This week, a variety of music from around the Caribbean. You may hear calypso, reggae, ska, son, salsa, bachata, soca, Cuban hip-hop, and other styles of music. The show was prompted by great new CDs by Kobo Town and Lord Mouse & the Kalypso Katz — be sure to check those out, along with the stunning new Afro-Latin album from Osvaldo Hernandéz-Napoles. Hour 2 veered more toward new releases. Enjoy, and have a great weekend!

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Hour 1: Macka B “4 Minute Vacation” from Global Messenger

Walter Ferguson “My Teacher Never Like Me” from Calypsos-Afro-Limonese Music of Costa Rica

Kobo Town “Postcard Poverty” from Jumbie in the Jukebox

The Skatalites “Fugitive Dub” from Tropical Funk Experience-ISLAND JUMP UP – CARIBBEAN FUNK, SOUL, REGGAE, CALYPSO & AFRO-GROOVES

Elvis Martinez “Serpiente” from The Rough Guide to Bachata

Cortijo & Su Combo “El Negro Bembon” from Beginners Guide to the Caribbean

The Garifuna Collective “Ubou” from Ayo

Osvaldo Hernandéz-Napoles “Kora Son” from Quilombo

Orishas “Canto Para Elewa Y Chango” from A Lo Cubano

Iwer George “Bubble” from Soca Gold Various artists 2013

Andy Hamilton “Jamaica by Night” from Jamaica by Night

Ska Cubano “Cumbia En Do Menor” from Ay Caramba!

Osvaldo Hernandéz-Napoles “Cumbia Quilombo” from Quilombo

Danny Michel & The Garifuna Collective “Sad And Beautiful World” from Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me

Hour 2: Lord Mouse and the Kalypso Katz “Chunga Chunga” from Go Calypsonian

Creole Choir of Cuba “Camina Com Chencha” from Santiman

Yasmine Hamdan “Ya Nass” from Ya Nass

Badi Assad “Spicy Moments” from Between Love and Luck

Yungchen Lhamo “Flying Dakini” from Tayatha

Rim Banna “The Trace of the Butterfly” from Revelation of Ecstasy and Rebellion

The Soil “JOY” from The Soil

Chris Berry “Many Have Not” from King of Me

Etienne Charles “You Don’t Love Me (No No No)” from Creole Soul

Matuto “Toca Do Sino (Ring the Bell)” from The Devil and the Diamond

Red Baraat “Baraat to Nowhere” from Big Talk

Femi Kuti “Action Time” from No Place For My Dream