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January 27, 2016

The Cliftones | Enemies Scatter

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ARTIST: The Cliftones TITLE: Enemies Scatter LABEL: Rebel Sound Every mid-sized or larger city in the USA has a “best reggae band in t...

Dos Santos Anti-Beat Orquesta | Dos Santos

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ARTIST: Dos Santos Anti-Beat Orquesta TITLE: Dos Santos LABEL: Alebrije Dos Santos Anti-Beat Orquesta is a new five-piece combo from C...

La Mambanegra | La Galeria

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ARTIST: La Mambanegra TITLE: La Galeria LABEL: self-released La Mambanegra is the new project from Jacobo Velez, former front man of t...
January 26, 2016

Program January 27, 2016

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La Mambanegra (pictured above) is a new group from Cali, Colombia flavoring indigenous sounds with 70s NYC salsa , dancehall, funk and hip...
January 25, 2016

Charts January 24, 2016

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WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten 1 LUKA PRODUCTIONS | Mali Kady | Sahelsounds 2 BLACK MASALA | I Love You Madly | self-released 3 DEBO ...
January 19, 2016

Luka Productions | Mali Kady

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ARTIST: Luka Productions TITLE: Mali Kady LABEL: Sahelsounds Sahelsounds is the record label run by “guerrilla ethno-musicologist” Chr...
January 18, 2016

Program January 20, 2016

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I've been listening to a lot of vintage South African music in recent months, most of it from the outstanding Electric Jive music blo...

Charts January 17, 2016

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Rafael Ferrer, "Cortijo Tres Veces," 2012 WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten 1 CORTIJO | The Ansonia Years: 1969-1971 | Vampisou...
January 12, 2016

Program January 13, 2016

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Senegalese singer Baaba Maal, one of my all-time favorite artists, has a new album out (his eleventh).  It's a collaboration with Joha...
January 11, 2016

Cortijo | The Ansonia Years 1969-1971

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ARTIST: Cortijo TITLE: The Ansonia Years 1969-1971 LABEL: Vampisoul Volume 3 of Yannis Ruel’s Saoco project documenting Puerto Rican ...

Baaba Maal | The Traveller

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ARTIST: Baaba Maal TITLE: The Traveller LABEL: Palm / Marathon Artists Baaba Maal is one of the true international stars in African mu...

RAM | 6: Manman M Se Ginen

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ARTIST: RAM TITLE: 6: Manman M Se Ginen LABEL: self-released RAM is one of Haiti’s most popular and important bands. Founded in 1990 ...

Charts January 10, 2016

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WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Soul Sok Sega: Sega Sounds From Mauritius 1973-1979 | Strut 2 DUBIOZA KOLEKTIV | Ha...
January 5, 2016

Program January 6, 2016

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Let's get started in 2016 with some brand-new music, shall we?  First up is the fabulous Bosnian punk-ska-Balkan brass band Dubioza Ko...
January 4, 2016

Divanhana | Zukva

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ARTIST: Divanhana TITLE: Zukva LABEL: ARC Divanhana is a young band from Sarajevo that specializes in the urban folk music of ex-Yugos...