Christopher Kirkley's Top Five Tracks from West Africa

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In the current issue of Willamette Week, we profiled Portland blogger Christopher Kirkley, who lived for over a year in West Africa, making field recordings and trading regional pop songs with locals via MP3s stored on cellphones, which he eventually compiled and released through his label, Sahelsounds. We asked Kirkley for his top five favorite tracks from the region—and as you'll hear, they run ...   More
 
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER

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In 2008, Christopher Kirkley went to Africa in hopes of capturing sounds rarely heard by the rest of the world. Traveling southwest from Morocco...   More
 
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER

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