Month: November 2025

Blues around the World (#1408)Blues around the World (#1408)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Mighty Mo Rodgers – Djeli / Griot / Storyteller – Griot Blues, Mighty Mo Rodgers & Baba Sissoko
Falie Kuyateh – Selati Nalim Koye – African Journey, A Search for the Roots of the Blues, Gambia Senegal and Mali
Kevin Brown & Moussa Kouyate – Banjul Calling – Kora Blues
Lala Njava – Blues Song – Malagasy Blues Song
Boubacar Traoré – Badialo – Kar Kar
Christine Salem – Komor Blues – Salem tradition
Calypso Rose – Calypso Blues – So Calypso !
Long-Ge – Playing Mahjong – Blues Around The World
Ali Farka Touré – Keito (with Ry Cooder) [with Ry Cooder] – Talking Timbuktu (with Ry Cooder)
Miriam Makeba – Soweto Blues – African Sunset
Tamikrest – Adagh – Adagh
Titina – Mote de Mindelo – Island Blues
Fanfara Kalashnicov – Oriental Blues – Fanfara Kalashnicov

Hour 2:
Mariem Hassan – Yalli Mashi Ani – El Aaiun Egdat
Miroslav Evačić – Cardas Blues – Magic from the Crossroads – World Music from Croatia
Sväng – Svänging the blues – Svängo Nuevo
Paul Pena – Kargyraa Moan – Genghis Blues
Modou Touré & Ramon Goose – Dune Blues – The West African Blues Project
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba – Moustafa – Jama Ko
TootArd – Syrian Blues – Laissez Passer
JeConte & The Mali All Stars – Nous aimons le mali (feat. Khaira Arby & Bassekou Kouyate) – Mali Blues
DJ RH – Indian Blues – Blackasia Volume 1
Kavita Shah & Bau – Joia – Cape Verdean Blues
Orchestre de la Paillotte – Kadia Blues – Golden Afrique Vol. 1
Alemayehu Eshete – Teredtchewalehu – Ethiopiques, Vol. 10 – Tezeta
Nuru Kane – Niang Balo – Exile
Gao Hong & Kadialy Kouyate – Fulani Blues – Terri Kunda
Majid Bekkas – Moroccan Blues (feat. Bouhssine Foulane) – Joudour

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Top 15 World Music Albums, November 2025Top 15 World Music Albums, November 2025

  1. Noura Mint Seymali – Yenbett – Glitterbeat Records
  2. Loko Gasy – Mifankatiava – AudioMaze
  3. Tribeqa – Sumu – Underdog
  4. Nusantara Beat – Nusantara Beat – Glitterbeat Records
  5. ‘O Rom – Radio Rom – Phototype Records
  6. Antibalas – Hourglass – Daptone
  7. Guitari Baro – Guitari Baro – Chrysalis Global
  8. Nancy Vieira & Fred Martins – Esperança – Galileo Music
  9. Bonbon Vodou – Épopée Métèque – Heavenly Sweetness
  10. La Cumbia Chicharra – Quinto Mundo – Music Box Publishing
  11. Mehrnam Rastegari – Dislocated Pulse – Merhnam Rastegari
  12. Senduki – Strania – AlfaMusic
  13. Suntou Susso – Jaliya Silokang – The Path of a Griot – Independent
  14. Gilmar Gomes – 11:11 – Music Avenue
  15. Syran Mbenza – Rumba Africa – Hysa Productions

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New Music from Around the World (#1407)New Music from Around the World (#1407)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Nusantara Beat – Tamat – Nusantara Beat
Loko Gasy – Mihavana – Mifankatiava
Tone Of Voice Orchestra, Trinelise Væring & Fredrik Lundin – Trommedans – Running from the Devil
Syran Mbenza – Germaine (feat. Malage De Lugendo, Wuta Mayi, Bahati la Douce & Luis Manresa) – Rumba Africa
Xabi Aburruzaga – Porrusamba (feat. Thaïs Morell & José Urrejola) – Bask
Putumayo & Sol Galarreta – Don Don Don – World Road Trip by Putumayo
Yalla Miku – Il Fait Trop Cuit ይፈትወኪ – 2
Josiel Konrad – Boca Nº 0 (Funk Carioca) – Tapioca
Tribeqa – Dembele – Sumu
Noura Mint Seymali – Ch’tib (Naha) – Yenbett
Suntou Susso – Jangfajang Kano – Jaliya Silokang – The Path of a Griot
Sufi Dub Brothers – Karrar (feat. Ashraf Sharif Khan & Viktor Marek) – Return of the Sufi Dub Brothers (feat. Ashraf Sharif Khan & Viktor Marek)
Spove, Nawara Alnaddaf, Silje Risdal Liahagen, Inger Hannisdal & Adrian Myhr – Mariam Mariamti – Spove

Hour 2:
Gilmar Gomes – Colorir – 11:11
Floating Sofa Quartet – Baghuset & Vraggodsvalsen – Tides
SENDUKI – Zingaròta (feat. Ettore Castagna, Peppe Costa, Mimmo Morello, Elisa Surace & Carmine Torchia) – Stranìa (feat. Ettore Castagna, Peppe Costa, Mimmo Morello, Elisa Surace & Carmine Torchia)
Mehrnam Rastegari – Let Me Be Happy – Dislocated Pulse
Antoine Villoutreix & Super Antena Tropical – Toi & Moi – Radio Liberté – EP
La Cumbia Chicharra – Lunática – Quinto Mundo
Bonbon Vodou – Gourmandises amoureuses – Épopée Métèque
Arnau Obiols – El món ha dit sí (feat. Pepino Pascual) – Ocelltambor
Guitari Baro – Hommage a La Rumba Congolaise – Guitari Baro
Tribeqa – Kouma – Sumu
‘o Rom – Radio Rom (feat. Shaone) – Radio Rom
Nancy Vieira – Saiko Dayo – Esperança
LISLIE – Menina Aguada – Fogo & Aguaceiro
Antibalas – La Ceiba – Hourglass

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Global Songs of Darkness & Light (#1406)Global Songs of Darkness & Light (#1406)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Mynta – Dark Days – Meetings In India
Manika Kaur – Waheguru (Your Light) [feat. Talvin Singh] – Sacred Words
Dissidenten – Turn On the Light – Germanistan
Daisam Jalo – Light – Cycles (feat. Yasmin Hadisubrata)
Värttinä – Tumma (Dark) – Iki
J-San & the Analogue Sons – The Light – J-San & the Analogue Sons
Sipho Gumede – When Days Are Dark, Friends Are Few – Blues for My Mother
Roswell Rudd & The Mongolian Buryat Band – Gathering Light – Blue Mongol (Roswell Rudd And The Mongolian Buryat Band)
Shabaka and The Ancestors – Run, The Darkness Will Pass – We Are Sent Here By History
Asiko Afrobeat Ensemble – Shine Your Light – Winners Never Quit
Funkees – Slipping into Darkness – Wake Up You! The Rise and Fall of Nigerian Rock, Vol. 2 (1972-1977)
Rocky Dawuni – Shine a Light – Branches of the Same Tree
Tasa – Twilight – Urban Turban

Hour 2:
Hadag Nahash – Many Lights – 6
Nana Simopoulos – After Dark – After the Moon
KIN TAII – Nocturnal Light – DRAGON
David Walters – Light – Soul Tropical
Zulya and the Children of the Underground – The Night Is Dark – 3 Nights
Banning Eyre – First Light – Bare Songs (Vol. 1)
Marjan Vahdat – Heart of Darkness – Our Garden is Alone
Terje Isungset – A Glimpse of Light – Winter Songs
Foday Musa Suso – Morning Light – The Dreamtime
The Mighty Mocambos – In the Dark (with Nichola Richards) – Showdown
Kobo Town – When Jonas Saw the Light – Where the Galleon Sank
Solas – Darkness, Darkness – The Edge of Silence
47Soul – Mo Light – Balfron Promise

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Music for Halloween & Day of the Dead (#1405)Music for Halloween & Day of the Dead (#1405)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Ozomatli – Cumbia de los Muertos – Ozomatli
Correo Aereo – La Llorona – Lo Que Me Dijo El Viento
Lila Downs – Skeleton – Shake Away
Tara Linda – Demon’s Cumbia – Tortilla Western Serenade
Hossam Ramzy – Halloween – Sabla Tolo II – Further Journeys into Pure Egyptian Percussion
Kobo Town – Carnival of the Ghosts – Carnival of the Ghosts
L’Alba – Indiferenti (Ghost) – À principiu
Paolo Russo – Freaky Dancing Demons (feat. David Hildebrandt, Thommy Andersson & Roberto Torto) – Imaginary Soundtrack
Hot 8 Brass Band – Ghost Town – Ghost Town / Let Me Do My Thing – Single
Ephraim Nzeka – Zombie – Bilongo – A Third Collection of Modern Afro Rythms
Amir Amiri – Ajdad (Ancestors) [feat. Amir Amiri Ensemble] – ANCESTORS – Echoes of Persia (feat. Amir Amiri Ensemble)
Xavier Quijas Yxayotl – Antigua (to the ancestors) – Aztec Dances
Divoky Srdce – Nebeští jezdci (Ghost Riders in the Sky) – Late Gathering
Carmen Rizzo & Huun Huur Tu – Ancestors Call – Eternal
Ganga Giri – Ancestors – Beats Around The Bush

Hour 2:
The Mighty Mocambos – Ghost Walk (Live At Mocambo X-Mas Jam) – Ghost Walk (Live At Mocambo X-Mas Jam) – Single
La TchouTchouKa – Ya Se He Muerto Mi Abuelo – El Chuchutero
Kočani Orkestar – La Llorona – The Ravished Bride
Tanya Tagaq Gillis & Bjork – Ancestors – Sinaa
Francois Couture – Mary Sivuarpik / Grandmother’s Song – QALLUNAK
Global Cultural Collective – Ipmente (Grandmother’s Voice) – Red Sands Dreaming
Narasirato Pan Pipers – Naratana Hione (Cry Of The Ancestors) – Naratana Hione – Cry Of The Ancestors
Grey-haired Ural – Ancestors (Bashkir author’s song) – Spring Water
Congo Sanchez – Ghost Dance – Vol. 1
Mickey Hart – Bones – Planet Drum
Kava Kon – zombie – Departure Exotica
Baka Beyond – Ancestor’s Voice – The Meeting Pool
Lord Jellicoe – Zombie Jamboree – Dip & Fall Back – Classic Jamaican Mento
Tarika – Avelo (Ghost) – Son Egal

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