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 Records of the Month

A short review is hot linked on the title under the album cover. All nominated records can be bought through the mail order suppliers on the Links page

January 10

Nneka

Nneka
No Longer at Ease
Yo Mama, Sony


December 2009

Staff Benda

Staff Benda Bilili
Tres Tres Fort
Crammed Discs


November 2009

ceu-vagarosa

CéU
Vagarosa
Six Degrees


October 2009

ffd

Fat Freddy’s Drop
Boondigga & the Big BW


September 2009

warm heart of africa

The Very Best
Warm Heart of Africa


August 2009

dva fonok

DVA
Fonok


July 2009

imam baildi

Imam Baildi
EMI Greece/Pasion Turca


June 2009

gurrumul

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
Gurrumul
Skinnyfish/Dramatico


May 2009

oi va voi

Oi Va Voi
Travelling the Face of the Globe


April 2009

goran

Goran Bregović
Alkohol
Wrasse


March 2009

radiokijada

RadioKijada
Nuevos Sonidos Afro Peruanos, Part 1
Wrasse


February 2009

oumou sangre seya

Oumou Sangare
Seya
World Circuit


January 2009

Bonga-Bairro
Bonga
Bairro
Lusafrica (Harmonia Mundi)


More records of the month are linked under Albums on the menu bar above

Compilation Albums

francophonic  vol 2
Franco, Africa’s Greatest:
A Retrospective
Francophonic, Volumes 1 & 2
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honkytonk
Radio Picks from BBC
Radio London’s Honky Tonk
Compiled by Charlie Gillett
Ace

-----------------------------Otro Mundo
Various Artists – Otro Mundo (Another World) Warner Classics & Jazz
Compiled by Charlie Gillett
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Princes Amongst Men
Compiled by Garth Cartwright

Asphalt Tango
--------------------------------    beyond the horizon
Various Artists
Beyond the Horizon
WCJ
Compiled by Charlie Gillett

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nigeria special

Various Artists
Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues, 1970-76



World 2006
Rhino (2 x CD)





Sound of the World
Wrasse


I’ve never before been so apprehensive about the reaction to one of my compilations. This is the sixth in an annual series of round-ups of music from around the world .....more

World 2004
the sound of the city


New Orleans

 

 


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Playlists

25 September 09 - Yasmin Levy in session and ping pong
18 September 09- Dub Colossus
14 August 09 - WOMAD 2009 - Part 2
7 August 09 -WOMAD 2009 - Part 1
3 July 09 - Mark Johnson & Bonga
26 June 09 - Lura (in session and ping pong)
22 May 09 - Lhasa (in session and ping pong)
15 May 09- Sara Tavares ( in session and ping pong)
10 April 09 - RadioKijada (in session and ping pong)
3 April 09 - Titi Robin (in session) + Goran Bergovic
27 February 09 -Chango Spasiuk + John Armstrong
20 February 09 - C.W.Stoneking
16 January 09 - Felix Lajko (in session) & Garth Cartwright (ping pong)
9 January 09 - Manu Chao (In session and in ping pong)
5 December 08 - Chiwoniso & fRoots album winners
28 November 08
24 Oct 08 Eleftheria Arvanitaki (in session)
Mariza (in conversation)
17 October 08 - Tartit (in session) , Marc Antoine Moreau (in conversation)
8 September 08 -Les Triaboliques
1 September - Massukos
21 July 08 - DeVotchka (USA)
16 June 08 - Natacha Atlas (UK)
9 June 08 - Wasis Diop (Senegal)
5 May 08 - Cemil Kocgun (Turkey)
28 April 08- Son of Dave
17 March 08
10 March 08 - Pauline Scanlon & Eilis Kennedy (Ireland)

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