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World Music Features
M.I.A.
The 27-year-old Sri Lankan born Maya Arulpragasam has been whipping up critical praises as the reigning superstar of electro-clash, an updated version of ’80s synth-rock that incorporates hip-hop, R&B and punk into its mix.
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Between Two Worlds
Between Two Worlds is is an in-depth documentary that looks at the illustrious career of India’s ambassador of sitar, Ravi Shankar.
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World Music Features
Niyaz
Niyaz's self-titled debut album pulls from Indian and Persian folkloric music, intriguingly set to tastefully crafted beats. All of it is created by innate machines of loving grace.
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Europe
BERGER KNUTSSON SPERING WITH FRIENDS
See You In A Minute: Memories Of Don Cherry
Country & Eastern
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World Music Features
Cheb I Sabbah
Cheb I Sabbah is an Algerian-born man of Jewish descent. He has released the third segment of his trilogy exploring the fusion of both classical Indian Hindustani and Carnatic music with Western-influenced electronica.
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World Music Features
Zuco 103
Be it Western country in a digital world, spiced samba or downtempo house, Zuco 103 are purveyors of the new global sound. Not, as many would wish to say, “multicultural,” but rather of a limitless culture.
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North American
LOS LOBOS
Good Morning Aztlán
Mammoth
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Reggae & Caribbean
JIMMY CLIFF
We Are All One: The Best of Jimmy Cliff
Columbia/Legacy
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World Music Features
Matisyahu
Matthew Miller traded dreadlocks and Birkenstocks for payos and Torah long ago. Now that’s he’s found his path, the vehicle he uses to spread the Chabad Lubavitch message is reggae music.
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Reggae & Caribbean
THE WAILERS
Dub Marley
Tabou
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Middle East & North Africa
CHEB I SABBAH
La Kehana
Six Degrees
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World Music Features
Les Yeux Noirs
Taking their name from an old Russian gypsy tune, Les Yeux Noirs are finally finding global audiences, touring. An exquisitely textured, richly modern offering, this may not be their parents’ music, but it is certainly a step forward.
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Africa
Lokua Kanza
Toyebi Té
Sunnyside
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Africa
Various Artists
Sanscapes Vol. II: Future Visions of the Bushmen
Meltdown
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World Music Features
Shujaat Husain Khan
Like his contemporary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Shujaat Khan knows tradition is all good, but innovation is where it’s at.
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Africa
GIGI
Illuminated Audio
Palm
AXIOM: RECONSTRUCTIONS & VEXATIONS
Palm
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Reggae & Caribbean
LOVE JOYS
Reggae Vibes
Wackie’s 3239
African Roots Act II
Wackie’s 617
African Roots Act III
Wackie’s 1717
I Love Jah—Meditations
Wackie’s 510
Jamaica Super Dub Session
Wackie’s 1720
Lovers Rock—Love Joys
Wackie’s 2383
Mini Showcase—Horace Andy Meets Naggo Morris/Wayne Jarret
Wackie’s 1716/1722
Natures Dub
Wackie’s 306
Showcase—Junior Delhaye
Wackie’s 1382
Wicked Ago I Feel It—Sugar Minott
Wackie’s 1718
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Europe
PAULO CONTE
Reveries
Nonesuch
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Electronica
MIDIval PunditZ
MIDIval PunditZ
Six Degrees
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Europe
DAVID VISAN
Chill Out In Paris 2
George V
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