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May 29, 2018

Nicola Conte & Spiritual Galaxy | Let Your Light Shine On

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ARTIST: Nicola Conte & Spiritual Galaxy TITLE: Let Your Light Shine On LABEL: MPS Nicola Conte is an Italian guitarist, producer a...
May 28, 2018

Program May 30, 2018

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The godfather of champeta is back!  Abelardo Carbono (pictured above) made a series of brilliant recordings in Barranquilla in the 1980s ...
May 27, 2018

Charts May 27, 2018

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WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 BOMBINO | Deran | Partisan 2 YENI NOSTALJI | Yeni Nostalji | Ropeadope 3 LOS TEXMANIACS | Cruza...
May 20, 2018

Charts May 20, 2018

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WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 YENI NOSTALJI | Yeni Nostalji | Ropeadope 2 LOS TEXMANIACS | Cruzando Borders | Smithsonian Folkwa...

Bombino | Deran

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ARTIST: Bombino TITLE: Deran LABEL: Partisan Oumara “Bombino” Moctar is a Tamasheq guitarist and singer from Agadez, Niger. Of all th...

Nickodemus | A Long Engagement

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ARTIST: Nickodemus TITLE: A Long Engagement LABEL: Wonderwheel Nick DeSimone, aka Nickodemus, is an NYC-based producer and DJ best kno...

Los Texmaniacs | Cruzando Borders

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ARTIST: Los Texmaniacs TITLE: Cruzando Borders LABEL: Smithsonian Folkways Grammy award-winning Los Texmaniacs, who played the Richmon...

Yeni Nostalji | Yeni Nostalji

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ARTIST: Yeni Nostalji TITLE: Yeni Nostalji LABEL: Ropeadope If you want to be an artist, you need to follow your obsessions down their...
May 15, 2018

Program May 16, 2018

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It's been two years in the making, and Yeni Nostalji (pictured above)'s debut album has now been released by Ropeadope Records.  I...
May 13, 2018

Charts May 13, 2018

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WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 AFRICAN SCREAM CONTEST 2 | various artists | Analog Africa 2 LISTEN ALL AROUND: THE GOLDEN AGE OF CE...
May 9, 2018

Ali Farka Toure | The Source

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ARTIST: Ali Farka Toure TITLE: The Source LABEL: World Circuit For those of us who were just getting interested in African music aroun...
May 8, 2018

Program May 9, 2018

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Desert blues guitarist Mdou Moctar (pictured above) and his band return to Richmond Monday night at Strange Matter, on a killer triple bil...
May 6, 2018

Charts May 6, 2018

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WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 SIDI TOURE | Toubalbero | Thrill Jockey 2 EL HIJO DE LA CUMBIA | Genero Genero | Nacional 3 AFRI...
May 1, 2018

Program May 2, 2018

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First of all, I want to thank close to 600 WRIR listeners who donated $48,000 during the Spring 2018 Fund Drive.  For the second consecuti...
April 29, 2018

Charts April 29, 2018

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WRIR's NACC World Top Ten 1 HECTOR "COCO" BAREZ | El Laberinto Del Coco | Obi Musica 2 SIDI TOURE | Toubalbero | Thr...