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Rounder (2009)
This two-disc live set — just Bruce Cockburn and his guitars — may qualify as his one indispensable offering.
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
Crammed Discs (2008)
The Congotronics franchise has succeeded in making the rawest of African traditional music hip.
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.
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.
Andy Palacio’s gang regroup
Last year was an important one for the Garifuna musicians of Central America.
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.
Dununya | Jumbie
The inventive instrumental and choral arrangements add freshness without denaturing the music’s inherent roots appeal.
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.
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.
Youssou N’Dour bridges the gap
As Senegal’s pre-eminent pop singer, Youssou N’Dour has mastered the art of pleasing diverse audiences.
Afriki | Cumbancha
That and his velvet voice complement the introspective mood here.
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.
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.
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.
Nu Mondo | Times Square
The latest talent to emerge from the Cape Verdean archipelago adds new power and sophistication to an alluring national genre.
Bokoor Beats: Vintage Afro-Beat, Afro-Rock & Electric Highlife from Ghana | Otrabanda
Pop music in 1970s Ghana was a collision of lilting highlife.
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