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September 30, 2022

The creator has a master plan

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Pharoah Sanders, the American saxophonist who passed away on September 24 at age 81, was perhaps the most spiritual, ecstatic musician that ...
September 28, 2022

Charts September 19-25, 2022

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WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 LEE SCRATCH PERRY | King Scratch: Musical Masterpieces From The Upsetter Ark-ive | Trojan 2 WGANDA KENY...
September 23, 2022

King Scratch

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Jamaican popular music has long been a producer's medium, and no Jamaican producer has ever been more prolific, confounding or just plai...
September 20, 2022

Charts September 12-18, 2022

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WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 BABA COMMANDANT AND THE MANDINGO BAND | Sonbonbela | Sublime Frequencies 2 DOGO DU TOGO | Dogo Du Togo...
September 17, 2022

Afrobeat groove in our Mandingo tongue

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There's a lot of competition for this title, but I think Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band is my favorite African ensemble right n...
September 13, 2022

Charts September 5-11, 2022

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WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 DOGO DU TOGO | Dogo Du Togo | self-released 2 SON PALENQUE (KAINE SOUND BAND) | Es La Idea | Palenque...
September 9, 2022

Rally round the red, gold, black & green

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Living legends of reggae music Steel Pulse play the National in Richmond on Friday September 16.  Founded in Birmingham, England, they were ...
September 8, 2022

Charts Aug 29 - Sep 4, 2022

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WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 AYAHUASCA VOL. 2: CUMBIAS PSICODELICAS PERUANAS | various artists | Repsychled 2 LOS PAO PAOS | Los Pa...
September 1, 2022

Se acabou

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Autumn is election season here in the USA.  And it's really election season right now in Brazil, where Jair (Bozo) Bolsonaro, "the ...
August 30, 2022

Charts August 22-28, 2022

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WRIR World's NACC Top 10 1 VIEUX FARKA TOURE | Les Racines | World Circuit 2 CELESTINE UKWU | No Condition Is Permanent | Mississ...
August 26, 2022

Summer singles roundup

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Well, I deserve a D for attendance this summer.  First there was the Chicago weekend, then the two-week European vacation.  Subtract another...
August 23, 2022

Charts August 15-21, 2022

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WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 NOORI AND HIS DORPA BAND | Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass From Sudan's Red Sea Coast | Ostina...
August 18, 2022

The future is unwritten

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John Graham Mellor was born in Ankara, Turkey on August 21, 1952.  Who's that, you say?  Well, you might know him better by his stage na...
August 15, 2022

Charts August 8-14, 2022

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WRIR World's NACC Top Ten 1 STAR FEMININE BAND | "Le Mariage Forcé" [Single] | Born Bad 2 CUMBIAMUFFIN | Cumbiamuffin |...
August 10, 2022

Charts Jul 25 - Aug 7, 2022

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WRIR World's NACC Top Ten, July 25-31 1 CUMBIAMUFFIN |  Cumbiamuffin | Peace & Rhythm/Hyperopia/Sounds & Colours 2 SHAOLIN A...