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Alkibar Gignor :
La Paix
Malian garage-rock group Alkibar Gignor deliver gloriously rough album.
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Brownout :
Oozy
Latin-Funk group Brownout get down with some seriously laid-back swagger.
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Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars:
Radio Salone
Sixteen great new tracks from Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars.
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Funk Ark :
High Noon
Group from DC brings the Afrobeat fire.
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, Amadou et Mariam:
Folila
Amadou and Mariam continue their foray into fusing their Malian styles with the sounds of western artists.
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Nneka:
Soul Is Heavy
Nigerian-German soulstress channels her inner neo-soul star on her latest release
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Sauti Sol:
Sol Filosofia
Kenyan, Afro-fusion outfit Sauti Sol continue their exploration of all things "pop."
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KG Omulo:
Ayah Ye!: Moving Train
A synergy of funk, rock, reggae and traditional African sounds from this inventive, young singer/songwriter.
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Various Artists:
The Kankobela of the Batonga, Vol. 2
Mysterious melodies from a disappearing thumb piano tradition of Southern Africa.
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Kiran Ahluwalia:
Aam Zameen: Common Ground
Indo-Canadian Songwriter Combines Folk Poetry with African Rock, Jazz and more
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Sona Jobarteh:
FASIYA
West African female kora virtuoso releases an album full of grace, warmth, and passion.
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Sia Tolno:
My Life
Kissi singer releases a strong second album full of pop-infused star power over songs of strife and triumph.
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Monomono
Give the Beggar a Chance
Sound Way, 2011
Lagos soul singer Joni Haastrup returned from a year in the UK with Ginger Baker in 1970, and formed his own band, Monomono. This, the band's debut CD, is a skillful blend of funk, rock, highlife and African traditional rhythms. Haastrup is a most persuasive singer, and this band sets a new benchmark for originality on the road to a new Nigerian sound--afrobeat.
Hear Banning Eyre's NPR review of "Give The Beggar a Chance."
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Banning Eyre