Month: May 2023

STG’s Imaginary World Music Festival (#1278)STG’s Imaginary World Music Festival (#1278)

Hour 1
(artist – song – album)
Ozomatli – Love and Hope – Street Signs
Ba-Boom – Toque de Bamba – Incendeia
Lo’Jo – Yalaki – Cosmophono
Brooklyn Funk Essentials – Freeway To Üsküdar (feat. Laço Tayfa) – In the Buzzbag (feat. Laço Tayfa)
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Jamming – Legend – The Best Of Bob Marley & The Wailers
Yeko – Yerna Fassè (feat. Khaira Arby) – Yeko – EP
Esma Redzepova – Ej, sudbino – Legends of Gypsy Music from Macedonia
Kokolo – Trouble Come, Trouble Go – More Consideration
Tamikrest – Tamiditin – Adagh
Rachid Taha – Ya Rayah – Diwan/Live
Orchestra Baobab – Gnawoe – Specialist In All Styles
Louis Mhlanga – Mari Hakuna – Stories
Dissidenten – Lobster Song – New World Party

Hour 2
Zawose & Brook – Chilumi Cha Kwetu: Voices From Home – Assembly
Lala Njava – Voatse – Malagasy Blues Song
Ustad Sultan Khan, Fazal Qureshi & Jonas Hellborg – Mystery Conquered – Friends (across Boundaries)
Jogja Hip Hop Foundation – Cintamu Sepahit Topi Miring – Semar Mesem Romo Mendem
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Kinna Sohna (feat. Bally Sagoo) – Magic Touch, Vol. 12 (feat. Bally Sagoo)
Kal – Duj Duj – KAL
Gamelan X – Gammafro – Satu
Celia Cruz – Yo Vivire (I Will Survive) – Soy Mujer
Ali Hassan Kuban – Mabrouk Wo Arisna – Nubian Magic
Cheb Khaled – Yamina – Liberte
Cacique ’97 – Eu Quero Tudo – Cacique’97

Top 10 World Music Countdown (#1277)Top 10 World Music Countdown (#1277)

Hour 1
(artist – song – album)
#10 Gaisha – Ana Aïcha – Ana Aïcha
#9 Rumbaristas – El Pez – Malavares
#8 Baaba Maal – Boboyillo (feat. Rougi) – Being
#7 Trad.Attack! – Öelge sõnnu feat. Ravid Kahalani – Bring It On
#6 Les Abranis – Achethkhii – Amazigh freedom rock 1973-1983
#5 Sophie Lukacs – Yafa fest. Habib Koite – Bamako
#4 Keturah – Sukulu – Keturah
#3 Yaraka – Maletìmbe – Curannera
#2 Hialøsa – Seikilos – Scanian very old pop
#1 Fatoumata Diawara – Mokogan feat. M.anifest – London Ko
Kojokona – Egyptian Sidewalk – When in Khartoum
Uusikuu – Juna kulkee – Karuselli
Baiju Bhatt & Red Sun – Ananda (feat. Prabhu Edouard) – People of Tomorrow
Folkatomik – Pizzica di San Vito (with Daniele Li Bassi, Valeria Quarta, Oreste Forestieri & Franco Montanaro) – Polaris

Hour 2
Ali Doğan Gönültaş – Bar Elek – Kiğı
Mze Shina – Gakhsovs Turpav – Elesa
Studio Shap Shap – L’entente – Le Monde Moderne
dragonchild – Sera – dragonchild
Dawda Jobarteh – Togo – Do You Know a Place Called Flekkeroy?
Simon Mayor – Hewlett (Arr. Mayor) – O’Carolan: Hewlett (Arr. Mayor) – Single
Palm Wine Boys – Moon In Day Sky – Up & Down
Auli – Kūru, Kūru Uguntiņu (feat. Beāte Zviedre) – Ķekatās
Whatitdo Archive Group – Ritual Of Gods – Palace Of A Thousand Sounds
Lívia Mattos – Tuk Tuk (feat. Armandinho Macedo) – Apneia
Flowk – Andròmines (feat. Marc del Pino, Xavi Castanys & Ciscu Cardona) – Trobada (feat. Marc del Pino, Xavi Castanys & Ciscu Cardona)
Tipsy Oxcart – Hora De La Tescani – Meet Tipsy Oxcart
Duplex – O’mar – Maelstrom

Top 15 World Music Albums, May 2023Top 15 World Music Albums, May 2023

(Artist – Album – Label)

Fatoumata Diawara – London Ko – Wagram Music
Hialøsa – Scanian Very Old Pop – GO’ Danish Folk Music
Yaràkä – Curannera – Zero Nove Nove
Keturah – Keturah – Hen House Studios
Sophie Lukacs – Bamako – Disques Nuits d’Afrique
Les Abranis – Amazigh Freedom Rock 1973-1983 – Bongo Joe
Trad.Attack! – Bring It On – Trad.Attack! Music
Baaba Maal – Being – Marathon Artists
Rumbaristas – Malavares – Via Lactea
Gaïsha – Ana Aïcha – Zephyrus Records
Guillem Ballaz – Substrat – Segell Microscopi
Riccardo Tesi – La Guista Distanza – Visage Music SAS
Faizal Mostrixx – Mutations – Glitterbeat Records
Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabate – The Sky Is the Same Colour Everywhere – Real World Records
Teun Creemers – Naamu – Zennez Records / One World Records

Afrobeat Worldwide (#1276)Afrobeat Worldwide (#1276)

Hour 1
(artist – song – album)

Zozo Afrobeat – Country of Guns – Country of Guns
Verckys & L’Orchestre Vévé – Cheka Sana – Verckys & L’Orchestre Vévé (Congolose Funk, Afrobeat & Psychedelic Rumba 1969-1978)
Shay Hazan – Afrobeatz – Afrobeatz – Single
Tony Allen – One Tree – Afrobeat Express
JariBu Afrobeat Arkestra – Afro Rodeo – JariBu
Alma Afrobeat Ensemble – Remember (Radio Edit) – Monkey See, Monkey Do
Chicago Afrobeat Project – No Bad News (feat. Tony Allen, Kiara Lanier & Legit) – What Goes Up (feat. Tony Allen)
IFÁ Afrobeat – Axé! (feat. Okwei V. Odili) – IFÁ Afrobeat + Okwei V. Odili (feat. Okwei V. Odili) – EP
London Afrobeat Collective – Power to the Women (Radio Edit) – Power to the Women (Radio Edit) – Single
Biggabush – Afro Spot – Biggabush Presents Lightning Head: 13 Faces of Lightning Head
Tonho Crocco – Baobá – Kafundó Vol. 6-Afrobeat Brazil
Ogun Afrobeat – Benefit for All – Benefit for All (single)

Hour 2
Newen Afrobeat – Chaltumay – Global Afrobeat Movement
Cascadia ’10 – No Go Wacko – Knife Hit/No Go Wacko
Cacique ’97 – Eu Quero Tudo – Cacique ’97
Fatoumata Diawara – Dakan – London Ko
Sylvain Leroux – Zoé – Qromatica
Boom Pam – Juda – Royal
Yaraka – Canto all’alie – Curannera
Sophie Lukacs – Falling – Bamako
Kayhan Kalhor & Toumani Diabate – Joyful Sun – The Sky Is the Same Colour Everywhere
Riccardo Tesi – Cous Cous e Fasol – La Giusta Distanza
Omara Portuondo – Me Toca – Vida
HÖST – Ravnen – Fugelsang
Fatoumata Diawara – Dakan – London Ko
Baaba Maal – Ndungu Ruumi – Being

Global Songs of Five (#1275)Global Songs of Five (#1275)

Hour 1
(artist – song – album)
El Palmas, El Dragón Criollo & Grupo Baquedanus – Toma Cinco – Color de Trópico Vol 3 ( Compiled By el Dragón Criollo & el Palmas )
Dorothy Masuka – Five Bells – Hamba Notsokolo
Spokes Mashiyane – Big Five – New Sounds Of Africa Vol 1
Cochemea Gastelum – Fathom Five – The Electric Sound of Johnny Arrow
Kerlaveo – Baião de Cinco – Kerlaveo
Zubop – Five Fingers Only – Cycle City
Jorge Ben – Cinco Minutos (5 Minutos) – A Tabua de Esmeralda
Guy Kark & Between Times – Five-Seven-Ten – 4 Quarters
Sam Evans – Five Trains (feat. Stephen Magnusson & Reza Kashi) – The Tabla Project
Daniel Ho & the Suzhou Masters – Five Silken Threads – Embroidering Melodies
autorickshaw – Chennai Five-0 – Live and Unreleased
Yma Sumac – Five Bottles Mambo – Mambo! And More
Noise Khanyile – Five Mabone – Jive Smodern Jive! – classic instrumental jive from the ’60s and ’70s
Grand Fatilla – Five of Swords – Global Shuffle

Hour 2
Niusha Barimani – Five, Sky, Star, Desert – Niush – Persian Fusion Music
Djeli Moussa Condé – Korte – Africa Mama
Beautiful Nubia and the Roots Renaissance Band – Ajosepo – Olumuyiwa
Masaa – Nabad – Beit
Saina Manotte – Pésonn kou to – Dibout
Momi Maiga – Mansani (feat. Pau Figueres) – Nio
Habib Koité – Batoumambe (Live) – Fôly! Live Around the World
Majid Bekkas – Imta Ya Mama (feat. Gnaoua Chaouki & Marylène Ingremeau) – Joudour
hodíla ízba – Горе (Grief) – Обряды (Rites)
Meritxell Gené – A l’inrevés (Backwards) – No diré res de mi (I won’t say anything about myself)
schroothoop – Cheval Orange – Macadam
MAI – Sakura y cardon – Bris con Tres Aromas
Bustan Abraham – Sireen – Ashra (the First Decade Collection)
Gao Hong & Kadialy Kouyate – Kora Meets Pipa – Terri Kunda
Mohamed Lamouri – Ya rayah – Méhari

Global songs of Flowers & Remembering Harry Belafonte (#1274)Global songs of Flowers & Remembering Harry Belafonte (#1274)

Hour 1
(artist – song – album)

Rim Banna – April Blossoms – April Blossoms – Songs from Palestine Dedicated to All the Children
Hanggai – Flowers – Introducing Hanggai
Posmrtně Zkušenosti – The A.D.E. – Dance of Nocturnal Flowers – Aither
Bakithi Kumalo – Mbali (Flower) – San Bonan
Dagadana – Beautiful Flowers and Full Moon – Gong Hei Fat Choy
Cicala Mvta – The Blue Flower Kopanitza – Deko Boko
Zeb – Balkany & Flowers – Brooklyn to the Balkans & Beyond – Single
DAM – وردة Warde – Flower – Dedication
Florals – Flower of Life – Cuban Funk
Aurys – Karma Flowers (Full Mix) – 1 World, 7 Notes (A Great World Music Selection)
Yoshida Brothers – Cherry Blossoms in Winter (Fuyo No Sakura) – Yoshida Brothers Best, Vol. Two
Dogo Du Togo – Flower – Dogo Du Togo
Soema Montenegro – Flores del desierto – Passionaria
Zulya and the Children of the Underground – Red Flower – 3 Nights
Coreyah – Yellow Flower (feat. Samuel Seo) – Clap&Applause

Hour 2
Samba de Coco Raízes de Arcoverde – Beija Flor (Chico Correa Remix) – Maga Bo Apresenta Samba de Coco Raízes de Arcoverde Remixed
Inna Baba Coulibaly – Calma – Djily Kawral
Lo’jo – Baji larabat – Boheme de Cristal
KV Express – Janelle (feat. Jo Zanders) – Zafon
Electric Sufi – Teri Yaad (Thinking of You) – Breathe in Love
JeConte & The Mali All Stars – Wariko (Money Matters) – Mali Blues
L. Subramaniam – Jai Hanuman! (feat. Nyoman Wenten & Burat Wangi Choir) – Global Fusion
Baaba Maal – Mbeda Wella (feat. Paco Lenol) – Being
Sunbörn – Apple Blossom – Sunbörn
Zeyn’el – Benden Selam Olsun Bolu Beyi’ne – Divan & Divine
Harry Belafonte – Man Smart (Woman Smarter) – Harry Belafonte Sings Calypso Blues & Folk Songs
Harry Belafonte & Miriam Makeba – Train Song (Mbombela) – An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba
Harry Belafonte – Don’t Stop the Carnival – Banana Boat Song – Greatest Hits