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The Bongo Hop – La Pata Coja (Underdog)

Lucibela – Amoda Antiga (LusAfrica)

Tako Toki – Hirsutes Farfelus (Muju)

A white New Yorker says her life changed after she wore an afro wig to a party. Michelle Joni Lapidos has been called a racist, but she tells host Michel Martin she meant no harm; she just loves wearing the fro.

Rep. Elijah Cummings, the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, says materials from an IRS workshop in 2010 instructed agents to flag applications from "progressive" groups as well as those with "Tea Party," "patriot" or "9/12" in their names.

An apparent car bomb explodes outside of a mosque in the Muslim holy city of Najaf, killing at least 75 people, including prominent Shiite cleric Ayatollah Mohammed Baqer al-Hakim. Al-Hakim led a political party that operated in exile for years in Iran during Saddam Hussein's regime, and had cooperated to a degree with occupying U.S. forces. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson.

Mahotella Queens – Buya Buya (Umsakazo)

Ron Blake – Scratch Band (77ten33)

Jim Alfredson – Family Business (Posi-Tone)

Mulgrew Miller – Solo in Barcelona (Storyville)