Month: August 2024

The World, Live in Concert (#1344)The World, Live in Concert (#1344)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
17 Hippies – Besho – Live In Berlin
Ojos de Brujo – Color – Techari Live
Terakaft – Arghane manine (live) – Live 2008
Jablkoň – Pubrdlova & Ulanbatar (Půbrdlová & Ulanbatar) – Live – Oslava
Céu – Contravento (Live) – Live
Bonga – Mairimbondo (Live) – Bonga Live
Lila Downs – La Iguana (Live) – En París – Live á Fip
Los Cumbia Stars – Homenaje Afrosound (En Vivo) – Fiesta Tropical (En Vivo)
Al Jawala – Borino Oro – Live At Jazzhaus Freiburg
autorickshaw – Isosceles (live) – Live and Unreleased
Alireza Ghorbani – Deldar – Eperdument… Chants d’amour persans
Lakha Khan – Ghoomar – Live in Malmö
Boban Marković Orkestar – Disco Dzumbus – Live in Belgrade

Hour 2:
Limpopo – A Very Happy Ukrainian Folk SongYou Let Me Down – Live In Raleigh
Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band – Eyi Su Ngaangaa – Chopteeth Live
Richard Bona – Tedy Kalo – Live in Paris
Lobi Traore – Sigui Nyongon Son Fo (Live) – Bamako Nights (Live at Bar Bozo 1995)
Oumar Konate – Albarka (Live) – Live in Bamako
Moussa Diallo – I Bolo Dó Bolo (feat. Basiru Suso & Mikkel Nordsø) – The Kinkeliba Project (Live at Copenhagen Jazzhouse)
Vieux Farka Touré – Diaraby Magni (feat. Yossi Fine) [Live at the Independent] – Live
Huun Huur Tu – Eerbek-Aksy – Best Live
Mynta – Nandu’s Dance – Live
Gotan Project – Vuelvo Al Sur – Gotan Project Live
Salsa Celtica – Guajira Sin Sol (En Vivo) – En Vivo En El Norte (En Vivo)
Lo’jo – Senor Calice – Ce soir là…
Victoria Hanna – Aleph Bet / Hoshana – Live at WOMEX 2017
Yemen Blues – At Va’ani – Live In Tel Aviv

Musics of West Africa (#1343)Musics of West Africa (#1343)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
Fatoumata Diawara – Negue Negue – Fenfo (Something to Say)
Aly Keita – Maloya – Akwaba Iniséné
Becaye Aw – Humpitam – Sibi
Bombino – Adouni Dagh (This Life) – Deran
Aziza Brahim – Liberación de Guelta – Mabruk
Manou Gallo – Femme – Afro Groove Queen
Manou Fofana – Djagha – Ko-Te-Ban
Sona Jobarteh – Mamamuso – Fasiya
Kora Jazz Trio – Mimi – Kora Jazz Trio, Pt. 1
Itadi – Ibakubuele – Watch Your Life
Kojato – Afro Shigida – Original Lagos Cut – All About Jazz
The Ogyatanaa Show Band – Disco Africa – Ghana Soundz – EP
Baaba Maal & Daandé Lénol – Yiiri Yalla – Wango

Hour 2
Dogo Du Togo – Zonva – Dogo Du Togo
Angélique Kidjo – koro-koro – Fifa
Ba Cissoko – Yadou – Séno
Dobet Gnahoré – Nfletoun – Djekpa La You
King Sunny Ade – Ajo Ni Mo Re – Ajoo
Gyedu Blay Ambolley – Sunkwa – 11th Street, Sekondi
Sia Tolno – Manu – African Woman
Elikeh – Heaven – Kondona
Messah – Fetou – Messah Messah
Gabin Dabiré – Djilbié (excerpt) – Afriki Djamana (Music from Burkina Faso)
Vaudou Game – Happiness – Apiafo
Zieti – Politiki – Zemelewa
Orchestra Baobab – El Son Te Llama – Specialist In All Styles

Top 10 World Music Albums, August 2024Top 10 World Music Albums, August 2024

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
The Unknown Composer – Kalejaka Jaka – KOVRЫ
Tio Chorinho – Frevo Corrido (feat. André Valério) – Tempestuoso
Carmen Souza – St. Jago – Port’Inglês
Yeisy Rojas – Obatala – A Mis Ancestros
Sababa 5 – Nasnusa (feat. Yurika Hanashima) – Kokoro – こころ
Víík – Von og Minne – SAGT
Marta Topferova – Sauce llorón – Sombras
Dobet Gnahoré – Kômou Bébé – Zouzou
Lemon Bucket Orkestra – Da Ishly Divky – Cuckoo
BabelNova Orchestra – Tubarè – Magma
Ester Rada – Nanu Ney – Ester Rada
Tilahoun Gèssèssè – Aykedashem lebe – Éthiopiques, Vol. 17: Tlahoun Gèssèssè
Africa Negra – Bo Cu Sete Ladron Ni Que Bo – Antologia Vol. 2

Hour 2
Abdel Benaddi – Hamdouchia – A Dream In Essaouira
Yemen Blues & Oxmo Puccino – Yyy – Only Love Remains
Rotfront – Ya Piv – Emigrantski Raggamuffin
Tactequeté – Uapa – Tactequequé?
Martina Camargo – El kikí (tambora) – CANTO Y RIO
Los Cumbia Stars – Sonidero – La Cumbia Une a Latinoamérica
Carla Pires – Cartografado – Cartografado
Caro Wajnerman – El Existir – Margenes
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian – Yongjun Yangko – From China to Appalachia
Putumayo & Giselle World – Agua (Putumayo Version) – World Beats by Putumayo
Combo Daguerre – Le Petit Bossu – Fracassines
Miriam Makeba – The Retreat Song – Miriam Makeba
Jacinto Limeira – Mandinga no carimbó – O cantor trombonista
Dawda Jobarteh – All One – Transitional Times
Freshlyground – Arms of Steel – Ma’ Cheri
Andrew Gurruwiwi Band – Yaa Djamarrkuḻi – Sing Your Own Song

Top 15 World Music Albums, August 2024Top 15 World Music Albums, August 2024

(Rank – Artist – Album – Label)


1 – Babelnova Orchestra – Magma – MALADISCO / IPE IPE

2 – Lemon Bucket Orkestra – Cuckoo – Lemon Bucket Orkestra

3 – Dobet Gnahoré – Zouzou – Cumbancha

4 – Marta Topferova – Sombras – Moravia Publishing

5 – Viik – Sagt – Nordic Notes

6 – Sababa 5 & Yurika – KOKORO – こ こ ろBatov Records

7 – Yeisy Rojas – A Mis Ancestros – Yeisy Rojas

8 – Carmen Souza – Port’Inglês – Galileo MC

9 – Tio Chorinho – Tempestuoso – Lulaworld Records

10 – The Unknown Composer – KOVRЫ – Navigator records

11 – Africa Negra – Antologia Vol. 2 – Bongo Joe Records

12 – Yemen Blues – Only Love Remains – Kartel Music Group

13 – Martina Camargo – Canto y Rio – Chaco World Music

14 – Los Cumbia Stars – La Cumbia Une a Latinoamérica – Discos Fuentes

15 – Caro Wajnerman – Margenes – Agregadora de Música Argentina

Global Musical Questions (#1341)Global Musical Questions (#1341)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
Mr. Something Something – Why Why Why – Shine Your Face
Kilema – Ao Va Nareo? (Are You There) – Lavi-Tany
Cheb Nasro – Kifeche Enti (Why Do You Hate Me?) – Departures
Terrakota – É Verdade? – Oba Train
Orishas – ¿Qué pasa? – Antidiotico
The Garifuna Collective – Kame Báwara (Why You Call?) – Ayó
DAM – Why (feat. Rachid Taha) – Dabke on the Moon
A.P.P.A.R.T – Hola Que Tal? – Flamencotronics
Ladysmith Black Mambazo – How Long? – Shaka Zulu
Mahotella Queens – Ngothini Na? – Ezesimanje
Christine Salem – Why War – Mersi
Franco & L’OK Jazz – Mbanda Nasali Nini? (What is a crime?) – 1971/1972-Likambo Ya Ngana
Chris Berry & Panjea – Why Do We – Dancemakers
Ozomatli – Donde Se Fueron? – Ozomatli
Mas y Mas – Por Que Sera? – Agarrate!

Hour 2
Los Fulanos – Why Don’t We Do Some Boogaloo? – Si Esto Se Acaba Que Siga el Boogaloo
Sergio Mendes – What Is This? – Brasileiro
Monoswezi – Where Is My Mbira? – Shanu
Cumbia Chicharra – ¿ Quien Es ? – El Grito
Grupo Naidy – ¿Lo Que Suena, Qué Será? (That sound, What Could It Be?) – ¡Arriba Suena Marimba!
Lolomis – Pourquoi n’es-tu pas là ? (Why aren’t you here?) – Boukane
Sila and the Afrofunk Experience – Why? – Funkiest Man In Africa
Ali Hassan Kuban – Eshmana (why) – Real Nubian
Monsieur Doumani – Where Shall I Bang It? (feat. Michalis Terlikkas) – Angathin
Mynta – Is It Possible? – Indian Times
Tasa – How Am I? – Urban Turban
Omega Bugembe Okello – Ndituusa Wa? – Kiwomera Emmeeme
El Naan – ¿Dónde Pongo las Flores – La Danza de las Semillas
Yusa – Sirvio de Algo? – Haiku

Global Music of Sports (#1340)Global Music of Sports (#1340)

In honor of the 2024 Summer Olympics
Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
Yemi Alade – Stronger – Black Magic
Mickey Hart – Fast Sailing – At the Edge
Cienfue – Dive Deep – Seven Cities of Gold
Intermezzi – À bicyclette – Une dos
King Timothy – Football Calypso – London Is the Place for Me 6: Mento, Calypso, Jazz and Highlife from Young Black London
Young Killer – The Wrestler – Beginner’s Guide to the Caribbean
The Charmer Is Louis Farrakhan – Female Boxer – Calypso Favorites 1953-1954
Boom Pam – Surfing Tuba – Alakazam
The Bahama Soul Club – Surfing Zavial – Sundub Society
Donauwellenreiter – Jump ’N’ Run – Delta
Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective – Yagane (My Canoe) – Wátina
A.R. Rahman – Cyclist’s Rhythm – Music Storm (A Lyrical and Instrumental Journey)
Viparat Piengsuwan – Yok Yok (Jump Jump) – Thai Beat a Go-Go, Vol. 2
Nikhil P. Yerawadekar – Run Fast – Run Fast – Single
A Moving Sound & ETHEL – Jump – Wheel of Life
Skeletons – Marathon Man – Smile
Skeewiff – Sailing Boat – Skeewiff In Brazil

Hour 2:
Sans – Pursi – The Rowing Song – Kulku
Ray Armando – The Boxer – Mallet Hands
Electro Dub Tango – El Fútbol Y El Tango – Electro Dub Tango Meets the World Cup
Ladaakhi Musicians – Music for Archery (excerpt) – The Rough Guide To The Music Of The Himalayas
Vaqo – Chidaoba (wrestling) – Ah Qo
Serenata Guayanesa – Corre Caballito – Run, Little Horse (Aguinaldo) – ¡Canta con Venezuela! Sing with Venezuela!
Anda Union – Galloping Horses – Heemor (Windhorse Reprise)
Ablaye Cissoko – Champion – Mes Racines
Pele Juju – Higher & Higher – Live!
Eumir Deodato – O Jogo (Soccer Game) – Os Catedráticos 73
Asiko Afrobeat Ensemble – Winners Never Quit – Winners Never Quit
Awilo Longomba – Champion – Mondongo