Month: April 2023

A Refreshing Selection of Global Beverage Songs (#1273)A Refreshing Selection of Global Beverage Songs (#1273)

Hour 1
(artist – song – album)

Gili Yalo – Coffee – Gili Yalo
Etran Finatawa – Tea Ceremony III – Desert Crossroads
Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile – Your Coffee Is a Disaster – Not Our First Goat Rodeo
Tyva Kyzy – Ayak Shaiym (My Bowl of Tea) – Setkilimden Sergek Yr-Dyr (A Cheerful Song From My Soul)
Hello Tut Tut – Tea Time – World Music Dance Band
Jabali Afrika – Grandma’s Milk Gourd – Rootsganza
Candido Oye-Oba – Palm Wine (Jolly Papa) – Adura Power
Ferndale Happy Whistlers – Brandys and Beers – Brandys and Beers
Gecko Turner – Tea Time (feat. Isayah Thomas) [And the Five O’clock Jam] – Gone Down South
Slavic Soul Party! – Occapella (Have a Beer) – Teknochek Collision
Flaco Jiménez & Max Baca – Beer-Drinking Polka – Flaco & Max: Legends & Legacies
Captain Planet – Fireflies & Palmwine – No Visa
Hamid Baroudi – Tea In Marrakech – Tea In Marrakech
Mickey Hart – Wine Wine Wine – Ramu
David Gould – Goats Milk – Feast of the Passover
Christian Maes, Janick Martin & Etienne Gruel – Tiger Milk – Feule caracal
Dolapdere Big Gang – A Drinking Song (feat. Teoman) – Just Feel

Hour 2
Bob Marley – One Cup of Coffee – Songs Of Freedom
Steve Rhodes & His London Hi-Lifers – Drink a Tea – Highlife on the Move: Selected Nigerian & Ghanaian Recordings from London & Lagos 1954 – 66
Manhu – Joys of Drinking – Manhu: Voices of the Sani
Tjango! – Lazy Afternoon Tea – Pohjantähti
Byungki Hwang – Chahyangije (2 Poems on the Fragrance of Tea): Drinking Tea – The Best of Korean Gayageum Music
Shanren – Drinking Song – Left Foot Dance of the Yi
Elisete – Luar e Cafe ( Moon and Coffee) – Luar e Cafe
Gaisha – L’amour Digital – Ana Aïcha
J-P Piirainen – Afternoon Tea – Twined
Boroa – Antares – O’ Clásico Fol
Ali Farka Touré – Malahani – Voyageur
Keturah – All the way from Africa – Keturah
Altin Gün – Dere Geliyor – Aşk
Trad.Attack! – Lase käia (feat. Laur Joamets) – Bring It On

Top 10 World Music Albums, April 2023 (#1272)Top 10 World Music Albums, April 2023 (#1272)

Hour 1

(artist – song – album)
#10 Violons Barbares – Olelia – Monsters and Fantastic Creatures
#9 Boroa – Mariña – O’ Clásico Fol
#8 David Walters – Di Yo (feat. Flavia Coelho) – Soul Tropical
#7 Karkum Project – Yennega – Sahira, Stories of Heroic Women
#6 Tellefs – VossastRil [feat. Tellef Kvifte, Åsmund Reistad, Magnus Wiik _ Knut Kvifte Nesheim] – Reel Date
#5 Dobrila&Dorian Duo – More Pofali Se – Dobrila & Dorian Duo 2: Pile šareno
#4 Altin Gün – Leylim Ley – Aşk
#3 Keturah – Chimbalame – Keturah
#2 Gaisha – Ghalat – Ana Aïcha
#1 Trad.Attack! – Tere (feat. Martin Laksberg) – Bring It On
Fatoumata Diawara – An Ka bin – Maliba
Gao Hong & Kadialy Kouyate – Joyful World – Terri Kunda
Ustad Sultan Khan, Fazal Qureshi & Jonas Hellborg – Mystery Conquered – Friends (across Boundaries)

Hour 2
Tania Saleh – Reda (Reda) – A Few Images (Algumas Imagens)
Hiram Salsano – Otreviva – Bucolica
Guy Buttery & Derek Gripper – Duga (Live) – Live In Cape Town
Pops Mohamed – Exodus – How Far Have We Come?
Rajery – Tsy Mety Foana – Sofera
Moonlight Benjamin – Alé – Wayo
Yalla Miku – Tapis Volant – Yalla Miku
Adnan Joubran – Beat the Dream (feat. Jorge Pardo) – Borders Behind
Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens – Jive Makgona – Music Inferno: The Indestructible Beat Tour 1988​-​89
Sunbörn – Beach Chase (feat. Caio Marcio Santos) – Sunbörn
Son Rompe Pera – Chata (feat. Macha) – Chimborazo
Umkulu – Takatoum – Didgeridoo Tribal Festif – Kungulu
Caju e Castanha – Purucutruco – Vindo Lá da Lagoa
Grup Yorum – Biz Olmasak – Yildizlar Kusandik

Top 15 World Music Albums, April 2023Top 15 World Music Albums, April 2023

(artist – album – label)

  1. Trad.Attack! – Bring It On – Trad.Attack! Music
  2. Gaïsha – Ana Aïcha – Zephyrus Records
  3. Keturah – Keturah – Hen House Studios
  4. Altın Gün – Aşk – Glitterbeat
  5. Dobrila & Dorian Duo – Dobrila & Dorian Duo 2: Pile šarenoSJF Records
  6. Tellefs – Reel Date – Taragot Sounds
  7. Karkum Project – Sahira, Stories of Heroic Women – Karkum Project
  8. David Walters – Soul Tropical – Heavenly Sweetness
  9. Boroa – O Classico Fol – Boroa
  10. Violons Barbares – Monsters and Fantastic Creatures – Violons Barbares
  11. Son Rompe Pera – Chimborazo – AYA Records
  12. Gao Hong and Kadialy Kouyate – Terri Kunda – ARC Music
  13. Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens – Music Inferno: The Indestructible Beat Tour 1988-89 – Umsakazo Records
  14. Hiram Salsano – Bucolica – Hiram Salsano
  15. Yalla Miku – Intergalactic Galactic – Bongo Joe Records

The Musical Truth (#1271)The Musical Truth (#1271)

Hour 1
(artist – song – album)
Children Of The Revolution – Alythia (The Truth) – Children of the Revolution
Lila Downs – Nothing But the Truth – Shake Away
Sia Tolno – Tonia (The Truth) – My Life
Cuchata – La Verdad – Amor, Cambio, y La Verdad
Heartbeat + WBC – The Truth – TRUE LOVE: The 1st Israeli-Palestinian-German Hip Hop Hudna
Nawal – Kweli (Truth) – Kweli
Justin Vali Trio – NY Marina – The Truth (NY Marina)
Moh Alileche – Hidden Truth – When the Dust Settles
MC Yogi – Truth Seeker – Mantras, Beats, & Meditations
Invisible System – Tell Me the Truth (Ewnetun Nigeregn) – Punt (Made In Ethiopia)
Ocote Soul Sounds – S.T.T.P. (Speak Truth to Power) – Taurus
Taina Asili – En la Verdad – Resiliencia
Amaan Ali Khan & Ayaan Ali Khan – Sacred Truth – Reincarnation – An Electronic Odyssey
Dieneba Seck – Tigne (the Truth) – The Truth
Thornato – Truth – Escape Plan

Hour 2
Femi Kuti – Truth Don Die’ – Shoki Shoki
Beautiful Nubia and the Roots Renaissance Band – Ajosepo – Olumuyiwa
Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens – Via Soweto – Music Inferno: The Indestructible Beat Tour 1988​-​89
Boroa – Iske Baja – O´ Clásico Fol
Trad.Attack! – Pidu lõppeb – Bring It On
Violons Barbares – Old Man’s Stories – Monsters and Fantastic Creatures
Yalla Miku – Tapis Volant (radio edit) – Yalla Miku
Suntou Susso – Ekanasong – Putumayo Presents African Yoga
Brina – Revolucija – To je to
Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita – Gniri Balma – Suba
Omar Faruk Tekbilek – One Truth – One Truth
Tellefs – VossastRil [feat. Tellef Kvifte, Åsmund Reistad, Magnus Wiik _ Knut Kvifte Nesheim] – Reel Date
Skalinka – Odessa Bulgar – Beyond Bars
Omar Mollo & El Muro Tango – Reliquias porteñas – Manifiesto
schroothoop – Cascaraï – Macadam

Music of Reptiles (#1270)Music of Reptiles (#1270)

Hour 1
(artist – song – album)
Cocek! Brass Band – The Snake – Round Two
Chavo – Green Mamba – Don’t Wake the Dead (Deluxe Version)
The Budos Band – King Cobra – The Budos Band II
Thomas Mapfumo – Nyoka Musango (Snake in the Forest) – Lion Songs: Essential Tracks in the Making of Zimbabwe
Los Orientales – El Dragon – Cumbia Beat (Experimental Guitar-Driven Tropical Sounds From Perú 1966 & 1983)
Actitud María Marta – La Dragona – Con Perfume Revolución
Keith & Ken With The Jamaican Steel Band – Walk Like a Dragon – You’ll Love Jamaica
Monsieur Doumani – Akamas’ Dragons – Angathin
Celso Duarte – Iguana – De Sur a Sur / From South to South
Atomga – Cobra Kai – Black Belt
Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze – Dance of the Chameleon – Djaliya (feat. François Verly)
Bill “Ravi” Harris & The Prophets – Lost Dragon of the Sahara – Funky Sitar Man
Joseph Tawadros – Chameleon (feat. Béla Fleck & Richard Bona) – Chameleon of the White Shadow
Qwii (Bushman) – Mambo (The Snake) – Ancient Civilizations of Southern Africa

Hour 2
Lila Downs – La Iguana – Tree of Life
No Blues – Balancing Cobra (feat. Rodaan Al Galidi) – Kind Of No Blues
Leni Stern – Crocodile – 3
James Asher – Red Rhythm Dragon – Shaman Drums
La India Canela – La Culebra (The Snake) – Merengue Típico from the Dominican Republic
Trad Attack! – Toru-Uss (Pipe Snake) – Live at WOMEX 16
SambaDa – Iguana – Gente!
Katerina Papadopoulou – Yiannes and The Dragon (feat. Anastatica) – Anástasis. a Journey Through Old Greek Music (feat. Anastatica)
Beránci a vlci – Beskydský chameleon – Beránci a vlci
Hard Proof – Dragon – Dragon
Srdjan Beronja – The Cobra – Sounds of the East
Ba Balance – Bambadinka (The Crocodile Pond) – Around the Crocodile Pond
Congotronics International – Even the Boa Can’t Swallow a Viper (feat. Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Kasai Allstars, Konono N°1, Wildbirds & Peacedrums & Skeletons) – Where’s the One? (feat. Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Kasai Allstars, Konono N°1, Wildbirds & Peacedrums & Skeletons)
Thomas Wiewandt – American Aligator – The Diversity Of Animal Sounds
Nomad – Croc Country – Songman