AFRI CARIBE RADIO

The name tells you plenty. AFRI CARIBE RADIO lives where Colombia's Caribbean coast meets the African diaspora, and that's a loud, joyful place to be. Champeta from Cartagena bumping into vallenato accordion, gaita and tambor rhythms out of the Palenque tradition, salsa, zouk, kompa, the odd dancehall cut. Totó la Momposina and Petrona Martínez fit here as easily as the champeta kings of the '80s. It's not a tidy playlist. That's the point. Colombian radio often plays it safe, chasing crossover hits and little else. This one digs deeper, and the seams show in the best way: a rough live recordi…