Top 15 World Music Albums, October 2025

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  1. ‘O Rom – Radio Rom – Phototype Records
  2. Afrodream – Guiss Guiss – Rubik Music
  3. Meklit – Piece of Infinity – Smithsonian Folkways
  4. Guitari Baro – Guitari Baro – Chrysalis Global
  5. Meral Polat – Meydan – W.E.R.F. Records
  6. Loko Gasy – Mifankatiava – AudioMaze
  7. Cheikh Lo – Maame – World Circuit
  8. Tania Saleh – Fragile – Tantune
  9. Kiala & Afroblaster – One Race ‘A Tribute to Hilaire Penda’ – Tangential Music
  10. Saha Gnawa – Saha Gnawa – Pique-Nique Recordings
  11. Zhenya Wind – The Earth Is Moving – Zhenya Wind
  12. Ravi Kulur & Barry Phillips – Breath & Bow – Ravi Kulur & Barry Phillips
  13. Burhan Öçal, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, The Trakya All Stars – Trakya Funk – Gülbaba Records & Omni Sound
  14. Amira Kheir – Black Diamonds – Stern’s
  15. L’Antidote – L’Antidote – Ponderosa Music

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Note: STG did not air a show featuring the December chart; many of these artists were included in our year-end “best of 2022” episode, however.

  1. Sona Jobarteh – Badinyaa Kumoo – Sona Jobarteh
  2. Meral Polat Trio – Ez Kî Me – Meral Polat / AudioMaze
  3. Tanxugueiras – Diluvio – PlayPlan / Calaverita Records
  4. Kyekyeku & Super Opong Stars – Funky Pangolin – The Blue Hedgehog
  5. G Combo – El circo de la vida – G Combo
  6. Al-Qasar – Who Are We – Glitterbeat
  7. Te Vaka – Te Vaka Beats Vol. 3 – Spirit of Play Productions
  8. Marala – Jota de Morir – Propaganda Pel Fet!
  9. Majid Bekkas – Joudour – Igloo
  10. Taraf Syriana – Taraf Syriana – Lula World Records
  11. Try Paradise – Try Paradise – Buda Musique
  12. Uusikuu – Karuselli – Nordic Notes
  13. Mostar Sevdah Reunion – Lady Sings the Balkan Blues – Snail Records
  14. Elin Furubotn – Resirkulerte Rim og Regler – Elin Furubotn
  15. Inger Hannisdal – North South East West – Jazzland Recordings/OK World
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Top 15 World Music Albums, January 2023Top 15 World Music Albums, January 2023

Ranking / Artist / Album / Label

  1. Meral Polat Trio – Ez Kî Me – Meral Polat / AudioMaze
  2. Mwezi WaQ – Le Blues des Sourds-Muets – Buda Musique
  3. Debashish Bhattacharya – The Sound of the Soul – Abstract Logix
  4. Mawaca – Nama Pariret – Ethos Music
  5. Sona Jobarteh – Badinyaa Kumoo – Sona Jobarteh
  6. Vusi Mahlasela, Norman Zulu, Jive Connection – Face to Face – Strut
  7. Taraf Syriana – Taraf Syriana – Lula World Records
  8. Sonido Verde de Moyobamba – Sonido Verde de Moyobamba – Analog Africa
  9. Tanxugueiras – Diluvio – PlayPlan / Calaverita Records
  10. Didon – Tunesian Tale – Electrofone
  11. Nenia Ira – Nenia Ira – Vlad Productions / Absilone / Believe digital
  12. Payadora Tango Ensemble – Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango – Six Degrees
  13. Tárkány Trió: A cimbalomprímás – Fonó Budai Zeneház
  14. Mahsa Vahdat & Skruk – Braids of Innocence – Kirkelig Kulturverksted
  15. Hamid El Kasri – Roots & Plugged – Metronome
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Top 15 World Music Albums, March 2022Top 15 World Music Albums, March 2022

  1. David Krakauer Feat. The Mazel Tov Cocktail Party Orchestra – Mazel Tov Coctail Party – Label Bleu/Table Pounding Records
  2. Mirla Riomar – Afrobrasileira – Mirla Riomar
  3. Dowdelin – Lanmou Lanmou – Underdog Records
  4. Kairós – Kairós – West Wave Productions
  5. Dobranotch – Zay Freyleikh! – CPL-Music
  6. Rokia Koné & Jacknife Lee – Bamanan – Real World
  7. Mitsune – Hazama – Neu Start Kultur
  8. Gonora Sounds – Hard Times Never Kill – The Vital Record
  9. Lucia de Carvalho – Pwanga – Zamora Prod
  10. V.A. – Republicafrobeat V5 – Kasba Music
  11. Flamengrass – Alegria – Segell Microscopi
  12. Bonga – Kintal da Banda – Lusafrica
  13. Yungchen Lhamo – Awakening – Six Degrees Records
  14. The Ano Nobo Quartet – The Strings of Sao Domingos – Ostinato Records
  15. Oliver Nayoka – Aje Wele-Wele – Palenque Records
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