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On 2012's Folila (which translates as "music" in Bambara), Mali's famed Amadou & Mariam, the husband-and-wife duo, effortlessly prove that "purist" ... More

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King Sunny Adé had been making his own music since 1974 with his group the Green Spots before creating his large African Beats group. This band, ... More

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This album is in practice a compilation of current trends in Malagasy music, but in theory it is an album by two guitarists (Henry Kaiser and David ... More

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After the passing of Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia and the venerable band's demise, it was percussionist Mickey Hart who proved to be the most ... More

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Fusing Eastern and Western classical influences with elements of ambient, dub, and hip-hop, Jah Wobble has created a truly brilliant pancultural ... More

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Molam is a particularly lascivious (and versatile) style of courtship music traditional to Southern Laos. Very popular in the country of its origin, ... More

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Following his split from P.I.L. in the early '80s, bassist Jah Wobble was more likely to be found sweeping tubeway stations than performing on stages ... More

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Jah Wobble had a lot of work under his belt by the time he recorded Fly, in styles ranging from post-punk to dub to new age instrumental. As such, ... More

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From his early days on the British punk scene to his stint with Public Image Ltd., from his world music/dance fusions with the Invaders of the Heart ... More

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At first glance, you might be tempted to file Gala Drop's debut eponymous CD under Dub and leave it at that. You'd be wrong, mind you, for the music ... More

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Austin-based Happy Valley knows when to use ethnic instruments and when to let rock guitars whisk its music briskly forward. But the rock is filtered ... More

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Trance Mission continues the mess that Stephen Kent started in 1988 with Lights in a Fat City, though I'm not sure I hear the fruits of five years of ... More

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Ostensibly a showcase for Zi Lan Liao, who plays ku-cheng and Chinese harp, The Five Tone Dragon is, as might be expected, as much a showcase for Jah ... More

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Arto Lindsay's third outing for Righteous Babe, Salt, continues with the Brazilian meets avant pop stylings he began in the mid-'90s. Fans of his ... More

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This two-CD set, produced by John Zorn, is second in a series of compilation albums dedicated to Jewish composers. The formidable and oft-forgotten - ... More

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Say this for David Bowie: he has a flair for drama. This abiding love of the theatrical may not be as evident in the production of The Next Day as it ... More

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David Bowie makes an unexpected return from an unofficial retirement with The Next Day, his first album since 2003's Reality. Once again, Bowie is ... More

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