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January 31, 2017

Program February 1, 2017

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Of course they came for the musicians.  They always come for the musicians -- people who can speak directly to your soul, even without the...
January 29, 2017

Charts January 29, 2017

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WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten 1 AFRO-ZEN ALLSTARS | Greatest Hits | self-released 2 SYSTEMA SOLAR | Rumbo A Tierra | Nacional 3 TIKE...
January 24, 2017

Girma Beyene & Akale Wube | Ethiopiques 30: Mistakes On Purpose

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ARTIST: Girma Beyene & Akale Wube TITLE: Ethiopiques 30: Mistakes On Purpose LABEL: Buda Musique Girma Beyene is one of the leadin...

Ani Cordero | Querido Mundo

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ARTIST: Ani Cordero TITLE: Querido Mundo LABEL: self-released Ani Cordero is a Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter who’s been a member of...

Hard Proof | Stinger

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ARTIST: Hard Proof TITLE: Stinger LABEL: Modern Outsider Austin is of course one of the USA’s great music scenes, so it ought to have ...

Awa Poulo | Poulo Warali

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ARTIST: Awa Poulo TITLE: Poulo Warali LABEL: Awesome Tapes From Africa The Fulani people are the ethnic group with the largest nomadic...

Program January 25, 2017

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He's only been out of office for a few days, and I'm already nostalgic for the 44th President of the United States.  So I dusted o...
January 22, 2017

Charts January 22, 2017

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WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten 1 NOUVELLE VAGUE | I Could Be Happy | Kwaidan / !K7 2 AFRO-ZEN ALLSTARS | Greatest Hits | self-released...
January 16, 2017

Charts January 15, 2017

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WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS | Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque In Upper Volta | Numero Group 2 AFRO-ZEN ALLSTARS | Greates...
January 10, 2017

Program January 11, 2017

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I'm still working my way through the bounty of new releases that 2017 has offered so far.  This week, you'll hear a track from th...
January 9, 2017

Charts January 8, 2017

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WRIR's CMJ New World Top Ten 1 SYSTEMA SOLAR | Rumbo A Tierra | Nacional 2 AFRO-ZEN ALLSTARS | Greatest Hits | self-released 3 BONG...
January 3, 2017

Program January 4, 2017

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Hey, didn't someone tell me most of the music industry is on vacation in December?  Apparently not, because I logged in 42 new relea...
January 2, 2017

Afro-Zen Allstars | Greatest Hits

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ARTIST: Afro-Zen Allstars TITLE: Greatest Hits LABEL: self-released Joking title aside, this is the debut studio album from Afro-Zen A...

The Bongo Hop | Satingarona Pt. 1

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ARTIST: The Bongo Hop TITLE: Satingarona Pt. 1 LABEL: Underdog Etienne Sevet is a man of many talents – an urban planner by day in Lyo...

Jungle Fire | Jambu

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ARTIST: Jungle Fire TITLE: Jambu LABEL: Nacional The second album from this Los Angeles-based Afro-Latin-funk instrumental aggregation...