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It took Cheb Mami's collaboration with Sting on the latter's mega-hit "Desert Rose" to bring Arabic music into the collective consciousness of the ... More

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Dance Around the World is a reasonably entertaining budget-priced collection that features a selection of dance-oriented singles from around the ... More

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Take some Benin tradition -- namely the sato and sakpato rhythms -- then add heavy layers of electric soul and funk filtered through the prism of ... More

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The subtitle here, intriguing as it is, isn't completely accurate, since the emphasis is actually more on soul and funk than raw garage rock and ... More

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The seprewa is a traditional Ghanaian instrument, a harp a little akin to the West African kora, but not as large, and with a much smaller range -- ... More

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Anyone having to assemble a compilation of Malian music is faced with an embarrassment of riches. It's not what you put in, but what you have to ... More

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For most in the Western Hemisphere, Cheb Mami will always be that guy who sang with Sting on "Desert Rose," a song that became a surprise hit in 2000 ... More

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Finally released in the U.S., this 1997 debut is the album that made a star of Faudel in France. Although he looks impossibly young, he can certainly ... More

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To say Mraya is a vision of Algerian rai refracted through a sympathetic British prism sounds like a harsh criticism, but it's true. Abdel Ali ... More

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From the leader of the newest generation of rai comes this sophomore album of the work of Cheb Kader. In many ways perhaps best known for his role in ... More

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After nearly 15 years as Nigeria's biggest musical draw and juju music's reigning monarch, King Sunny Ade went global in 1982 with a brief but ... More

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If you want to delve into Ade's work before Island tried to make him into a star in the 1980s, this is the perfect place to start. The tracks here, ... More

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