Top 10 World Music Albums February (#1369)

Hour 1 (rank – artist – song – album):
#10 Celia Wa – Démounaj – Fasadé
#9 The Bongo Hop – Eko Eko (Feat. Moonlight Benjamin) – La Pata Coja
#8 Songhoy Blues – Gambary – Héritage
#7 Pauanne – Karjala – Karelia – Joku Raja Rakkaudesakin
#6 Vaudou Game – Ça ira – FINTOU
#5 Tamala – May Ma Sara – Diboli
#4 Raghu Dixit – Kudilikke Hatthidyanna – Shakkar
#3 Tamar Ilana & Ventanas – Elvissa – Azadi
#2 Trio Da Kali – Orpaillage – Bagola
#1 Sauljaljui – sapuy 火把 (Torch) – VAIVAIK
Anthony Joseph – Tony – Rowing up River to Get Our Names Back
Smoke & Mirrors – Mala Salud – Return of the Numbers
João Selva – Banho De Mar – Onda

Hour 2:
Adrian Younge – کنم – Farrar Konam (feat. Liraz) – Adrian Younge Presents Linear Labs: São Paulo
The Loire Valley Calypsos – Mon Gamin – Groove World by Putumayo
KUTU – Set – MARDA
Uusikuu – Elokuun illat – Piknik
Trinka – Dois No Ilê – Ep – EP
The Arab Blues – Maghroud – Saba
Jawa – Allamo Almahboba Hajri – Last Breaths from Aleppo
Fanoos Ensemble – Watan (Homeland) (feat. Ahmad Fanoos, Mehran Fanoos, Elham Fanoos & Sohail Karimi) – Echoes of Afghanistan (feat. Mehran Fanoos, Elham Fanoos, Ahmad Fanoos & Sohail Karimi)
L. Shankar – Dancing Beauty (feat. Abhijit Banerjee) – Full Moon
Meno Del Picchia – Retina – Maré Cheia
Kasiva Mutua – Twende Mbele – Desturi
Jason Carter – Hope and Waiting – In and out of Time
Hard Proof – Trash Talk – Code Noir
Áššu – Albbas / Lynx – Luoteniegut
Alsarah & The Nubatones – Habibi – Seasons of the Road
Pawa – Zaihraj Za Mnie Dudarocku – Folk and Great Tunes from Belarus
Jupiter & Okwess & Mare Advertencia Lirika – Orgullo – Ekoya

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Hour 1
(artist – song – album)
Cocek! Brass Band – The Snake – Round Two
Chavo – Green Mamba – Don’t Wake the Dead (Deluxe Version)
The Budos Band – King Cobra – The Budos Band II
Thomas Mapfumo – Nyoka Musango (Snake in the Forest) – Lion Songs: Essential Tracks in the Making of Zimbabwe
Los Orientales – El Dragon – Cumbia Beat (Experimental Guitar-Driven Tropical Sounds From Perú 1966 & 1983)
Actitud María Marta – La Dragona – Con Perfume Revolución
Keith & Ken With The Jamaican Steel Band – Walk Like a Dragon – You’ll Love Jamaica
Monsieur Doumani – Akamas’ Dragons – Angathin
Celso Duarte – Iguana – De Sur a Sur / From South to South
Atomga – Cobra Kai – Black Belt
Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze – Dance of the Chameleon – Djaliya (feat. François Verly)
Bill “Ravi” Harris & The Prophets – Lost Dragon of the Sahara – Funky Sitar Man
Joseph Tawadros – Chameleon (feat. Béla Fleck & Richard Bona) – Chameleon of the White Shadow
Qwii (Bushman) – Mambo (The Snake) – Ancient Civilizations of Southern Africa

Hour 2
Lila Downs – La Iguana – Tree of Life
No Blues – Balancing Cobra (feat. Rodaan Al Galidi) – Kind Of No Blues
Leni Stern – Crocodile – 3
James Asher – Red Rhythm Dragon – Shaman Drums
La India Canela – La Culebra (The Snake) – Merengue Típico from the Dominican Republic
Trad Attack! – Toru-Uss (Pipe Snake) – Live at WOMEX 16
SambaDa – Iguana – Gente!
Katerina Papadopoulou – Yiannes and The Dragon (feat. Anastatica) – Anástasis. a Journey Through Old Greek Music (feat. Anastatica)
Beránci a vlci – Beskydský chameleon – Beránci a vlci
Hard Proof – Dragon – Dragon
Srdjan Beronja – The Cobra – Sounds of the East
Ba Balance – Bambadinka (The Crocodile Pond) – Around the Crocodile Pond
Congotronics International – Even the Boa Can’t Swallow a Viper (feat. Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Kasai Allstars, Konono N°1, Wildbirds & Peacedrums & Skeletons) – Where’s the One? (feat. Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Kasai Allstars, Konono N°1, Wildbirds & Peacedrums & Skeletons)
Thomas Wiewandt – American Aligator – The Diversity Of Animal Sounds
Nomad – Croc Country – Songman

Global Mixtape (#1358)Global Mixtape (#1358)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
Santrofi – Kwaa Kwaa (live) [feat. Omniversal Earkestra] – Deep into Highlife (live) [feat. Omniversal Earkestra]
Okaidja Afroso – Àkpàlé – Àbòr Édiń
Johannesburg Street Band – What’s the Matter Zulu? – Johannesburg Street Band
Lala Njava – Dinako – The Rough Guide To African Music For Children
Saba – Je Suis Petite – Jidka (The Line)
Skalinka – Praise – Beyond Bars
Zhivago – Кабы знал (If only I knew) – Svezhaya-klyukva (Fresh Cranberry)
Koum Tara – Wach Aadabni (feat. Hamidou & La Camerata) – Baraaim El-louz (feat. Hamidou & La Camerata)
Anandi Bhattacharya – Maya’s Dream (Kalavati) – Joys Abound
Sar Kamler – Funky Sar – Butterfly: Colors of Armenian Duduk
Jyotsna Srikanth – Ninnuvina – Carnatic Nomad
Karyna Gomes – Sinal Di Mindjer – Mindjer

Hour 2:
Rosa Morena Russa – Migoskotostra – Chora Berlim
Camilla Barbarito – Tutti Frutti – Cargo Sentimento Popolare D’Assalto
Sverre Indris Joner – Cinco Salsa – Clasicos a lo Cubano – Live in Havana
Catrin Finch & Aoife Ní Bhríain – Waves – Double You
Markku Lepistö – Euskadi Express (feat. Xabi Aburruzaga) – DUOS
Mari Boine – Lean dás – Alva
Lo’jo – Valse étrange – Feuilles fauves
Ustad Saami – Prayer for Peace – East Pakistan Sky
Agustin Pereyra Lucena – Consolação – Agustin Pereyra Lucena
Soba, Moussa Koita & Jean-Emile Biayenda – Fantaya (feat. Vincent Bucher) – Fiman (feat. Vincent Bucher)
La Viu-viu – Windnomaden (feat. Cati Plana, Jordi Maria Macaya, Marc Figuerola & Eduard Casals) – Flexūs (feat. Cati Plana, Jordi Maria Macaya, Marc Figuerola & Eduard Casals)
Atse Tewodros Project – Maqeda – Maqeda
Eskorzo – Mi Corazón – Historias de amor y otras mierdas

Top 10 World Music Albums, May 2025 (#1381)Top 10 World Music Albums, May 2025 (#1381)

Hour 1 (rank – artist – song – album):
#10 Raúl Paz – Otra Vez – Guajiro Chic
#9 Kin’Gongolo Kiniata – Elengi Ya Ko Vivre – Kiniata
#8 Mandeng Groove – Manssani Cisse (ft. Fatou Kalissa & Ba Cissoko – Conakry
#7 Thanos Stavridis & Drom – Sirto – fygame
#6 Red Baraat – Gaadi of Truth (feat. Stewart Copeland) – Bhangra Rangeela
#5 Efrén López, Ciro Montanari & Jordi Prats – Ghateye Dad O Bidad – MEL
#4 Fanfare Ciocărlia & Adrian Raso – Transylvania Twist – The Devil Rides Again
#3 Värttinä – Traavalehevoi – Kyly
#2 Alune Wade – Voodoo Child – New African Orleans
#1 Francis Bebey – Chant D’Amour Pygmee – Trésor Magnétique
Eparapo – From London to Lagos (feat. Dele Sosimi) – From London To Lagos (Remixes) [feat. Dele Sosimi] – EP
La Banda Chuska – Bailando con mi Oscuridad – Basic Bichos
Ammar 808 – Eddayem Allah [ft. Brahim Riahi] – Club Tounsi

Hour 2:
Les Abranis – Ikhaq Wul – Album No 1 (Id Ed Was)
Peyoti for President – You are the Revolution – You are the Revolution – Single
Ària Lua – Linda – Reconec
Päivi Hirvonen – Metsän Tyttö – Maa palaa
Warsaw Afrobeat Orchestra – Skucha – Nagana – EP
Hajda Banda – Od cymbalistów (feat. Jędrzej Weber & Iwona Pawlak) – Niepraudzivaya
Oktopus – Kolomeyka – Brahms, Balkans & Bagels
Elana Sasson – Laya Laya – In Between
Jan Kadereit & Gamelan Salukat – Áshira – Sun and Fire – ÁSHIRA
L’Attirail – Yaar Sam – Chers Revenants (Inédits 2010 – 2022)
Contrabandeando – Imagina (feat. Jorge Perez) – El Maleficio de Micaela – EP
Richa Sharma & Sukhwinder Singh – Ni Main Samajh Gayi – Taal (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Tamala – Tolof Tolof – Lumba
Vesevo – Cioparella – Tien’ a Ment’
Afrodream – Bamako – BAMAKO – Single