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

A collection of tunes to usher in Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, along with some other global music — new and old — to round out the show.

Hour 1
Moana and the Moahunters – Ancestors – Rua
gamelan angklung, Peliatan village (Banjar Tengah) – Galang Kangin – From Kuno to Kebyar: Balinese Gamelan Angklung
Matuto – Forró Pacífico – Matuto
Small Island Big Song – Listwar Zanset (feat. Emlyn & Putad) – Our Island
Bo Razón – Afroyesa Maranaw – The Saronay Sessions
Jackui Keelan – Kia Kaha – Wahine
Grupo Socavon – Homenaje a Justino – Pacífico Colombiaño – Music Adventures in Afro-Colombia
Kaumaakonga – Nimo – Taoba
The South Pasifika Sound Project – Anahulu – Across the Pacific
Te Vaka – Taku Uo Pele – Havili
David Fanshawe – Gilo Stones – Music of the South Pacific
Small Island Big Song – Marasudj (feat. Sauljaljui, Putad, Emlyn, Vaiteani, Sammy, Richard Mogu, Airileke, Yoyo Tuki, Alena Murang, Selina Leem, Jerome Kavanagh & Kekuhi) – Our Island
Whirimako Black – Wahine Whakairo – Putumayo Presents: South Pacific Islands
At Adau – Sae’ – Oba’

Hour 2
La Pacifican Power – El Halcón – La Pacifican Power
Tio – Teme Nyoo Vetu – Sorousian
Vaiteani – O Vai – Vaiteani
Black Bamboo Band – Eale Eale – Nevenek (Ground Music from Torba, Vanuatu)
Natalia Mann – Sunshine Sister – Pasif.Ist
The Lani Singers – Waiyaowa – Ninalik Ndawi
Kahurangi Maori – Haka Hou – Aotearoa – Land of the Long White Cloud
The Good Ones – I Dream Someday To Have a Home – Rwanda…You See Ghosts, I See Sky
Saigon Soul Revival – Hào Hoa (feat. Blacka) – Hào Hoa (feat. Blacka) [Remixes]
Toronto Tabla Ensemble – Baya Works – For the Love of Tabla
Ti’kaniki – Molem – Douz
Subla Neokulintang – Binalig – Subla Neokulintang
Crespin – Nuestros Rayos (feat. Rodrigo Saldaña, CuchiCuchi, Diego Cortez & Rubén Rizzardi) – Aguanaguan
Kobo Town – Shades of the Living – Carnival of the Ghosts
Oumou Sangaré – Gniani Sara – Timbuktu
Mirla Riomar – Água Reboliçada – Afrobrasileira