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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Comments | New | Approx. start time |
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| Hoven Droven |
Tachan
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Turbo | Home Records | 0:00:00 (Pop-up) | ||
| Edita Gumauskaitė ir Marius Narbutis |
Uzkalbejimas
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Dram Bam Burtai | ByTikZyz folkloro studija | From Lithuania | * | 0:04:40 (Pop-up) |
| Lenhart Tapes |
Kuje De Dejceno
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Dens | Glitterbeat | Traditional Gorani song | * | 0:10:24 (Pop-up) |
| Yirinda |
Galangoor Baya (Welcome)
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Yirinda | Chapter Music | Australian duo Yirinda combine ancient Aboriginal language with sublime modern production. | * | 0:12:49 (Pop-up) |
| Tunto |
Gobi music
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Huoleton | Tunto plays contemporary music of Finnish guitarist Matti Wallenius. | * | 0:16:59 (Pop-up) | |
| Cabra |
La Avellana + Jotas Asturianas
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Cabra, Vol.1 | Segell Microscopi | New Expressions Grounded in Spanish Folk Traditions | * | 0:21:47 (Pop-up) |
| Tabu Ley & Orchestre Afrisa |
Adeito
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Various Artists; Congo Funk ! | Analog Africa | Tabu Ley pioneered soukous (African rumba) and internationalised his music by fusing elements of Congolese folk music with Cuban, Caribbean and Latin American rumba. He has been described as "the Congolese personality who, along with Mobutu, marked Africa's 20th century history." - Wikipedia | * | 0:31:18 (Pop-up) |
| Remmy Ongala & Orchestra Super Matimila |
Kipenda Roho
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Songs for the Poor Man | Real World | Remmy Ongala performed in bands from the age of sixteen, learning his craft from his father, who was a well-respected, traditional musician. In 1978 Remmy travelled to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania where he joined Orchestra Super Makassy and later formed his own band, Super Matimila, named after the local businessman who bought and owned their instruments. - Real World | 0:38:02 (Pop-up) | |
| Orchestra Makassy |
Mosese
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Legends of East Africa | ARC Music | 0:44:19 (Pop-up) | ||
| Papa Wemba, Modogo Gian Franco Ferre & L'Orchestre Viva La Musica |
Oye Mbokate
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Place Vendome | One of the most popular musicians of his time in Africa who played an important role in world music. He was also a fashion icon who popularized the Sape look and style through his musical group Viva la Musica, - Wikipedia | 0:48:39 (Pop-up) | ||
| Pablo Lubadika Porthos |
Ngai Locataire
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Pablo | Globe Style | Singer and guitarist who moved to Paris where he made his mark in the burgeoning 80s soukous scene. | 0:54:48 (Pop-up) | |
| Tonn3rr3 X Bikaye |
It's a Bomb
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It's a Bomb | Born Bad Records | Through the repetitive forces of drums machines and synths, through the skins, steel and wood percussions, through vintage electric keyboards, Tonn3rr3 invites to the dance and sound syncretism : thus is the triangular energy of Tonn3rr3. - bandcamp | * | 1:05:39 (Pop-up) |
| Zazou Bikaye |
Yondo
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Mr. Manager (Expanded Edition) | Crammed Discs | 1:09:25 (Pop-up) | ||
| Les Amazones d'Afrique |
My Place (feat. Dobet Gnahoré)
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Musow Danse | Real World | Les Amazones d'Afrique are an all-female collective of west African musicians campaigning for gender equality. They have been described as a supergroup. - Real Worlld | * | 1:12:35 (Pop-up) |
| Pamela Badjogo |
Dans Mon Agenda
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Yieh | Raphia | Pamela Badjogo is an Afro-Jazz musician from Gabon and a former member of Les Amazones d'Afrique. - Wikipedia | * | 1:16:51 (Pop-up) |
| Nina Ogot |
Ningojee
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Ukumbu.KE | Award-winning singer-songwriter Nina Ogot weaves traditional and contemporary Kenyan sounds into vibrant, infectious pop. - Onebeat | * | 1:20:19 (Pop-up) | |
| Rokia Traoré |
Sikey
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Beautiful Africa | 1:25:33 (Pop-up) | |||
| London Afrobeat Collective |
Topesa Esengo Na Motema
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Esengo | London Afrobeat Collective are a tight-knit family of musicians from around the world, living in London and united by a love of afrobeat and a desire to take original music to new places. - home page | * | 1:33:18 (Pop-up) | |
| Lariba |
Merengue a Santo Domingo
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Various Artists: Fiesta Latina | Putumayo | * | 1:37:56 (Pop-up) | |
| Negrito Figueroa |
Por la mañanita
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Various Artists: Merengue típico, nueva generación ! | Les Disques Bongo Joe | 80s merengue tipico artist from Dominican Republic. | * | 1:41:59 (Pop-up) |
| Fefita La Grande |
La Chiflera
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Date Brillo Cadenita | Fefita La Grande is a Dominican accordionist and the most recognized female performer of typical merengue, a more rural variation of merengue, the main musical genre of the Dominican Republic. - Wikipedia | 1:46:25 (Pop-up) | ||
| Eskorzo |
Humo
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Historias de Amor y otras Mierdas | Calaverita Records + Maracuyeah | One of the very few active bands from Spain’s first wave of mestizo bands in the 90s, along with the likes of Amparanoia and Manu Chao, Eskorzo are at a peak point of their career. - Sounds From Spain | * | 1:55:53 (Pop-up) |
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Charles in Chicago:
Charles in Chicago:
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Ken From Hyde Park:
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Charles in Chicago:
chresti:
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Ken From Hyde Park:
mariano:
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mariano:
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Charles in Chicago:
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Handy Haversack:
"The waterborne American Coot is one good reminder that not everything that floats is a duck."
Listener Tom:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
Appreciating the International goodness to wake up to as always.
Listener Bryan (the Professor):
Charles in Chicago:
Listener Bryan (the Professor):
Handy Haversack:
Listener Bryan (the Professor):
mariano:
von schleppendorf:
Perhaps in my top 10 Afro Groove listening (adjacent to sublime ‘Omani Wapi’ album & some choice King Ade) etc etc.
Listener Bryan (the Professor):
mariano:
slugluv1313:
been lurking -- loving your selections -- but especially this Rokia Traore, so beautiful -- thank you!
ok gotta get back to work -- but i will be listening 😺😺
Listener Tom:
mariano:
Rob W:
slugluv1313:
Listener Tom:
Handy Haversack:
von schleppendorf:
slugluv1313:
chresti:
Ken From Hyde Park:
PaulRobeson1924:
The island occupies roughly 2,200 acres and sits atop a deposit of solid rock salt thought to be deeper than Mount Everest is high. Geologists believe this deposit is the remnant of a buried ancient seabed, pushed to the surface by the sheer weight of surrounding alluvial sediments.
cool, Mr.Charles!
Good morningggggg
slugluv1313:
Charles in Chicago:
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Charles in Chicago:
chresti:
mariano:
chresti:
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von schleppendorf:
mariano:
Listener Tom:
gabriel:
Listener Tom:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
Ken From Hyde Park:
Bas NL:
chresti:
mariano:
von schleppendorf:
Listener Tom:
Handy Haversack:
Charles in Chicago:
slugluv1313:
i apologize for my senile old brain not working properly -- but right after i typed that, i had this nagging feeling, that you had talked about this before?
probably my Hungarian Mom and Grandma smacking me upside the head from the great beyond, too! 😹😹
Charles in Chicago:
Charles in Chicago:
slugluv1313:
Tom P: