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Global A Go-Go's look at the best new releases and reissues of the first half of 2011
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Song | Artist (Country) | Recording | Label | Year
Separation | Oliver Lake (USA) | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1996
Global A Go-Go | Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK) | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001
Child Of A Blind Man | Hazmat Modine (USA) | Cicada | Barbes | 2011
Uku | Dengue Fever (USA-Cambodia) | Cannibal Courtship | Concord | 2011
Wealthy Poet | Geoff Berner (Canada) | Victory Party | Mint | 2011
Skin To Skin | The Sway Machinery (USA) | The House Of Friendly Ghosts, Volume 1 | JDub | 2011
Gbeti Madjiro | Orchestre Poly-Rythmo (Benin) | Cotonou Club | Strut | 2011
Kyen Kyen Bi Adi M'awu | K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas (Ghana) | Blue Album | Continental / Secret Stash | 1976
Heaven | Ebo Taylor (Ghana) | Life Stories | Strut | 1977
Boro | Sorry Bamba & Kanaga Orchestra Of Mopti (Mali) | Volume One 1970-1979 | Thrill Jockey | 197x
Janfa | Orchestra National Du Mali (Mali) | Free Africa, Disc 1 | Le Son Du Maquis | 1970
Mayahuaba | Aurelio (Honduras) | Laru Beya | Sub Pop / Next Ambiance | 2011
Rehab | The Jolly Boys (Jamaica) | Great Expectation | eOne Music | 2011
A Taste Of Honey | Ray Lugo & The Boogaloo Destroyers (USA) | Mi Watusi | Freestyle | 2011
Descarga Bontempi | DJ El Timba (Italy) | Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque | Strut | 2007
Ma Do Nar | Los Chicharrons (Dominican Republic-USA-Denmark) | Roots Of Life | Tummy Touch | 2010
Shira | Shaolin Afronauts (Australia) | Flight Of The Ancients | Freestyle | 2011
Now You See | Femi Kuti (Nigeria) | Africa For Africa | Knitting Factory | 2011
The Good Leaf | Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80 (Nigeria) | From Africa With Fury: Rise | Knitting Factory | 2011
Ndzi Teke Riendzo (I'm Taking A Journey) | Foster Manganyi Na Tintsumi Ta Tilo (South Africa) | Ndzi Teke Riendzo No. 1 | Honest Jon's | 2010