Top 15 World Music Albums, May 2023

(Artist – Album – Label)

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

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