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Reggae & Caribbean
DAMIAN MARLEY
Welcome To Jamrock Tuff Gong/Universal By Tom Pryor [
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Reggae & Caribbean
CULT CARGO: BELIZE CITY BOIL UP
Numero Uno By Tom Pryor [
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Europe
MARTIRES DEL COMPAS
No Papeles—No Papers Harmonia Mundi/World Village
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World Fusion
INDIALUCIA
IndiaLucia CM By Tom Pryor [
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Africa
ETHIOPIQUES 19: MAHMOUD AHMED: ALEMYE
Buda Musique By Tom Pryor [
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Jazz
GIANLUIGI TROVESI, GIANNI COSCIA
Round About Weill ECM By Tom Pryor [
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Greater Latin America
LOS DE ABAJO
Complete & LIVE (L.A./04) Kufala
By Tom Pryor [
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Greater Latin America
ROUGH GUIDE TO BOOGALOO
World Music Network
By Tom Pryor [
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Middle East & North Africa
ABDUL WAHAB MADADI
Sweet Nomad Girl: Folk Music From Afghanistan Metier World By Tom Pryor [
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Reggae & Caribbean
WILLI WILLIAMS
Messenger Man Blood and Fire BAFCD 048
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Reggae & Caribbean
TROJAN REGGAE RARITIES
Trojan/ Sanctuary 06076-80499-2 By Tom Pryor [
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Reggae & Caribbean
SEAN PAUL
The Trinity VP Records By Tom Pryor [
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World Music Features
Tego Calderon
Tego Calderon is a reggaetón MC, a rapper who laces his Spanish rhymes with heavy doses of boricua slang and Jamaican dancehall beats. Musically, it’s a far cry from classic salsa’s improvisational wizardry. By Tom Pryor [
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World Music Features
Felix Cabrera
In Cuba son is the venerable sound that paved the way for everything from rumba to mambo to salsa. In the U.S., we have the blues. But it’s not often that you find a musician thoroughly versed in both traditions. Enter Felix Cabrera. By Tom Pryor [
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World Music Features
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
If there’s one group that stands out as the hardest-working Afrobeat torchbearer, almost single-handedly igniting the Afrobeat revival in North America, it’s Brooklyn’s own Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra. By Tom Pryor [
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World Music Features
Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble
The 13-piece band boasts a multinational crew that came together from a variety of different musical backgrounds to explore the funky, Yoruba-meets-James Brown style that Fela pioneered in the ’70s. By Tom Pryor [
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World Music Features
Stimmhorn
Stimmhorn takes Swiss tradition another step further, adding 21st century electronic textures into the mix as a means of interrogating the effects of globalization and immigration on the notoriously closed-off nation. By Tom Pryor [
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Africa
SEKOU DIABATE
Guitar Fo Discorma/Harmonia Mundi By Tom Pryor [
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Africa
GEORGE SIBANDA
The Legendary George Sibanda: Southern Rhodesia 1948-52 SWP/International Library of African Music By Tom Pryor [
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Greater Latin America
JERRY GONZALEZ Y LOS PIRATAS
Jerry Gonzalez y Los Piratas del Flamenco Sunnyside By Tom Pryor [
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