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Bruce Cockburn | Slice o Life: Bruce Cockburn Live Solo

Rounder (2009)
This two-disc live set — just Bruce Cockburn and his guitars — may qualify as his one indispensable offering.
By BANNING EYRE  |  March 30, 2009

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Dub Colossus | A Town Called Addis

Real World (2008)
This one-of-a-kind project connects the real-life fireworks of old and new, urban Ethiopian music with the Rastafarian mythology
By BANNING EYRE  |  November 18, 2008

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Kasai Allstars | Congotronics III: In The 7th Moon, The Chief Turned Into A Swimming Fish And Ate The Head Of His Enemy By Magic

Crammed Discs (2008)
The Congotronics franchise has succeeded in making the rawest of African traditional music hip.
By BANNING EYRE  |  November 11, 2008

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Love during wartime

J.B. Mpiana brings his Congolese party machine to…Lynn?
J.B. Mpiana, one of the reigning stars of contemporary Congolese music, brings a 25-strong stage show to Memorial Auditorium in Lynn this Friday, November 7, at 9 pm.
By BANNING EYRE  |  November 11, 2008

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Pan-African

Made In Dakar | Nonesuch
Far more than a nostalgia act, Baobab are one of the freshest and most exuberant African bands on the road today.
By BANNING EYRE  |  June 17, 2008

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Carrying on

Andy Palacio’s gang regroup
Last year was an important one for the Garifuna musicians of Central America.
By BANNING EYRE  |  April 01, 2008

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Debashish Bhattacharya

Calcutta Chronicles: Indian Slide Guitar Odyssey
The maverick stylist plays a variety of slide-guitar variants here, in musical styles reflecting his experiences in the culturally rich Calcutta milieu.
By BANNING EYRE  |  April 01, 2008

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Famoro Dioubate’s Kakande

Dununya | Jumbie
The inventive instrumental and choral arrangements add freshness without denaturing the music’s inherent roots appeal.
By BANNING EYRE  |  February 12, 2008

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Aphrodesia

Lagos by Bus | Cyberset
The band are tight and fluid, and their command of far-flung languages and musical genres is sure-footed without being reverential.
By BANNING EYRE  |  January 23, 2008

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Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zula | Heads Up
It’s been two decades since Paul Simon ushered this South African a cappella group onto the world stage.
By BANNING EYRE  |  January 14, 2008

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Middle man

Youssou N’Dour bridges the gap
As Senegal’s pre-eminent pop singer, Youssou N’Dour has mastered the art of pleasing diverse audiences.
By BANNING EYRE  |  November 19, 2007

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Habib Koité and Bamada

Afriki | Cumbancha
That and his velvet voice complement the introspective mood here.
By BANNING EYRE  |  October 15, 2007

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Konono Nº 1

Live at Couleur Café | Crammed Discs
This band’s amped-up likembe (thumb piano) trance music put the trendy world-music subgenre known as Congotronics on the map.
By BANNING EYRE  |  September 24, 2007

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Party and prayer

Andy Palacio rescues the sound of the Garifuna
For Palacio, the road from a rural Garifuna childhood to the recording studio was not an easy one.
By BANNING EYRE  |  July 24, 2007

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De-colonized

Francophone acts bring it home on Bastille Day
For the 32nd consecutive summer, the French Library’s Bastille Day Street Dance promises to be a world-music highlight.
By BANNING EYRE  |  July 10, 2007

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Tcheka

Nu Mondo | Times Square
The latest talent to emerge from the Cape Verdean archipelago adds new power and sophistication to an alluring national genre.
By BANNING EYRE  |  June 19, 2007

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Bokoor Beats: Vintage Afro-Beat, Afro-Rock & Electric Highlife from Ghana

Bokoor Beats: Vintage Afro-Beat, Afro-Rock & Electric Highlife from Ghana | Otrabanda
Pop music in 1970s Ghana was a collision of lilting highlife.
By BANNING EYRE  |  June 05, 2007

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Erol Josué

Régléman | Mi5
A vodou priest since his teenage years in Haiti, this singer-songwriter combines mysticism, groove, and myriad sonic surprises.
By BANNING EYRE  |  May 29, 2007

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Lura

M'Bem Di Fora | Times Square
This young Cape Verdean diva explores animated genres from her remote, African archipelago home.
By BANNING EYRE  |  April 17, 2007

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Salif Keita

M'Bemba | Decca
Mali’s most celebrated singer, Salif Keita, has long been a musical shape shifter.
By BANNING EYRE  |  April 03, 2007
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