A few new-ish releases and few old favorites, with visits to Peru, Colombia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and that exotic, faraway land of Brooklyn. Also, more Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, continuing last week's commemoration of the great Pakistani Qawwali singer at the 15th anniversary of his death.
| Saludo Maracaibo Pedro Miguel y sus Maracaibos - ¡Gózalo! Vol. 4 |
| Una Tarde en Mariquita Alice Russell & Quantic - Look Around the Corner (with Combo Barbaro) 
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| Mambo Ravel Andrés de Colbert y Orquesta - ¡Gózalo! Vol. 4 |
| Peruvian Guajira Melcochita Karamanduka - ¡Gózalo! Vol. 4 |
| Boogaloo Boogaloo Joe Di Roma y su Orquesta - ¡Gózalo! Vol. 4 |
| Djanya Kora Jazz Trio - Part Two |
| Dadiou Kora Jazz Trio - Part Two |
| Dunia Watu Bongo Hotheads - Jagwa Music
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| Feba Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang - En Yay Sah
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| Ro Lungi Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang - En Yay Sah
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| Gbara Case Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars - Radio Salone
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| The Ratcatcher Antibalas - Antibalas
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| Sáré Kon Kon Antibalas - Antibalas
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| Best of the Black President Fela Kuti - Zombie |
| Viva Nigeria Fela Ransome Kuti & Nigeria 70 - Koola Lobitos / The '69 L.A. Sessions |
| Chechaoun Barney Wilen - Moshi |
| Tindi Abalessa Barney Wilen - Moshi |
| End Of Rawalpindi Carla Bley - Escalator Over the Hill |
| Sand Dance Dhafer Youssef & Wolfgang Muthspiel - Glow |
| Shatha Dhafer Youssef - Abu Nawas Rhapsody |
| Bethe Bethe Kese Kese Gaudi - Dub Qawwali |
| Ghamgar Bare Ne Gaudi - Dub Qawwali |
| Shamas-Ud-Doha Bader-Ud-Doja Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Passion Sources |
| Maki Madni Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - The Last Prophet |
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Yep, folks, that a Peruvian boogaloo version of Ravel's Bolero.
1:16 PM, August 19th, 2012