NOURA MINT...
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Program September 13, 2013
I'll be joined this week by a special guest co-host: Geoff Bennett Speer (on the left above, don't you know), currently in the band The Eastern Question and formerly of the late, lamented BALKANIZE!,...
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Aziz Sahmaoui | University Of Gnawa
ARTIST: Aziz SahmaouiTITLE: University of GnawaLABEL: General Pattern SARLHere’s a superb 2011 recording that’s getting proper distribution in the USA for the first time. Aziz Sahmaoui is a Moroccan...
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Qat, Coffee & Qambus: Raw 45s From Yemen
ARTIST: various artistsTITLE: Qat, Coffee & Qambus: Raw 45s From YemenLABEL: Dust-To-DigitalYou might know that Yemen is the historic home of the Bin-Laden clan, and that it probably leads the...
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The Mighty Diamonds | Pass The Knowledge
ARTIST: The Mighty DiamondsTITLE: Pass The KnowledgeLABEL: 17 North ParadeThe Mighty Diamonds are one of Jamaica’s legendary vocal groups, still together in their 44th year with the same three original...
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Freedom Family | Ayentsoo
ARTIST: Freedom FamilyTITLE: AyentsooLABEL: Academy LPsFrank Gossner (Voodoo Funk) and Academy LPs have another winner in this choice slab of Ghanaian Afro-funk. The Freedom Family was one of West...
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