Month: November 2023

Global Music of Thanks (#1304)Global Music of Thanks (#1304)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
Kobo Town – Beautiful Soul – Independence
Vanessa Lively – Gracias a la Vida – Canto y Cantera – EP
Minyeshu – Temesgen (Grateful) – Daa Dee
Yo-Yo Ma – Thank You – Notes for the Future
Alejo García Feat. Perrozompopo – Gracias (feat. Perrozompopo) – Acoustic Latino by Putumayo
Idris Elba – Thank You For Freedom – Idris Elba Presents mi Mandela
Rocky Dawuni – Thank You Lord – Beats of Zion
Clinton Fearon – I Am Thankful – Breaking News
Trio Kavkasia – Sadghegrdzelo-Madlobeli – A Toast, and We Are Thankful – The Fox and the Lion – Georgian Vocal Music
Lo Còr de la Plana – Gràcias – Lo Còr de la Plana: Es Lo Titre
Smoke’N’Soul – Give Thanks and Praises – Soul Infected
M.A.K.U SoundSystem – Thank You, Thank You – Mezcla
The Garifuna Collective – Seremei Buguya (Thanks to You) – Ayó
Rakkatak – Gracias a la Vida – Char Taal and a Raga Rainbow

Hour 2
Elizabeth Mitchell & Suni Paz – Gracias mil (Thanks a Lot) – Tú eres mi flor: Songs for Children en Español
Chachi Tadesse – Mesgana (Give Thanks) (ft. Kulcha Knox) – Hoya Hoye
The BeadforLife Acholi & Nsambya Choir – Thank You BeadforLife – From the Heart of Breadforlife
Hugh Tracey – Shukurani (Give Thanks) – Listen All Around: The Golden Age of Central and East African Music
Klavdia and German Khatylaevs – Thanksgiving Song to the Godness Aiyyhyt – The Sacred Thread of Creation
Kokoroko – We Give Thanks – Could We Be More
Locos por Juana – Gracias – Locos por Juana
Wally Warning – Thankful – Mama Nature
Sebah – Generous man – Speak with your heart
Jorga Mesfin – Eretcha (Thanksgiving) (excerpt) – The Kind Ones: Degagochu
Aleph Quintet – Okhoua – Shapes of Silence
Firas Zreik – Sunflower Seeds – Salute
Hard Proof – Dragon – Dragon
Kékélé – Fungola Motema (excerpt) – Kinavana
Ella Jenkins – Thank You In Many Languages – Multicultural Children’s Songs

Top 15 World Music Albums, November 2023Top 15 World Music Albums, November 2023

1. Diepkloof United Voice – Harmonizing Soweto: Golden City Gospel & Kasi Soul – Ostinato Records
2. Koum Tara – Baraaim El-Louz – Odradek Records
3. Rahel Giger and Moussa Cissokho – La Pluma – TOURBOmusic
4. Okan – Okantomi – Lulaworld
5. Alpacas Collective – Big Words – Catalpas Records
6. Les Mamans du Congo & Rrobin – Ya Mizolé – Jarring Effects
7. Mo’Horizons – Mango – Agogo
8. Mesudì – Nodi – Moonlight Records
9. Faratuben – Changement – Gülbaba Records
10. Napfonat – Harmatcseppben él a világ bennem – Fonó
11. Noga Ritter – Ima – Galileo Music
12. La Prenda Roja – La Prenda Roja – Segell Microscopi
13. Cherry Bandora – Back To The Taverna – Rebel Up! / Rumi Sounds
14. Hailu Mergia – Pioneer Works Swing (Live) – Awesome Tapes from Africa
15. Ibantuta – The Musical Threads Of The Silk Roads – Home Records

Top 10 World Music Albums, November (#1303)Top 10 World Music Albums, November (#1303)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
#10 Napfonat – Lehetnénk – Harmatcseppben él a világ bennem
#9 FARATUBEN – Jamu – Changement
#8 Mesudì – Scafuliandu (feat. Alessandro D’Alessandro) – Nodi
#7 Mo’Horizons – Mascadito (feat. Laura Insausti & Nené Vasquez) – Mango
#6 Les Mamans du Congo & RRobin – Mpemba – Ya Mizolé
#5 Alpacas Collective – Movéfèzè (feat. Neg Madnick) – Big Words
#4 OKAN – Okantomi – Okantomi
#3 Rahel Giger & Moussa Cissokho – Ñinindiroo – La Pluma
#2 Koum Tara – Cheh Ya Qalbi (feat. Karim Maurice, Hamidou & La Camerata) – Baraaim El-louz (The Buds of the Almond Tree)
#1 Diepkloof United Voice – My Brother – Harmonizing Soweto: Golden City Gospel & Kasi Soul from the New South Africa
Oliver Mtukudzi – Sugar Pie – Sugar Pie

Hour 2
Sia Tolno – Tchekantche – Eh Sanga
Özlem Bulut Band – Yol – Ask
Noga Ritter – And the World Stood Still – Ima
No Mad – Nasbinals – Des oiseaux la nuit
Lenhart Tapes – Žuta žaba (feat. Svetlana Spajić & Tijana Stanković) – Dens
La Prenda Roja – Lucero del Alba – La Prenda Roja
Cherry Bandora – Benim de Canim Var – Back to the Taverna
Ibantuta – Tamanno – The Musical Threads of the Silk Road
Dani Jané i Marta Casals – La ballada de Sant Antoni – Mnemòsine
Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha – Poromies – Lapin Lisä
Kumara – Open Road – KUMARA
Hailu Mergia – Belew Beduby (Live) – Pioneer Works Swing (Live)
Haydamaky – Kavalok – Haydamaky
Zafa – Wasmaee – Funky Grooves of Yemen

Songs of Light and Illumination for Diwali (and winter) (#1302)Songs of Light and Illumination for Diwali (and winter) (#1302)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
Vishal & Shekhar – Happy Diwali – Home Delivery (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Yinon Muallem – Give Me Some Light – Norwegian Oud
Orquestra Àrab de Barcelona – Luz – Libertad
Rocky Dawuni – Shine a Light – Branches of the Same Tree
Sara Tavares – Ponto de Luz – Xinti
Kobo Town – When Jonas Saw the Light – Where the Galleon Sank
Ilê Aiyê – Ile De Luz – Black Chant
Coladera – A Luz de Yayá – La Dôtu Lado
Abu Obaida Hassan – Dayer Anwer Lek (Light Your Path) – Abu Obaida Hassan & His Tambour: The Shaigiya Sound of Sudan
Vaishali Samant & Nilesh Moharir – Ujalun Aali Diwali – Ujalun Aali Diwali (single)
East-West Ensemble – Lecha Dodi (Light Up My Darkness) – Kabbalah Music – The Hidden Spirituals
Les Triaboliques – Shine a Light – Rivermudtwilight
Violet Samudra – Eternal Light – Bliss Beyond
Vishal Mishra – Diwali (From “Apurva”) – Diwali (From “Apurva”) – Single

Hour 2
Manika Kaur – Waheguru (Your Light) [feat. Talvin Singh] – Sacred Words
Chambao – Como la Luz – Pokito a Poko
Baul Bishwa – Sparkling Light (Baharum Ke) – Jaan Sufi
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy – Gallan Goodiyaan – Dil Dhadakne Do (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Najma – New Light – Vivid
Terje Isungset – A Glimpse of Light – Winter Songs
Orkestar Zirkonium – A New Light – Orkestar Zirkonium
Nitin Sawhney – Breathing Light – Onezero
Baba Sissoko, Saulius Petreikis, Victor Diawara, Indre Jurgeleviciute & Laurita Peleniute – Yele – – Light – Malituanie
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra – Break into the Light – HEROES – EP
Taina Asili – Canción de Luz – Resiliencia
Daisam Jalo – Light (feat. Yasmin Hadisubrata, Felix Barth & David Johannes Louis Guy) – Cycles (feat. Yasmin Hadisubrata, Felix Barth & David Johannes Louis Guy)
Lila Downs – Tierra de Luz – Shake Away

Global Songs of Choices and Elections (#1301)Global Songs of Choices and Elections (#1301)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
Songhoy Blues – Voter – Résistance
Ester Rada – Choice – Different Eyes
Barcelona Gipsy balKan Orchestra – The Land of Choice – Del Ebro al Danubio
Antibalas – Government Magic – Government Magic
Pops Mohamed – Election Day Serenade – The Rough Guide to South African Jazz
Delgres – Just Vote for Me – 4:00 Am
Lord Beginner – General Election – London Is the Place for Me 2
Johnny Clegg & Savuka – One (Hu)’man One Vote – Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World
Femi Kuti – The Choice Is Yours – Fight to Win
Iyasa – Ubiza Bani? (Who Do You Choose?) – Lullabies Schlaf Gut, Suesser Mond
Joi – We Need Your Vote – We Are Three
K-Bass – Choose – Too Much Negativity
Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band – D.C. Vote (feat. Head-Roc) – Bone Reader
King Ayisoba – Yele Mengire Nbo Se’ena (Election Song) – Wicked Leaders

Hour 2
Fatboy Slim – Weapon of Choice (feat. Olodum) – Fatboy Slim Presents Bem Brasil
Angelique Kidjo – Choose Love (feat. Shungudzo) – Mother Nature
Saroyé – Pensamiento – In Lèr
Inna Baba Coulibaly – Asina Leylé – Djilly Kawral
Ladaniva – Shakar – Shakar – Single
Tako Toki – Roulures – Tako Toki
La Sra. Tomasa – Por Si Acaso No Regreso – Por Si Acaso No Regreso – Single
Gjermund Larsen Trio – Blå (feat. Gjermund Larsen, Andreas Utnem & Sondre Meisfjord) – Blå (feat. Gjermund Larsen, Andreas Utnem & Sondre Meisfjord) – Single
Son Palenque – Malangalu – Itan Pa’loyo
Alam Khan, Arjun K. Verma & Del Sol Quartet – Open Eyes (feat. Ishaan Ghosh) – The Resonance Between
Oki – Tukinahan Kamuy (Live at Café Oto) – Live at Café Oto
Domenico Lancellotti – Aterrizar – sramba.
Washu Yoneya – Shi-chome – Japanese celebration melodies (Mélodies de célébration japonaises)
Clément Janinet & Adama Sidibé – Fulbe – Sokou