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CDs that didn't quite make a full review, but are still worthy of a mention.…

Starting where founding father of afrobeat Fela Kuti left off, this album features energetic tracks of sweaty inventiveness.…

For all its ancient antecedents, Siwan is a very modern album and a joyous meditation for that…

An odd title, given the political geography of Israel/Palestine, this album projects a vision of multicultural music that seems to have little space for Palestinian musicians.…

Made in tandem with the Albanian accordionist / composer Dasho Kurti, the 11 songs on Deserted Villages offer a broad palate, and not all of it mournful.…

New instrumental album by *Hector Zazou* and *Swara*…

The second album by *David Byrne* and *Brian Eno*…

Peter Gabriel threw open the doors of his Real World studios in rural England and invited an enormous bunch of musicians – Sinead O’Connor, Marta Sebestyen, Papa Wemba, Guo Yue are just a few of them – to come and jam.…

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