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What I did on my summer vacation
I'm psyched to be back in the studio for the first time in three weeks, after a big vacation followed by a brief but annoying case of traveler's disease. Big ups to Albert Green, Enzo Adimari and Josh...
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Global A Go-Go Classico: Top reissues & compilations of 2014
Well, the COVID finally caught up with me this week. Seems to be a mild case so far, but I certainly couldn't come into the studio and I really didn't have the energy to put together a whole new...
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Charts Jul 25 - Aug 7, 2022
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten, July 25-311 CUMBIAMUFFIN | Cumbiamuffin | Peace & Rhythm/Hyperopia/Sounds & Colours2 SHAOLIN AFRONAUTS, THE | "Broken Flowers" b/w "Sun Spiral" [Single] | Freestyle3...
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Charts August 8-14, 2022
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 STAR FEMININE BAND | "Le Mariage Forcé" [Single] | Born Bad2 CUMBIAMUFFIN | Cumbiamuffin | Peace & Rhythm / Hyperopia / Sounds & Colours3 RAY PEREZ Y EL GRUPO CASABE...
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The future is unwritten
John Graham Mellor was born in Ankara, Turkey on August 21, 1952. Who's that, you say? Well, you might know him better by his stage name: Joe Strummer. Strummer was, of course, the co-founder, front...
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Charts August 15-21, 2022
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 NOORI AND HIS DORPA BAND | Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass From Sudan's Red Sea Coast | Ostinato2 ROMAN STEWART | "Never Too Young To Learn" [Single] | Pantomine3 MONTE...
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Summer singles roundup
Well, I deserve a D for attendance this summer. First there was the Chicago weekend, then the two-week European vacation. Subtract another week for traveler's disease and two more for COVID, and I've...
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Charts August 22-28, 2022
WRIR World's NACC Top 101 VIEUX FARKA TOURE | Les Racines | World Circuit2 CELESTINE UKWU | No Condition Is Permanent | Mississippi3 LEE SCRATCH PERRY | King Scratch: Musical Masterpieces From The...
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Se acabou
Autumn is election season here in the USA. And it's really election season right now in Brazil, where Jair (Bozo) Bolsonaro, "the Trump of the tropics," is running in October for a second term as...
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Charts Aug 29 - Sep 4, 2022
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 AYAHUASCA VOL. 2: CUMBIAS PSICODELICAS PERUANAS | various artists | Repsychled2 LOS PAO PAOS | Los Pao Paos | Devil In The Woods3 BALIMAYA PROJECT | "Season Of Baraka"...
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Rally round the red, gold, black & green
Living legends of reggae music Steel Pulse play the National in Richmond on Friday September 16. Founded in Birmingham, England, they were one of the first British reggae bands to break out in the...
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Charts September 5-11, 2022
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 DOGO DU TOGO | Dogo Du Togo | self-released2 SON PALENQUE (KAINE SOUND BAND) | Es La Idea | Palenque3 ORCHESTRE SOMO SOMO | "Molengo b/w Menga" [Single] | LAA4 TIMPANA |...
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Afrobeat groove in our Mandingo tongue
There's a lot of competition for this title, but I think Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band is my favorite African ensemble right now. They're based in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso,...
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Charts September 12-18, 2022
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 BABA COMMANDANT AND THE MANDINGO BAND | Sonbonbela | Sublime Frequencies2 DOGO DU TOGO | Dogo Du Togo | self-released3 DEERHOOF | "My Lovely Cat!" [Single] | Joyful Noise4...
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King Scratch
Jamaican popular music has long been a producer's medium, and no Jamaican producer has ever been more prolific, confounding or just plain unique than Lee "Scratch" Perry. Perry's oeuvre runs the gamut...
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Charts September 19-25, 2022
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 LEE SCRATCH PERRY | King Scratch: Musical Masterpieces From The Upsetter Ark-ive | Trojan2 WGANDA KENYA | Africa 5000 | Vampisoul3 VIEUX FARKA TOURE AND KHRUANGBIN | Ali |...
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The creator has a master plan
Pharoah Sanders, the American saxophonist who passed away on September 24 at age 81, was perhaps the most spiritual, ecstatic musician that jazz has ever produced. Not surprisingly, musical traditions...
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Charts Sep 26 - Oct 2, 2022
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 ORCHESTRA FUEGO | Candela | self-released2 REDDY AMISI | Bailo Canto | Casa Do Canto Entertainment3 RIVERITA Y SU ORQUESTA NOCHE CALIENTE | Mi Linda Musica | Jibaro...
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A brother with perfect timing
Abdullah Ibrahim (formerly known as Dollar Brand) is 88 years young on October 9. This week, Global A Go-Go gives him his roses while he's still among us (and still making fine music: he's doing a...
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Charts October 3-9, 2022
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 REDDY AMISI | Bailo Canto | Casa Do Canto Entertainment2 STAR FEMININE BAND | Star Feminine Band In Paris | Born Bad3 ERNESTO DJEDJE | Roi Du Ziglibithy | Analog Africa4...
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