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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Comments | New | Approx. start time |
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| Meiko Kaji |
Hagure Bushi
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Yadokuri | We Want Sounds | Meiko Kaji (梶 芽衣子, Kaji Meiko, born March 24, 1947) is a Japanese actress and singer. Since the 1960s, she has appeared in over 100 film and television roles, most prominently in the 1970s with her most famous roles as outlaw characters. - wlkl (1973 reissue) | * | 0:01:29 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Sachiko Kanenobu |
Fork in the Road
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Fork in the Road | Temporal Drift | Sachiko Kanenobu (born May 31 , 1948 ) is a folk singer from Osaka Prefecture who currently resides in the United States. She is said to be a pioneer among female singer-songwriters . Her elder sister is Kahoru Yodo , a former leading male star of the Flower Troupe of the Takarazuka Revue . - wiki (translated) | 0:05:14 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| La Baula |
La veu del cor
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Cançons a l'ombra | La Baula, the new emerging group from the Catalan roots music scene, presents its highly anticipated debut album 'Cançons a l’ombra' (Songs in the Shadow), a fresh and captivating proposal that revives thirteen little-known traditional songs, collected from various sound and bibliographical sources. - PR | 0:10:48 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Te Vaka |
Amataga
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Amataga | The Canoe in Tokelauan language, Te Vaka is a band founded by Opetaia Foa'i, a Grammy-nominated composer and songwriter for Disney's Moana. The band performs original songs inspired by the South Pacific culture and history, and has toured to 40 countries and performed at major events. - home page | 0:13:32 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Charles Maimarosia |
Haiamasina
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Hote' Hote' | Wantok Musik | Charles Maimarosia is a unique and extraordinary Solomon Islands singer and musician, raised in the remote Pipisu village of Malaita. He is renowned for being a singer of important custom knowledge, drawing equally on traditional and contemporary musical styles. - home page | * | 0:17:24 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Nidia Góngora |
Mi Bunde
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Pacífico Maravilla | From the banks of the Timbiquí River in Colombia to global stages, Nidia Góngora's voice carries the cadence of the mangrove and the strength of the drum. With Pacífico Maravilla, her first solo album, she presents a sonic manifesto that immerses us in the essence of her homeland and artistic evolution. For over 25 years, Nidia has blended tradition with innovation, collaborating with artists like Quantic, Bomba Estéreo, and Ondatrópica. - PR | * | 0:20:55 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Cocanha |
La Sovenenca
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Puput | GIG: Playing tonight @ Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall - Thanks to listener Mike in DC for the info. | 0:26:48 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp |
Smiling like a Flower (Dubby July)
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Ventre Unique | Les Disques Bongo Joe | Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp is a perpetually evolving ‘orchestra’, loosely modelled on the great 20th-century African groups like Tout Puissant Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou and tipping its hat to revolutionary French artist Marcel Duchamp. - home page | * | 0:36:40 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Kokoroko |
Three Piece Suit (feat. Azekel)
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Get the Message - EP | Brownswood Recordings | Kokoroko is a London-based septet led by Sheila Maurice-Grey and Onome Edgeworth playing a fusion of jazz and Afrobeat. In February 2019 they were named "ones to watch" by the Guardian, after their track "Abusey Junction" garnered 57 million views on YouTube. - wiki | * | 0:39:58 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Ebo Taylor, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad |
Beye Bu, Beye Ba
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Jazz Is Dead 22: Ebo Taylor | Jazz Is Dead | GIG: With Pat Thomas at Webster Hall Sun April 20 | * | 0:45:05 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Fancy Fingers & Winyo |
Pokunena
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Jawaya Jathum | Delicious Tunes | Kenyan musicians Fancy Fingers and Winyo have joined forces to release Jawaya Jathum, a 13-track Luo album that blends traditional African sounds with modern global influences. The project, which is available for streaming and download(link is external), fuses indigenous instruments like the nyatiti and orutu with contemporary Afro-pop, jazz, benga, bhangra, and zouk, creating a rich listening experience. - musicinafrica | * | 0:49:35 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| The Bongo Hop |
Eko Eko - feat Moonlight Benjamin
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La Pata Coja | Underdog Records | The Bongo Hop is back with another highly danceable, genre bending and colorful effort. Always navigating back and forth across the Atlantic in search of his musical dreamland, he offers a deeper insight into the making of his music, an organic sounding, almost live approach to his infectiously groovy compositions, topped with impeccable collaborations. - Rough Trade | * | 0:54:31 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Amadou & Mariam |
Mon amour
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Vol. 1 | Maikano | Amadou Bagayoko & Mariam Doumbia. Amadou Bagayoko & Mariam Doumbia. Amadou and Mariam, "the blind couple from Mali", played their warm African rhythms and infectiously catchy melodies for over forty years until Amadou's death this month. After establishing a reputation in Africa, the duo finally broke onto the international music scene in two stages, first with the hit single "Mon amour, ma chérie" in 1998. They then confirmed their new star status in 2004 with the album "Dimanche à Bamako", produced by Manu Chao. - RFI | 1:03:37 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Amadou & Mariam |
Mon Amour, Ma Cherie
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Sou Ni Tilé | Tinder | 1:07:38 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Amadou & Mariam |
Je Pense à Toi
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Sou Ni Tilé | Tinder | 1:14:32 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Amadou & Mariam |
Dogons
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Sou Ni Tilé | Tinder | 1:19:24 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Amadou & Mariam |
Les Temps Ont Change
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Wati | Circular Moves | 1:25:32 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Amadou & Mariam |
Coulibaly
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Dimanche a Bamako | Because Music | 1:29:40 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Amadou & Mariam |
M' Bife
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Dimanche a Bamako | Because Music | 1:33:05 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Amadou & Mariam |
Sabali
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Welcome to Mali | Because Music | 1:34:40 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Amadou & Mariam |
Cherie
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Folila (Music) | Because Music | 1:38:35 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Amadou & Mariam |
Dougou Badia
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Folila (Music) | Because Music | 1:43:16 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Amadou & Mariam |
Yiki Yassa
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La Confusion | Because Music | 1:47:08 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Amadou & Mariam |
Beaux Dimanches - Eclipse Version
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Eclipse | 1:52:33 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |||
| Awa Khiwe |
NgeMbombela (feat. Mokoomba)
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African Women Arise | Outhere | Rooted in rural Zimbabwe and shaped by her time in Germany, Awa Khiwe merges Ndebele tradition, contemporary hip-hop, and global Afro sounds on her debut album African Women Arise. Her fast-paced verses in Ndebele and English reflect personal and collective realities: | * | 1:59:49 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Mannix Okonkwo |
Ka Nyi Gbaa Egwu
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Various Artists: Nigeria Special Volume 3: Electronic Innovation Meets Culture And Tradition 1978-93 | Soundway | Soundway Records presents a collection of Nigerian music chronicling a time when drum machines, synthesisers, imported pop, reggae, disco and soul collided with highlife, juju and cultural music. - bandcamp | 2:03:20 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Yasmine Hamdan |
Shmaali
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Single | Lebanese singer-songwriter Yasmine Hamdan is one of the most groundbreaking musicians in the Middle East — thanks in part to her work in the electronic indie band Soapkills — though she's now based in Paris. - home page | * | 2:09:59 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Didon |
Heyla
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Malak (Angel) | DIDON, the captivating duo, unites the enchanting vocals and original Arabic lyrics of Meriem Ben Amor, a Tunisian-Canadian singer-songwriter, with the expertise of Carmen Rizzo, an American Grammy-nominated artist and producer. - home page | 2:13:57 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Alsarah & The Nubatones |
Habibi
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Seasons of the Road | Mawasim Altariq, or Seasons of the Road, is the third full studio album from Alsarah & the Nubatones, more than 5 years in the making. It began as a seed in Beirut back at the end of 2018 in a week-long residency at Station. Slowly it traveled to Sudan for the filming of the music video of one of the first tracks written on it, Men Ana, an homage to the Sudanese revolution taking place at the time. It then returned back to NYC as the band locked down along with the rest of the world and watched everything change from our windows. - PR | 2:16:56 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Nama Dama |
Aperantos
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Pagan Soul | Vavla Vibes | Nama Dama is a multidisciplinary, one-woman force from Cyprus, known for her captivating audio-visual performances. During her live performances, she takes her audience on a journey where sound and story come together, blending the ethereal beauty of electronic folk with the infectious energy of pop. The result is a rich, dynamic sound that feels both modern and deeply rooted in tradition. Her multicultural background, shaped by her Ukrainian, Greek, and Cypriot heritage adds depth and diversity to her music, giving it a unique and rich flavor. - PR | * | 2:20:37 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Iyatra Quartet |
Helios
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Wild Green | Creating free-flowing music that travels on the wind of improvisation rather than the confines of the anticipated, takes skill and inspiration. iyatraQuartet is amply blessed with both. iyatraQuartet’s new collection of original compositions and songs called ‘Wild Green’ is an enchanting exploration of the beauty and strength of the cycles of the natural world in English, Occitan and Middle English. - PR | * | 2:24:31 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Ségercz / Zatari / Vitályos Trio |
Karshilama
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Dawn | A joint project from Ferenc Ségercz, Mohamad Zatari and Lehel Vitályos, born of their tireless search for common rhythms and dialogues in traditional repertoires from different regions of the world, kicked off in a workshop in a small village in Transylvania. The three musicians use deep-rooted timbres and improvisational concepts to build coherent new, organic sound textures. - PR | * | 2:31:43 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Christos Kanellos Malamas |
Gyrismos
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Dilek | Kalan Muzik | This Athenian musician, whose knowledge covers different musical fields of both Eastern and Western music, specialises in Byzantine liturgical chant, rebetic, modal and Sephardic chant, Eastern plucked string instruments, classical guitar and musical improvisation. He is also a music teacher and instrument maker. - thediplomatinspain | * | 2:41:37 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico with Lamia Bedioui |
Perperouna
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Watersong | ECM | Savina Yannatou’s fifth ECM album revolves around the theme of water in its many manifestations. Water as a blessing and a curse. A life-sustaining source and a mortal threat in the elemental power of the storm. Shakespeare’s The Tempest with the spirit Ariel’s song, “Full Fathom Five”, provided an inspirational starting point for Greek vocalist Yannatou and the Primavera en Salonico band in a project in which they are also joined by Tunisian singer Lamia Bedioui. There’s a special magic that occurs when Savina and Lamia sing together – as was already evident on Yannatou’s Terra Nostra more than 20 years ago. - PR | * | 2:46:29 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Mara Aranda |
Echate a la Mar
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Sefarad en el corazón de Bulgaria | The Middle Ages in the Iberian Peninsula were a rich melting pot of cultures. As early as the 11th century, music and dance were already associated with all festivities and celebrations, with the story of those who preceded us being heard both in houses and palaces, in streets and markets, in meetings and courtly festivities, or accompanying daily chores. This is the heritage of humanity as a whole and the legacy of the traditions that we are now responsible for passing on. PR (from the artist) | * | 2:50:15 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Mohammad Mostafa Heydarian |
Bâyeh Bâyeh
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Noor-e Vojood | Centripetal Force | The name of the album, Noor-e Vojood, the light of existence, holds deep meaning for Mostafa. His love for life, music, and creativity has led to his songs being heard around the world. He considers his music a light for others and an offering from himself. He knows that in these times of trouble and turmoil, his musical contributions can help ease tensions and anxiety. The tanbur delivers love and understanding to the people who hear him, an experience as intimate as a face-to-face encounter. - bandcamp | * | 2:55:15 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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