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Charts June 12-18, 2023
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 FRANKLIN BOUKAKA | L'Immortel: The 60s Rumba Revolution In Congo | Fremeaux & Associes2 ALTIN GUN | Ask | ATO3 ANSAMBL MILETA PETROVICA | Veseli Romi | Radio Martiko4...
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Creatures of habit
Kiltro is a band from Denver that has the most diverse set of influences I think I've ever seen. Leader Chris Bowers Castillo is part Chilean, has lived in the Andes and his songs evoke Chilean folk...
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Charts June 19-25, 2023
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 KILTRO | Underbelly | ONErpm2 JANTRA | Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground | Ostinato3 BANTU | What Is Your Breaking...
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Two aimless leaves the wind blew away
The rise of Mexican regional music is one of the industry's big stories of 2023: Styles like ranchera, corrido and of course cumbia have moved beyond the barrios and pueblos onto the global charts....
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Flash a flashlight
I will confess that I'm not the biggest disco fan. Now, I do like me some house music, especially in the right room on the right sound system, and David Mancuso is certainly one of my DJing heroes....
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Charts Jun 26 - Jul 9, 2023
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 YEBO! RARE MZANSI PARTY BEATS FROM APARTHEID'S DYING YEARS | various artists | BBE2 NANA BENZ DU TOGO | Ago | Komos3 LES SYMPATHICS DE PORTO NOVO BENIN | Vol. 2 | Albarika...
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Crossover dreams
Rubén Blades, the Panamanian singer, songwriter, actor, lawyer and politician who is one of the central figures in the development of salsa music, turns 75 years old on Sunday and fortunately for us...
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Charts July 10-16, 2023
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 CONJUNTO MEDIA LUNA | Noches De Media Luna | Little Beat More2 MOKOOMBA | Tusona: Tracings In The Sand | Out Here3 GUAPOS, THE | Hey! | One Little Blue4 PICONEMA: EAST...
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One million
Global A Go-Go's blog globalagogo.com has been around for 13 years now and it just hit a milestone: It has now had over one million page views. So a big thank you goes out to everyone who supports...
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Charts July 17-23, 2023
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 MOKOOMBA | Tusona: Tracings In The Sand | Out Here2 IMMY OWUSU | Lo-Life! | Hopestreet3 GUTS | Straight From The Decks Vol. 3 | Heavenly Sweetness4 EBO TAYLOR | Twer Nyame |...
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Follow me
Is it gospel or highlife or reggae or jazz? Even on a single song, Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy, produced by Max Weissenfeldt at Joy Sound Studios in Kumasi, Ghana, can be all of the above and...
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Charts July 24-30, 2023
WRIR World's NACC Top 101 ALOGTE OHO AND HIS SOUNDS OF JOY | O Yinne! | Philophon2 MOKOOMBA | Tusona: Tracings In The Sand | Out Here3 CRIES FROM THE YOUTH | various artists | Greensleeves4 CHARIF...
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Jamaica 61
Sunday August 6 is the 61st anniversary of Jamaica's independence from its British colonial rulers. (Relations with the United Kingdom remain close: Jamaica is officially a constitutional monarchy...
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Charts Jul 31 - Aug 6, 2023
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 LEON KEITA | Dance Edition No. 16 | Analog Africa2 MOKOOMBA | Tusona: Tracings In The Sand | Out Here3 RICHIE SPICE | "Rasta Man" [Single] | Tad's4 CUMBIA CUMBIA CUMBIA!!!...
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Soy provinciano
Fronting his chicha band La Nueva Crema, singer Lorenzo Palacios Quispe, better known as "Chacalón" (The Big Jackal) became much more than a rock star -- he was the voice of Perú's voiceless peasants,...
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Charts August 7-13, 2023
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 IMMY OWUSU | Lo-Life! | Hopestreet2 AHEMAA NWOMKRO | "Yebre Ma Owuo" [Single] | Philophon3 EPARAPO | Take To The Streets | Wah Wah 45s4 HOLLIE COOK | Happy Hour in Dub |...
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100% recycled electro-voodoo-soul
They sing feminist songs accompanied by microKorg synthesizer, their vodoun funk rhythms are played on recycled percussion including a bass instrument made out of PVC pipes whacked with a sandal, and...
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Charts August 14-27, 2023
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 EPARAPO | Take To The Streets | Wah Wah 45s2 NANA BENZ DU TOGO | Ago | Komos3 FRUKO Y SUS TESOS | Fruko Power Vol. 1: Rarities & Deep Album Cuts 1970-1974 | Vampisoul4...
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Can you feel my love buzz?
Gaye Su Akyol, the Patti Smith of Turkey, launches her first tour of the USA this month, including a stop on September 12 at Jammin Java, a coffee shop and listening room in a Vienna VA strip shopping...
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Charts Aug 28 - Sep 3, 2023
WRIR World's NACC Top 101 JANTRA | Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Sounds From The Fashaga Underground | Ostinato2 ALTIN GUN | Ask | ATO3 LALALAR | En Kotu Iyi Olur | Bongo Joe4...
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