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1 Feb 2017 Coup Fatal  by Coup Fatal (Congo-Kinshasa, 2014)

Musical theatre performance mixing Congolese drums, rythms and choirs, and the voice of opera singer  Serge Kakudji.

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31 January 2017 No Guns to the Wedding by Fanfara Tirana (Albania, 2012)

Balkan humour and creativity, audio and visual.

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30 January 2017 Calles de Dajla by Aziza Brahim (Western Sahara, 2016)

Exiled singer, activist and poet Aziza Brahim tells the story of the Sahrawi people and the daily struggles they live through. Her blues from the desert seeks to engage dialogue between people and countries.

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29 January 2017 Waking Hour (Live) by Hightime Rebellion (Indonesia, 2016)

The beautiful voice of Miyane Soemitro wraps around this rock n folk song.

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28 January 2017 De Otro Mundo by Los Outsaiders (Peru, 2016)

If The Strokes were a Peruvian band...

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27 January 2017 Madjafalao by Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou (Benin, 2016)

One night of live of music in Cotonou mixing funk and Afrobeats. Nigeria doesn’t have the monopoly.

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26 January 2017 Sweet Old Country - Um fado europeu by OrqueStrada (Portugal, 2016)

A mandonlin, an accordion, a trumpet, a guitar, a weird instrument and a hot voice meet on a Portuguese beach.

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25 January 2017 Cherophobia by Massar Egbari (Egypt, 2016)

An apology to a lover. Egyptian pop, rock and sarcasms.

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24 January 2017 Title Unknown by Sanubar Tursun & Ensemble (Xinjiang, 2013)

Uyghur music, calm and hypnotic, like the plains of Xinjiang in North-West China.

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23 January 2017 Leave Me Alone by Calypso Rose feat. Manu Chao (Trinidad And Tobago, 2016)

Carnival and calypso from Trinidad and Tobago. 

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22 January 2017 I Would Do It All Again by L’Aupaire (Denmark, 2015)

Danish folk and carefreeness. Love and good memories.

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21 January 2017 Vangy by The Dizzy Brains (Madagascar, 2015)

They embody the anger, the suffering and the exhaustion of the Malagasy population. Pure, and rare, rock.

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20 January 2017 I Feel You by Wonder Girls (South Korea, 2015)

The crème de la crème of South Korean K-pop.

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19 January 2017 Takhtalif Alhala (Kun Anta Cover)  by Mazin Hamid (Sudan, 2016)

Strong vindictive lyrics hide behind the sweet sounds of this Sudanese pop song.

"When I peacefully protested for what is rightfully mine, I was tortured and humiliated, unlawfully with no crime at all"

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18 January 2017 Cê Inventa by Flavia Coelho (Brazil, 2016)

Brazilian raggamuffin with a touch of rap and Bossa. 

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17 January 2017 Pakiakia by Makare (Fiji, 2014)

Makare's four band members bring back to life old Fijian songs, such as this one, Pakiakia.

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16 January 2017 Vihma Loits  by Greip (Estonia, 2011)

"Come-come, õllele, dear wind, õlle  Carry the rain, õllele, to Russia, õlle" 

Beatboxing, folk singing and whispers by this Estonian a capella band.