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June 28, 2016

Yeni Nostalji | 2016 EP demo (final mix)

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Photo by Kate Thompson/Momenta Workshops 2016 ARTIST: Yeni Nostalji TITLE: 2016 EP demo (final mix) LABEL: unreleased Yeni Nostalji...
June 26, 2016

Charts June 26, 2016

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WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten 1 QUANTIC PRESENTA FLOWERING INFERNO | 1000 Watts | Tru Thoughts 2 FATOU SEIDI GHALI AND ALAMNOU AKROUN...
June 22, 2016

The Rough Guide To Peru Rare Groove

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ARTIST: various artists TITLE: The Rough Guide To Peru Rare Groove LABEL: World Music Network Want a guaranteed good time? Get DJ Bon...
June 21, 2016

Program June 22, 2016

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Dos Santos Anti-Beat Orquesta (pictured above) is a band from Chicago that plays cumbias and other Latin rhythms with the attack of rock ...
June 19, 2016

Charts June 19, 2016

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WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten 1 MIRAMAR | Dedication To Sylvia Rexach | Barbes 2 ANTHONY JOSEPH | Caribbean Roots | Heavenly Sweetnes...
June 14, 2016

Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno | 1000 Watts

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ARTIST: Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno TITLE: 1000 Watts LABEL: Tru Thoughts Here’s the third album from Flowering Inferno, the tr...

Program June 15, 2016

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It's been the spring of reggae music here at WRIR -- we've received so many good reggae releases that I've barely had enough t...
June 13, 2016

Charts June 12, 2016

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WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten 1 ANTHONY JOSEPH | Caribbean Roots | Heavenly Sweetness / Strut 2 BOMBINO | Azel | Partisan 3 VARIOUS ...
June 8, 2016

Anthony Joseph | Caribbean Roots

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ARTIST: Anthony Joseph TITLE: Caribbean Roots LABEL: Heavenly Sweetness / Strut Anthony Joseph is a Trinidad-born, London-based writer...
June 7, 2016

Program June 8, 2016

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Anthony Joseph is a Trinidad-born, London-based poet and novelist whose work draws on calypso, surrealism (his novel is entitled The Afric...
June 6, 2016

Charts June 5, 2016

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WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten 1 IDRIS ACKAMOOR AND THE PYRAMIDS | We Be All Africans | Strut 2 LICKSHOTS | The Lickshots | Rockers In...
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...