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Rodrigo y Gabriela
ListenRodrigo y Gabriela by Rodrigo y Gabriela

While Rodrigo y Gabriela's self-titled third album is an utter and complete joy to listen to -- actu...

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The Best of the Classic Years
ListenThe Best of the Classic Years by King Sunny Ade

Nigerian juju bandleader King Sunny Adé kick-started the Afropop movement in America when he t...

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The Complete Upsetter Singles
ListenThe Complete Upsetter Singles by Bob Marley and the Wailers

When the Wailers teamed with original dub master Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican music was at a turni...

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Re-Covers Serious Tam Digital Collection Volume 1 The Japanese Koto

Music of Asia by Chris Nickson

In spite of the Beijing Olympics and the rise of India and China as global economic superpowers, Asia largely remains the mysterious East, a place where, these days, ancient wisdom and cutting-edge technology sit side-by-side. To Western ears, the music of Asia and the Pacific can seem, well, just odd. And, to be fair, some of it can be; the dissonances of Chinese opera, for instance, don't make allowances for Occidental temperaments. But the vast majority of it is very welcoming, and there have been plenty of access...
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Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-76

2008 Innovators: Miles Cleret by Richard Gehr

Thanks in large part to Miles Cleret's Soundway label, music fans are enjoying something of a golden age in West African reissues (see below for possible reasons why). Soundway's Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-6 captures a special era of Nigerian music. It was a time when buoyant and venerable highlife dance music was being nudged by feisty rock- and jazz-influenced youngsters into fascinating and fuzz-driven new directions by the likes of bands such as Celestine Ukwu & His Philos...
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