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Congolese street musicians Benda Bilili attend the 'Benda Bilili' Photocall at the Palais Stephanie during the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 2010 in Cannes, France.

This week LA music journalist Steve Hochman shares three albums. The first is by the LA band Very Be Careful, it’s called “Remember me from the Party?”

He also talks about new music from Staff Benda Bilili, an album called “Bouger Le Monde ('Make The World Move')," and he reviews a collection from Brazilian artist Tim Maia, it’s called “Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia.”

Very Be Careful

Staff Benda Bilili

Tim Maia