"Old" is what's new in the world of world music this week; the glorious sounds of Kinshasa and Brazzaville; the first known recording of Davy Graham's "Anji"; Mali's Rail Band plays Afrobeat
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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
Halay | Derdiyoklar Ikilisi (Turkey) | Disco Folk | Guerssen Ay Rosita | Los Jharis De Nana (Peru) | Los Creadores Del Sonido De La Carretera Central | Masstropicas Slipping Into Darkness | The Funkees (Nigeria) | Dancing Time: The Best Of Eastern Nigeria's Afro Rock Exponents 1973-77 | Soundway Gandigui | Le Super Borgou De Parakou (Benin) | The Bariba Sound, 1970-1976 | Analog Africa Papa's Got A Brand New Bag | Latin Combo (Spain) | Sensacional Soul, Vol. 3: 28 Spanish Soul Stompers 1966/1976 | Vampisoul
Madame La Chance | Black Bazar (RD Congo) | Black Bazar | Lusafrica Amour Ya Serge Itoua | Les Bantous De La Capitale (Congo Brazzaville) | Explosion | CSNDR International
Cooperation | Franco & Sam Mangwana With TPOK Jazz (RD Congo) | Cooperation | Edipop
Mori Shej | My Son The Doctor (RVA USA) | demo | unreleased Lepi Juro Kries Nalaje | Kries (Croatia) | Kocijani | Kopito Hej, Bystra Voda | Cechomor (Czech Republic) | Co Sa Stalo Nove | Song BMG Czech
Anji | Davy Graham (UK) | Anthology: 1961-2007 Lost Tapes | Les Cousins Jacob's Ladder (Not In My Name) | Chumbawamba (UK) | Readymades And Then Some | KOCH Sick Old Man | The Imagined Village (UK) | Bending The Dark | ECC
Sinsimba | Rail Band (Mali) | Belle Epoque Volume 3: Dioba | Sterns Ayesama | Ebo Taylor (Ghana) | Appia Kwa Bridge | Strut
The Good Leaf | Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80 (Nigeria) | From Africa With Fury: Rise | Knitting Factory