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May 31, 2012

Program June 1, 2012

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What's new in the world of world music this week is -- old.  I'll feature a bunch of reissues from all over the globe, with music ...
May 27, 2012

Charts May 27, 2012

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WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Sensacional Soul, Vol. 3 | Vampisoul 2 HOLLIE COOK | Prince Fatty Presents Hollie C...
May 24, 2012

Program May 25, 2012

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I've really been enjoying the new album Prince Fatty Presents Hollie Cook In Dub (that's the Prince and Hollie pictured above) th...

Hollie Cook | Prince Fatty Presents Hollie Cook In Dub

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ARTIST:   Hollie Cook TITLE:   Prince Fatty Presents Hollie Cook In Dub LABEL:   Mr Bongo   Hollie Cook’s self-titled debut, produced by Mik...
May 21, 2012

Charts May 20, 2012

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WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten 1 HAPPY LUCKY COMBO | Lucky Buddha | self-released 2 LE SUPER BORGOU DE PARAKOU | The Bariba Sound | An...
May 17, 2012

Program May 18, 2012

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Galactic (pictured above), New Orleans' house band and one of the finest global funk combos anywhere, visits Richmond this week on the...
May 16, 2012

Lack Of Afro | One Way

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ARTIST:   Lack Of Afro TITLE:   One Way: Remixes & Rarities LABEL:   Freestyle   Exeter, UK-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Ada...

Sensacional Soul, Vol. 3

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ARTIST:   various artists TITLE:   Sensacional Soul, Vol. 3: 28 Spanish Soul Stompers 1966/1976 LABEL:   Vampisoul   Here’s another Vampisou...
May 13, 2012

Charts May 13, 2012

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WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten 1 SOOTHSAYERS | We're Not Leaving | Red Earth 2 GALACTIC | Carnivale Electricos | Anti- 3 EBO TAYL...
May 10, 2012

Program May 11, 2012

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Seu Jorge (left) is probably best known to American audiences as Pele Dos Santos, the safety expert and one-man David Bowie tribute band ...

Soothsayers | We're Not Leaving

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ARTIST:   Soothsayers   TITLE:   We’re Not Leaving   LABEL:   Red Earth Soothsayers is a London-based project co-led by trumpeter Robin Hop...
May 7, 2012

Charts May 6, 2012

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WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten 1 HAPPY LUCKY COMBO | Lucky Buddha | self-released 2 EBO TAYLOR | Appia Kwa Bridge | Strut 3 VARIOUS A...
May 3, 2012

Program May 4, 2012

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Michael Pigott (left, with Carlos Ramirez Centeno, "el Patron de la Cumbia") is the inspiration and perspiration behind Masstrop...
May 2, 2012

Happy Lucky Combo | Lucky Buddha

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ARTIST:   Happy Lucky Combo   TITLE:  Lucky Buddha   LABEL:  self-released Richmond’s Happy Lucky Combo is a think-globally, act-locally tr...

Ebo Taylor | Appia Kwa Bridge

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ARTIST:   Ebo Taylor TITLE:   Appia Kwa Bridge LABEL:   Strut If there was an African Music Hall of Fame, Ghana’s Ebo Taylor would get in on...