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March 29, 2020

Charts March 21-27, 2020

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WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 MDOU MOCTAR | "Ibitlan" b/w "Tiknass (Sunbone)" [Single] | Sahel Sounds 2 DZAMBO...
March 22, 2020

Charts March 14-20, 2020

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WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 ANTIBALAS | Fu Chronicles | Daptone 2 BLACK MARKET BRASS | Undying Thirst | Colemine 3 DZAMBO AG...
March 15, 2020

Charts March 7-13, 2020

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WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 CORNERSHOP | England Is A Garden | Ample Play 2 BETO JAMAICA | Rey De Mi Folklor: Vallenato Y Cumbi...
March 9, 2020

Charts Feb 29 - Mar 6, 2020

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WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 BAMBA WASSOULOU GROOVE | Dankele | Lusafrica 2 EVRITIKI ZYGIA | Ormenion | Teranga Beat 3 MONE...
March 7, 2020

Lusophonics

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Sao Tome & Principe is an island country in the Gulf of Guinea, off the coast of Gabon; it was uninhabited by humans when the Portugue...
March 3, 2020

Charts February 22-28, 2020

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WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 GUASA, CUNUNO Y MARIMBA: AFRO-COLOMBIAN MUSIC FROM THE PACIFIC COAST | various artists | Vampisoul 2 ...
March 1, 2020

Guitar heroes of the Sahel

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I've long contended that the best rock 'n' roll music in the world right now is being made in North and West Africa.  The Marc...
February 25, 2020

Charts February 15-21, 2020

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WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 GUASA, CUNUNO Y MARIMBA: AFRO-COLOMBIAN MUSIC FROM THE PACIFIC COAST | various artists | Vampisoul 2 ...
February 23, 2020

It's carnival time

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This week marks the end of a season characterized by excess in every dimension, a general reversal of everyday rules and norms, and mocker...
February 19, 2020

Charts February 1-14, 2020

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WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 DAVID WALTERS | Soleil Kreyol | Heavenly Sweetness 2 ANTIBALAS | Fu Chronicles | Daptone 3 LOS S...
February 16, 2020

Nicotiana

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Rumput is quite possibly the most unique band in Richmond: they specialize in keroncong , Indonesian string band music.  Last time I check...
February 4, 2020

Charts January 25-31, 2020

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WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 KALETA AND SUPER YAMBA BAND | Medaho | Ubiquity 2 GEOFF BERNER | Grand Hotel Cosmopolis | Coax 3 ...
February 2, 2020

Maximum enjoyment

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Producer and anthologist Lucas Silva likes to call his home country of Colombia "the Soukous Republic of America."  Indeed, Cong...
January 28, 2020

Charts January 11-24, 2020

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WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 AFRICA EXPRESS | Egoli | self-released 2 NIGERIA SOUL POWER 70: AFRO-FUNK, AFRO-ROCK, AFRO-DISCO ...
January 26, 2020

Please, machine, make my day

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Bosnia's Dubioza Kolektiv is back with #fakenews , their ninth album of Balkan-flavored ska, punk, reggae, electronica, hip hop and ro...