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La Vie En Rose 1935-1951
ListenLa Vie En Rose 1935-1951 by Edith Piaf

A winning Piaf primer.
I am French but for many, many years, I just couldn’t get into Edith Piaf. I...

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Wamato
ListenWamato by Les Amazones De Guinée

Brilliant, gripping music from this West African institution.
A 46-year West African institution th...

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One Two
ListenOne Two by Sister Nancy

An early '80s classic from dancehall's reigning queen.
The turbulent ‘80s yielded a prime foundatio...

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Calypso Awakening from the Emory Cook Collection The World's Musical Traditions, Vol. 4: Bunggridj-Bunggridj: Wangga Songs: Northern Australia Safarini in Transit: Music of African Immigrants The World's Musical Traditions, Vol. 10: Tabla Tarang--Melody on Drums

Around the World in a Dozen by Chris Nickson

In these days of global networks, travel around the world is something that can be achieved smoothly and almost antiseptically. But distance doesn't necessarily mean the same as experience. That's the beauty of going around the world with Smithsonian Folkways and its family of labels. It's a journey that eschews the jet lanes and superhighways, far more Phileas Fogg than an overnight red-eye. Indeed, that's its great joy; the byways are where you encounter life.

There's no sense of corporate music here; instead, it'...
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Heart Of The Congos

The Sound of Blood & Fire by Richard Gehr

Music is time and time is money, yet many of the world's greatest musicians don't get paid. Which is why the Blood and Fire label's 1993 launch was so refreshing. Financed by Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall, and boasting the impeccable taste of reggae historian Steve Barrow in the A&R office, Blood and Fire promised "[t]o bring the standard of reggae reissues up to the level of the best in jazz, blues, R&B etc., and to ensure that both artists and producers are paid for their work." And so the company did over the co...
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Top International Tracks

  Listen Track Name Length Download
1. Listen Finza
Artist:
Rail Band
6:59 Download
2. Listen Quilombo Te Espera
Artist:
Sonantes
Album:
Sonantes
3:36 Download
3. Listen Karma Police
Album:
Radiodread
4:48 Download
4. Listen Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World
Album:
Ka 'Ano'i
4:00 Download
5. Listen Let Down
Album:
Radiodread
4:44 Download
6. Listen Everybody Likes Something Good
Artist:
Various Artists
3:26 Download
7. Listen Awungilobolele
Artist:
Various Artists
3:49 Download
8. Listen Qhude Manikiniki
Artist:
Various Artists
3:53 Download
9. Listen African Dialects
Artist:
Various Artists
4:56 Download
10. Listen Indoda Yejazi Elimnyama
Artist:
Various Artists
3:55 Download

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