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	<title>The Basement Rug &#187; World</title>
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		<title>Cesária Évora, Singer From Cape Verde, Dies at 70</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/6840</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[She brought the music of the tiny Cape Verde islands off Senegal to a worldwide audience.]]></description>
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		<title>Exiled Iraqi musician uses forbidden instrument to promote peace</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/3888</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Frisell and Peter Buck join Rahim AlHaj in a fusion of Iraqi Maqam and Western Classical.]]></description>
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		<title>Fukuda Teruhisa&#8217;s Shakuhachi Banquet</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/543</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The traditional Japanese shakuhachi flute is carefully hand-crafted with the utmost precision from bamboo root.]]></description>
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		<title>M&#8217;Boom &#8211; Re: Percussion</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/3491</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Avant-Garde/Experimental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jazz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The all-percussion ensemble of Max Roach, Roy Brooks, Joe Chambers, Omar Clay, Warren Smith, Freddie Waits, Richard Landrum.]]></description>
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		<title>Ravi Shankar &amp; Ali Akbar Khan In Concert 1972</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/703</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Re-posted in memory of Ali Akbar Khan [14 April 1922 – 18 June 2009].]]></description>
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		<title>Fela Kuti &#8211; Na Poi / Yellow Fever</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/1953</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funk]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my biggest thrills this year was catching Femi Kuti playing a free show at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto on July 4th. The energy of his band and dance troupe was absolutely incredible. A Kuti concert is both a journey and a party. He wants to raise your spirits and your consciousness all at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playing for Change</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/1591</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mixed from field recordings taken around the world, this project is all about the kind of global village we need to make happen.]]></description>
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		<title>Belly Dancing with George Abdo</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/1588</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exotica/Lounge]]></category>
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I have noticed a lot of downloads of my mp3 of Raks Al Hayet (Dance of Life) by George Abdo, so I thought it would be good to put up a post letting people know that his 1976 Monitor label release &#8220;Belly Dancing With George Abdo&#8221; is now available for download (and on CD) from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mahotella Queens &#8211; Putting on the Light</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/1578</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens have been at the forefront of the South African Mbaqanga scene since the 1960s. Putting on the Light was first published in 1975, and was later re-issued in 1984.]]></description>
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		<title>Paul Winter Consort &#8211; Road</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/992</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classical]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Winter Consort debut LP.]]></description>
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		<title>Zumi-Kai Original Instrumental Group &#8211; Koto music of Japan</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/738</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The koto is a 7th century Japanese 13-string musical instrument derived from the Chinese zither (Guzheng).]]></description>
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		<title>The Arabian Waltz of Rabih Abou-Khalil</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/734</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The speed of Rabih Abou-Khalil on Oud is similar to Paco De Lucia on the Flamenco guitar.]]></description>
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		<title>John Handy &amp; Ali Akbar Khan &#8211; Karuna Supreme</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/701</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classical]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally released on the MPS label on 1 November 1975.]]></description>
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		<title>Pandit Kamalesh Maitra &#8211; Tabla Tarang</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/527</link>
		<comments>http://basementrug.com/527#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classical]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Neil Peart were from India, this would be his drum kit.]]></description>
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		<title>Sirocco III</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/571</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This rare private press record was recorded June 1984 at Magic Sound Studios, Santa Cruz, California.]]></description>
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		<title>The Earth Greets the Sun &#8211; Gamelan Music from Bali</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/547</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you can fall asleep during this, you are consuming far too many intoxicants.]]></description>
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		<title>The Mystical Flute of Hari Prasad Chaurasia</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/664</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classical]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hari Prasad Chaurasia (flute), Zakir Hussain (tabla) - Oriental Records Ltd. (1995).
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		<title>Different Waters: Indian music from the OCORA catalog</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/530</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classical]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An assortment of Indian classical album downloads from differentwaters.blogspot.com.]]></description>
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		<title>Pandit Kamalesh Maitra &#8211; Tarang</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/524</link>
		<comments>http://basementrug.com/524#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Live at the House of the Cultures of the World.]]></description>
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		<title>Festival Music of the Princes of Dahomey</title>
		<link>http://basementrug.com/378</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rugrat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ripped from a CD re-issue of the Everest LP (field recordings).]]></description>
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