Music from around the world is featured. Bringing the audience into the realm of other cultures through music, hopefully expanding empathy for the “other,” and recognizing that “other” in ourselves. From WGDR, Goddard College Plainfield, VT. wgdr.org/. More recent releases of West African Music, we sample two relatively new albums. Label: No Format Album: "Djourou" (Ballake Sissoko) 1) Djourou 2) Jeu sur la Symphonie Fantastique 3) Guelen 4) Mande Tabolo 5) Frotter les Mains Label: Riverboat Records Album: "Xalam" (Ben Aylon) 6) Mon Lov 7) SeneGambia pt1 8) SeneGambia pt2 9) Xalam 10) Hulem 11) Alafia 12) Benn Takamba (fade)