CMJ New World Top Ten
1 VARIOUS ARTISTS | The Rough Guide To English Folk | World Music Network
2 DENGUE FEVER | Cannibal Courtship | Concord
3 K. FRIMPONG AND HIS CUBANO FIESTAS | Blue Album | Continental-Secret Stash
4 SEUN ANIKULAPO-KUTI AND EGYPT 80 | From Africa With Fury: Rise | Knitting Factory
5 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Highlife Time Vol. 2 | Vampisoul
6 SORRY BAMBA | Volume One 1970-1979 | Thrill Jockey
7 FUNK ARK | From The Rooftops | ESL Music
8 JOLLY BOYS | Great Expectation | eOne Music
9 ORCHESTRE POLY-RYTHMO | Cotonou Club | Strut
10 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Nigeria 70: Sweet Times: Afro Funk, Highlife, And Juju From 70s Lagos | Strut
CMJ New World Adds
1 VARIOUS ARTISTS | 101 Things To Do In Bongolia | Electric Cowbell
2 AMINA ALAOUI | Arco Iris | ECM
3 JAW | Jaw | Cantaloupe
4 RAY LUGO & THE BOOGALOO DESTROYERS | Mi Watusi | Freestyle
5 SAMBA MAPANGALA & ORCHESTRA VIRUNGA | Maisha Ni Matamu | Virunga
New & Recommended At WRIR
Abreu, Alexander Y Havana D'Primera | Haciendo Historia | Ahi-Nama
Balkan Brass Battle | (various artists) | Asphalt Tango
Bamba, Sorry | Volume One 1970-1979 | Thrill Jockey
Dengue Fever | Cannibal Courtship | Concord
Dzian! | Ali Shan A' Go Go | self-released
English Folk, The Rough Guide To | (various artists) | World Music Network
Frimpong, K. & His Cubano Fiestas | Blue Album | Continental / Secret Stash
Funk Ark, The | From The Rooftops | ESL Music
Gozalo! Bugalu Tropical 4 | (various artists) | Vampisoul
Hazmat Modine | Cicada | Barbes
Highlife Time, Volume 2 | (various artists) | Vampisoul
Hotel X | Unreleased 2010 | none
Jolly Boys, The | Great Expectation | eOne Music
Kuti, Seun Anikulapo & Egypt 80 | From Africa With Fury: Rise | Knitting Factory
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo | Cotonou Club | Strut
Sergent Garcia | Una Y Otra Vez | Cumbancha
SMOD | SMOD | Nacional
Terakaft | Aratan N Azawad | World Village
Toure, Vieux Farka | The Secret | Six Degrees
Western Jazz Band | Songs Of Happiness, Poison & Ululation: Dar Es Salaam Dancing Club 1973-1975 | Sterns
Recent Arrivals
101 Things To Do In Bongolia | (various artists) | Electric Cowbell
Alaoui, Amina | Arco Iris | ECM
Bidaia | "Buhamaik" | self-released
Jaw | Jaw | Cantaloupe
Juacali | DreadBass Soundsystem | Foreign Familiar
Lugo, Ray & The Boogaloo Destroyers | Mi Watusi | Freestyle
Mapangala, Samba & Orchestra Virunga | Maisha Ni Matamu | Virunga
No Te Va Gustar | Por Lo Menos Hoy | Nacional
Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | (original soundtrack) | Walt Disney