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Pop-up player!| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Comments | Approx. start time |
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| Vaqo |
Saidumlo sityvebi (zemo khevis batoni tsalkotel vachars)
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Gveleshapi (rotsa sikete damartskhda) | Bloom music | Vakhtang Kantaria (Vaqo) was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. His music is characterized by elements of early rock and psychedelic rock; it’s a mixture of country music and Georgian folk, his music is full of odd musical notes that attract listeners. - Studio Hundert | 0:00:00 (Pop-up) |
| Altın Gün |
Badi Sabah Olmadan
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Aşk | Glitterbeat | Their 5th album in as many years Aşk (deeper feeling of love), marks an exuberant return to the 70s Anatolian folk-rock sound that characterised Altın Gün’s first two albums. - Glitterbeat | 0:04:31 (Pop-up) |
| Witch |
Nshingilile
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Zango | Desert Daze | Blending the rock and roll sounds of The Rolling Stones together with more traditional, African rhythms, WITCH pioneered a new genre dubbed Zamrock, and during their brief, yet prolific existence, WITCH (an acronym for We Intend To Cause Havoc) released 7 albums and were the most revered band in the country. | 0:11:13 (Pop-up) |
| Baaba Maal |
Boboyillo (feat. ROUGI)
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Being | Atelier Live | Visionary singer, cultural ambassador, epic storyteller and Senegal superstar Baaba Maal grew up inspired by indigenous African music, and the American R&B, Soul, Jazz, Reggae and Blues it influenced. - Proper Music | 0:14:30 (Pop-up) |
| Adama Sambou and Ejam Kasa |
Ajeme
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Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and Gambia | Smithsonian Folkways | Ears of the People is a collection of sublime contemporary recordings of the ekonting, a three-stringed gourd lute played by Jola people in Gambia and the Casamance region of Senegal. - Smithsonian Folkways | 0:18:31 (Pop-up) |
| Bokanté |
Illiminé
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History | Real World | The word Bokanté means ‘exchange' in Guadeloupean Creole, the language of vocalist Malika Tirolien's childhood island. A highly appropriate name for a group of musicians from 5 countries (and 4 continents) whose cultural and musical identities converge in the music they create together. | 0:21:45 (Pop-up) |
| Inna Baba Coulibaly |
Yewtanakam
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Gilli Kwral | Remote Records / Studio Mali | Inna Baba Coulibaly is a highly respected songwriter and ambassador of traditional Fulani music, a genre characterized by its strong oral traditions, intricate rhythms and melodies, and the use of call and response vocals. - Bandcamp | 0:26:28 (Pop-up) |
| Acid Arab |
Habaytak Feat Ghizlane Melih
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Trois | Crammed Discs | Acid Arab is a duet from Paris whose goal is to mix all kind of Eastern music (North Africa, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey or… Mumbai) with electronic sounds, from pioneering acid house to today's powerful techno. - Resident Advisor | 0:35:19 (Pop-up) |
| King Ayisoba |
Adinooma
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Work Hard | Glitterbeat | This is the traditional kologo music from the Upper East Region of Ghana brought with the energy and flavor of the twenty first century. King Ayisoba sings in Frafra, Twi and in English and is a big star in Ghana. The kologo is a two string guitar with a calabash gourd resonator, it is rhythmic and melodic at the same time. - Bandcamp | 0:39:53 (Pop-up) |
| Yalla Miku |
Hyper Tigre
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Yalla Miku | Les Disques Bongo Joe | Yalla Miku's frenetic and uplifting debut album is a genre twister, with musicians from North and East Africa coming together with various musical alchemists from Geneva's burgeoning and experimentally minded, global music scene. - Bandcamp | 0:44:24 (Pop-up) |
| Moonlight Benjamin |
Taye Banda
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Wayo | Ma Case | Carried by a deeper and darker sound, and by the unique voice of Moonlight, influenced by Alabama Shakes, Oumou Sangaré, and Dr John, the album Wayo is a primal scream, a mystifying and mystical musical mixture, almost shamanic, an incantation of liberation in the midst of raging guitars and propulsive drumming. - home page | 0:48:30 (Pop-up) |
| Sia Tolno |
Kelema
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Baya | Kingsland Music | Sia Tolno is an award-winning global touring & recording artist, vocalist and songwriter, from Guinea/Sierra Leone, steeped in Afrobeat, Afro-blues, Mandinga and Soukous styles of African popular music. - France Rocks | 0:52:00 (Pop-up) |
| Cyril Cyril & Meridian Brothers |
Diablos De Chuao
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Single | Les Disques Bongo Joe | Collaboration between two very distinctive Swiss and Colombian bands. | 1:00:48 (Pop-up) |
| Calamita & Aya Metwalli |
El Khala3 Wel Dala3
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Al Saher (Stay Awake) | Zehra | CALAMITA = KARKHANA members TONY ELIEH, SHARIF SEHNAOUI and Lebanese drummer MALEK RIZKALLAH join forces with the Egyptian singer AYA METWALLI - the result is the improbable meeting between free jazz / improv, punk rock & Oum Kalthoum! - Bandcamp | 1:03:47 (Pop-up) |
| Houria Aichi |
Hadda
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Chants Courtois de l'Aurès | Accords Croisés | Houria Aïchi (born in Batna) is an Algerian Berber singer of chaoui music. Aïchi sings songs that she learnt in her childhood, accompanied by bendir. - Wikipedia | 1:09:03 (Pop-up) |
| Dur Dur Band |
Wan Ka Helaa (Fadumina)
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The Berliln Session | Out Here | The first studio album of its kind since the golden days of Mogadishu came to a halt three decades ago. Glamorous discos and beachfront stages disappeared as the city was bombed to the ground. Like a sleeping giant patiently awaiting its revival, we can finally hear a new recording by the living representatives of that distinct era so far heard only on reissues. - Bandcamp | 1:12:32 (Pop-up) |
| Polobi & the Gwo Ka Masters |
La Lézad
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Abri Cyclonique | Real World | Moïse Polobi, 69 years old, is descended from a family of former slaves. He’s been singing and sounding his djembé-like Gwo ka drums since childhood, heart-beating the memory of his ancestors in Guadeloupe. - Real World | 1:16:46 (Pop-up) |
| Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabate |
Joyful Sun
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The Sky Is The Same Colour Everywhere | Real World | The Sky Is the Same Colour Everywhere is a spiritual meditation by two master musicians and culture bearers of centuries-old musical traditions sharing modes based on Persian and Malian repertoires on kamancheh (spike fiddle) and kora (harp/lute). | 1:24:57 (Pop-up) |
| Violons Barbares |
Crystal Ghost
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Monsters and Fantastic Creatures | Violons Barbares | Barbaric violins – Balkan melodies, galloping rhythms and majestic throat singing. The trio is composed of two fiddle players and a percussionist. From the steppe country of Mongolia will Featuring Dandarvaanchig Enkhjargal, who sings overtone singing and plays Morin Khoor | 1:30:26 (Pop-up) |
| Shono |
The praising of the twelve animal symbols of the year
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Kolkhozoy traktor | CPL-Music | Unveiling unheard auditory landscapes hailing from the distant region of Buryatia, Shono resurrects the time-honored rituals of the expansive grasslands in Eurasia on their new album, “Kolkhozoy Traktor.” The group plays a fascinating mix of Buryat folk and rock music. - World Music Central | 1:35:51 (Pop-up) |
| Auļi feat. Katrīna Dimanta |
Laid māmiņa istabā
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Ķekatās | Lauska | The joyful and high energy album “Ķekatās” is dedicated to the Latvian masquerade traditions in winter. Starting from the Winter Solstice and ending with Meteņi. | 1:40:00 (Pop-up) |
| Mazalda |
Choubi
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Special Key | Airfono | Active since 2001, and revealed to the general public alongside the Algerian raï singer Sofiane Saidi in 2018, with a joint album and an international tour, the band Mazalda returns with a new album ‘Special Key’. Mazalda – comprised of veterans of a dizzying array of styles and scenes – has emerged as a group that skillfully and inspiringly delights in breaking down needless cultural compartmentalizations through intricate texturings and spectacularly tight arrangements. - Tartine Production | 1:42:31 (Pop-up) |
| Okwy Osadebe and Highlife SoundMakers |
Matador Sound System
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Igbo Amaka | Palenque | Son of Nigerian highlife great Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe, carrying on the tradition. | 1:48:45 (Pop-up) |
| Mestizo |
Puya
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Mestizo | Mais Um | ft members of Steam Down, Ondatropica, La Perla, Frente Cumbiero, DoomCannon, Minyo Cumbiero + more | 1:55:54 (Pop-up) |
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