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May 30, 2016

Program June 1, 2016

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El Gran Lobo Pico in Barranquilla, Colombia; photo by Taliesin Gilkes-Bower It's unofficially summer, time to take your music outdoo...

Charts May 29, 2016

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WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Space Echo: The Mystery Behind The Cosmic Sound Of Cabo Verde Finally Revealed | Ana...
May 24, 2016

Space Echo: The Mystery Behind The Cosmic Sound Of Cabo Verde Revealed

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ARTIST: various artists TITLE: Space Echo: The Mystery Behind The Cosmic Sound Of Cabo Verde Finally Revealed LABEL: Analog Africa The...

Program May 25, 2016

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Marlysse Simmons and Rei Alvarez (left and center above) of Bio Ritmo are unabashed lovers of boleros , the old-fashioned, archly romantic...
May 23, 2016

Charts May 22, 2016

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WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Dubble Attack: The Original Pantomine Dee-Jay Collection 1970-74 | Greensleeves 2 A...
May 17, 2016

The Lickshots | The Lickshots

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ARTIST: The Lickshots TITLE: The Lickshots LABEL: Rockers International Coming out of deep left field, here’s one of the most interest...

Miramar | Dedication To Sylvia Rexach

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ARTIST: Miramar TITLE: Dedication To Sylvia Rexach LABEL: Barbes Singer Rei Alvarez and pianist Marlysse Simmons Argandona are two of ...

Charts May 15, 2016

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WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten 1 AUGUSTUS PABLO | Original Rockers | Greensleeves 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Dubble Attack: The Original Pant...
May 16, 2016

Program May 18, 2016

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Cuba Music Week ( http://cubamusicweek.org ) is a project highlighting the importance and beauty of Cuban music.  It's an effort of th...
May 10, 2016

Augustus Pablo | Original Rockers

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ARTIST: Augustus Pablo TITLE: Original Rockers LABEL: Greensleeves If you’re making a short list of the best dub albums of all time, O...

Dubble Attack: The Original Pantomine Dee-Jay Collection

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ARTIST: various artists TITLE: Dubble Attack: The Original Pantomine Dee-Jay Collection 1972-74 LABEL: Greensleeves Glen Brown is one ...
May 9, 2016

Program May 11, 2016

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In Jamaican lingo, the "deejay" is the person who talks over records; the "selector" is the person who spins the recor...
May 8, 2016

Charts May 8, 2016

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WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Tanbou Toujou Lou: Meringue, Kompa Kreyol, Vodou Jazz & Electric Folklore From H...
May 3, 2016

Imarhan | Imarhan

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ARTIST: Imarhan TITLE: Imarhan LABEL: City Slang Imarhan (“The Ones I Care About” in Tamasheq) is part of the second generation of des...

Konono No. 1 | Konono No. 1 Meets Batida

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ARTIST: Konono No. 1 TITLE: Konono No. 1 Meets Batida LABEL: Crammed Discs Konono No. 1, founded in Kinshasa by the late Mingiedi Mawa...