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Wednesday, December 19 2012

The Best World Music of 2012

The end-of-the-year list! We think. We consider. We consider Ethiopians. We consider a lot of the world as well.


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Thursday, September 6 2012

Staff Benda Bilili: Bouger le Monde!

Backstory shmackstory, you don't have to know anything else than that this is pure unfettered rock and roll joy


Friday, June 5 2009

Staff Benda Bilili: Tres Tres Fort

The story behind the music is pretty compelling, but the music behind the story might be even more compelling.


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Thursday, January 29 2009

Staff Benda Bilili - "Polio" (video)

Staff Benda Bilili croon beautiful harmonies accompanied by spare but perfectly suited instrumentation. This Congolese group of street musicians is comprised four elderly singer/guitarists and…


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