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Sample Track 1:
"Emi Won Ni Leyi O" from Baba Mo Tunde
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"Baba Loun Sohun Gbogbo" from Baba Mo Tunde
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Every month, Utne Reader presents free, downloadable music gleaned from current and upcoming releases on independent labels. This sampler was curated by senior editor Keith Goetzman and editorial intern Will Wlizlo.

King Sunny Ade 
King Sunny Ade is a Nigerian legend for his impossibly happy juju music, in which “talking” drums burble beneath circular, ringing guitar lines. This is his first studio release in a decade, and he lets the songs stretch out into their naturally long forms—this nearly nine-minute track is the shortest one on his new Bábá mo Tundé (Mesa/Indigedisc).—K.G.

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