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Big Guitars from Texas
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Breaker
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I've been using this one CD for almost 20 years on WFMU as my intro; I rotate tunes, though I favor some more than others-- like this one
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Dafnis Prieto
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Conga en Ti
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Cuban-born drummer now lives and works in NYC; check him out
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Cubanismo
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Meta y Guaguanco
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Yosvany Terry, who now plays with Dafnis Prieto, was a member of Cubanismo-- a band based on the music of the great Aresenio Rodriguez
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Coco Lagos
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Descarga Yala Yala
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From a collection of Peruvian boogaloo called "Gazolo! Bugalu Tropical" from Vampisol
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Timbalada
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Beija-Flor
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This hot number from Brazil leads off 2nd "Mambo Inn" compilation; Carlinhos Brown had something to do with the tune
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Wando
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Negaq de Obalude
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From "Brazilian Beats 2" on Mr. Bongo
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Bebel Gilberto
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Tranquilo
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Joao's daughter does too many breathy vocals for me on her new album but this tune-- with Orquestra Imperial-- swings
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Astrud Gilberto
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Beginnings
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RevOla put out an album (called "September 17, 1969") with Joao's ex-wife covering pop hits. This one (mostly) works
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Caetano Veloso
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Odeio
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"I hate you" says Caetano, amid the dolphins and blue sea. A snappy odd tune from "Ce" (Nonesuch, 2006)
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Bill Frisell
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Yala
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Amazing guitar from "The Intercontinentals" (Nonesuch, 2003)
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Tinariwen
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Cler Achel
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The Tuareg-- nomads of the Sahara-- make great music; from "Aman Iman: Water is Life" (World Village)
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Third World Love
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Marrakesh
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Led by Avishai Cohen, this a bunch of young Israelis (most now living in NYC) who know how to play jazz
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Fatafit
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Menta Malak
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Egyptian pop. Sounds good, no?
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Hamza El Din
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Ollin Azageed
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The master of the oud died last May; I saw him perform at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival. This tune is from his 1988 "Eclipse" album, on Rykodisc. Produced by Micky Hart, this is a wonderful introduction to Nubian music.
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Rene Lacaille & Bob Brozman
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Place D'Youville
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This multi-insturmentalist from Reunion Island, near Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, plays sweet music-- here with help from Bob Brozman.
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Experience 7
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Goudjoua
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Music from the island of Guadaloupe, on "Planet Zouk: The World of Anitlles Music"
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Master Drummer Coyote
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Legba Plante'I Poto/Papa Loko Di Yo Sa
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Smithsonian Folkways issued a great collection: "Rhythms of Rapture: Sacred Musics of Haitian Vodou"
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Rara Machine
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Bade
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"Rhythms of Rapture" includes more recent recordings from Haiti, like this one
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Boukman Eksperyans
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Libeté
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These guys got in trouble for singing about democracy in Haiti! This tune-- it's complete title is "Libeté (Pran Pou'l!)/Liberty (Let's Take It!)" is the title cut to their 1995 Island release
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Interview with Cajun rocker Zachary Richard, originally broadcast on WFMU, 1989. Recorded backstage at the now defunct (and sadly missed-- esp. the armadillo? lizard? on the roof) Lone Star Cafe in NYC. Richard has a new album on Musicor, his first in a decade: "Lumiere Dans le Noir"
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Zachary Richard
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A La Radio
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Except for the last minute or so, the song runs behind the interview. Sorry; it's a great tune
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Zachary Richard
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Battle of New Orleans
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Rockin' cover of the Jimmy Driftwood class, from "Zach's Bon Ton" (Rounder, 1990)
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Zachary Richard
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No French, No More
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From Zack's major label album: "Women in the Room" on A&M, also 1990
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Marce Lacouture
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Soleil Apres Se Coucher
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Marce's solo album-- produced by Sonny Landreth, who plays hot guitar on this tune-- is a wonderful collection. You can get it via her website: marcelacouture.com. Tell her I said hi.
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Nouveau String Band w/ Marce Lacouture
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Manage A Trois Reel
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Their self-titled CD includes this instrumental number along with blues, swing, cajun, country, and more
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Nouveau String Band w/ Marce Lacouture
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Bonsoir Moreau
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Marce sings lead on this one
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Joe Ely
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Firewater
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Joe covers Lubbock pal and old Flatlanders bandmate-- from his new "Happy Songs from Rattlesnake Gulch" (Rack'em Reocrds, 2007)
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Bill Kirchen
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Rocks Into Sand
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This guy can play! New album-- "Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods"-- on Proper American Records out of Pensacola. Formerly of Commander Cody & his Lost Planet Airmen
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James Booker
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Smacksie
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The late New Orleans crazy keyboard player does organ instrumentals on "Gonzo"-- named for his 1960 hit
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Franco
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Musica Tellena
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This breathtaking number is from 1957, found on "Congo: Rumba on the River"
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Tabu Ley
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Tabalissimo
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aka Rochereau, from 1965. More "Rumba on the River"
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Le Drivers Union Por Por Group
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Por Por Akwaaba/Welcome
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Honk Horn Music of Ghana
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Andy Narell & David Rudder
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De Long Time Band
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American pan steel player with Calypso great; title cut from Andy Narell album in Windham Hill
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Antibalas
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War Hero
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from "Security" (2007)
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Horace Tapscott
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Thoughts of Dar Es Salaam
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Title cut to a magnificent album from the 1990s
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