What's new in the world of world music this week is -- palm-wine; psychedelic, psychotropic cumbia; the Sahara's deepest blues; rock 'n roll from France in French, Occitan and Arabic
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Song | Artist (Country) | Recording | Label
Separation | Oliver Lake (USA) | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru Global A Go-Go | Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK) | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat
See Wo Nom Me (Tsetse Fly You Suck My Blood) | Koo Nimo (Ghana) | Highlife Roots Revival | Riverboat Yaa Amponsah | Ebo Taylor (Ghana) | Appia Kwa Bridge | Strut Sigi Diya | Cheick Hamala Diabate (Mali) | For Whom The Cowbell Tolls | Electric Cowbell Djoulo Diata | Ba Cissoko (Guinea) | Nimissa | Cristal
Onsta La Yerbita | Los Destellos (Peru) | Constelacion | Secret Stash Once Tejones | Chicha Libre (France-Venezuela-Mexico-USA) | Canibalismo | Barbes
Chica De Metal (Iron Man) | Kumbia Queers (Argentina-Mexico) | Kumbia Nena! | Horario Invertido La Cumbia Delincuencial | Los Chapillacs (Peru) | single | Masstropicas Vacilando Con Ayahuasca | Juaneco Y Su Combo (Peru) | Masters Of Chicha 1 | Barbes
Feriene | Khaira Arby (Mali) | Timbuktu Tarab | Clermont Music Ngol Jimol | Afrissippi (Senegal-USA) | Fulani Journey | Electric Catfish Addumua | Mariem Hassan (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) | El Aaiun Egdat (El Aaiun On Fire) | Nubenegra
Aratan N Tinariwen | Tamikrest (Mali) | Toumastin | Glitterhouse Ikalane Walegh | Toumast (Niger) | Ishumar | Real World Oulahila Ar Tesninam | Tinariwen (Mali) | Amassakoul | World Village
Les Bobos | Renaud (France) | Rouge Sang | EMI France L'Automne | Francois Wertheimer (France) | single | BYG Putan De Cancon | Moussu T E Lei Jovents (France) | Empeche-Nous | Le Chant Du Monde Les Rablablas Les Robliblis | Les Negresses Vertes (France) | Mlah | Sire
Barra Barra | Rachid Taha (Algeria-France) | Made In Medina | Ark 21 Sidi H'Bibi | Manu Chao (France-Spain) | Baionarena | Nacional