Best New Global Music, February 2026 (#1421)

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Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Hami Hamoo, Moussa Koita, Michaël Havard & Habib Meftah – Sefar – Siya
Monoswezi – Pakashaya – Moyo
Bamako Airlines – Khaira – Volume III – EP
Leo Middea – Fio de Bronze – Noticia de Puglia
Temenik Electric – Habibi – Habibi My Love
Yinon Muallem – Take a risk – Aegina’s Secret
Yilian Cañizares – Yo Soy – Vitamina Y
Ludom – A Rua – Ludom
Tram des Balkans – Krepotrip – Alligator
Neba Solo & Benogo Diakité – Ba Ngolo – A Djinn and a Hunter Went Walking (The Complete Sessions)
Zenekar – Byzantine – Swirls
Ranil y Su Conjunto Tropical – Inka – Galaxia Tropical (Analog Africa No.43)
Le Bal Jacquin – Raoult Cha-cha-cha – Au Bout du Bout (feat. Bazbaz & Oriane Lacaille)
Rahu (the fool) – Zile – On the Dance Floor / Uz deju grīdas

Hour 2:
Manika Kaur – Woman in Punjab (feat. Jyotsna Srikanth) – Woman in Punjab (feat. Jyotsna Srikanth) – Single
Ablaye Cissoko, Kiya Tabassian & Constantinople – Amadou – Estuaire
Cara de Espelho – A Seita – B
Umaisha (Maldives) – Dhannahen – Love Songs Around The World
Nilza Costa – Ogum suite – Cantigas
Hersi Matmuja & Jacopo Conoci – STRUKA E CUCËS (feat. Valerio Daniele & Vito De Lorenzi) – Lum
Da Cruz – 10 noites – Som Sistema
Zanna – Pele Boa – Reflexo
Ben Aylon & Cheikh Lô – Terranga – Terranga – Single
BashElán – Engem szeress (Manele) – Titkon
Catrin Finch, Ana-Gwen Wigley & Pegi Wigley – Kin – Notes to Self
Adir Jan – Melê – Al Mast
Crossing (Diabaté/Martella/Schiavone) – Hope – The Path Before Us
Alessandra Leão, Liniker & Chico Correa – Tatuzinho – Tatuzinho – Single
Banditori (excerpt) – La nott’è long’ – Banditori – EP
Nusantara Beat – Gapura – Nusantara Beat

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Afrobeat USA (#1241)Afrobeat USA (#1241)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
Antibalas – Who Is This America Dem Speak of Today? – Who Is This America?
Cascadia ’10 – Song for Nehemes – Song for Nehemes – Single
Hard Proof – Popemobile – Public Hi-Fi Sessions 03 – EP
Euforquestra – Ochun – Explorations in Afrobeat
Zion 80 – Holy Brother – Warriors
Debo Band – Musicawi Silt – Flamingoh (Pink Bird Dawn)
Donkilo! Afro Funk Orkestra – N’zérékoré N1 – Donkilo!
Aphrodesia – Say What – Precious Commodity
Jujuba – Bloo – PDX Jazz Fest
Atomga – Reisster Eggs – Black Belt

Hour 2
Chicago Afrobeat Project – No Bad News (feat. Tony Allen, Kiara Lanier & Legit) – What Goes Up (feat. Tony Allen)
Menahan Street Band – Sleight of Hand – The Crossing
Afrolicious – Do What You Got To – California Dreaming
Polyrhythmics – Labrador – Labrador
Kaleta – Jibiti – Mèdaho
Alma Afrobeat Ensemble – Yoruba – Toubab Soul
The Daktaris – Upside Down – Soul Explosion
Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band – Tribulation – Bone Reader
Kokolo – More Consideration – More Consideration
Adedeji – Ojeje – Yoruba Odyssey
The Budos Band – Eastbound – The Budos Band
Original Broadway Cast: FELA! – Sorrow, Tears and Blood (feat. Sahr Ngaujah) – FELA! Original Broadway Cast Recording
Akoya Afrobeat – U.S.A. – Introducing the Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble

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Global Songs of Motherhood (#1328)Global Songs of Motherhood (#1328)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
Candido Oye-Oba – My Mother – Adura Power
Kanizsa Csillagai – Ahuz, mama (Listen, mother) – Gypsies from Hungary
Sawt el Atlas – Mama – Donia
Chirgilchin – Akla Bashtyg Avaiymny – White Haired Mother – Central Asian Tales
Cheb Khaled – Madre – World 2004
Mazigazi Band – Oh Mama! – Afrika Yetu
Champetos del Jùjú – Gracias Mamá – Máquina de Dinero
David Walters – Mama – Soleil Kréyol
Zap Mama – Hello to Mama – ReCreation
Iyasa – Helele Mama (Oh Mama) – African Homeland – Voices & Rhythms from Zimbabwe & Southern Africa
Kíla – The Mama Song – Luna Park
Sia Tolno – Mama – African Woman
Lord Tanamo – A Mother’s Love – I’m in the Mood for Ska: The Best of Lord Tanamo
Anansy Cissé – Nia (Mothers) – Anoura
DANTCHEV:DOMAIN – What Did the Mother Say? – Say It

Hour 2
Kokolo – Mama Don’t Want No Gun – More Consideration
Sally Nyolo – Mama Say – La nuit à Fébé
Teacher Jekyll – Bless the Mothers (feat. Ruth Mbalanda, Bertrand Péqueriau, Charlotte Méas, Aïnhoa da Cruz, Maxime Brottes, Jean Baptiste Boutte, DJ Don’s & Nicolas Grauwet) – Mercado
Christine Salem & DJ Click – Mama wéli – Mon rési
Leleti Khumalo – Thank You Mama – Music From The Motion Picture Sarafina! The Sound Of Freedom
Mahotella Queens – Xola Mama – Izibani Zomgqashiyo
Al Qahwa – Beloved Mother (Live) – Cairo Moon
Sola – Oh Mother – Blues in the East
Tram des Balkans & Melissa Zantman – Mama – En cavale
Damakase – Mother’s Love – Gunfan Yellem!
Guillaume Sanje Mpacko – Mama’m Iyo (Beloved Mother) – Praise and Celebration
Josyara – MAMA – ÀdeusdarÁ
Orishas – Madre – A Lo Cubano
Prince Nico Mbarga & Rocafil Jazz International – Sweet Mother (feat. Rocafill Jazz International) – The Best Of Music And Rhythm

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Songs of Winter & Winter Holidays (#1361)Songs of Winter & Winter Holidays (#1361)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Tomas Kocko & Orchestr – Hej, Kolęda! – Koleda/The Carol
Gjermund Larsen Trio – Home for Christmas – Christmas Sessions
Payadora Tango Ensemble – Bitter Winter (feat. Lenka Lichtenberg & Marta Kosiorek) – Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango
Muzsikás – Hidegen Fújnak a Szelek (Cold Winds Are Blowing) – The Prisoner’s Song
Wambali – Wintersong (Radio Edit) – Zani Muwone
Baka Beyond – I See Winter – Sogo
Taraf de Haïdouks – Cold Snowball – Of Lovers, Gamblers & Parachute Skirts
Eje Eje – New Roots (Winter) – Five Seasons
Dawda Jobarteh – Winter Trees Stand Sleeping – Transitional Times
Nohe & Sus Santos – Feliz Navidad – Feliz Navidad (single)
Punjabi Tadka – Bhangra Jingle Bells – Bhangra Jingle Bells
Cornershop – Once There Was a Wintertime – Cornershop & the Double-O Groove Of
Kush Arora – Cold World – Bhang Ragga: Dancehall Bhangra In Future Dub
Bugotak – Winter – The Taiga Man
Windborne – Aisim Bernai Kalėdaut – To Warm the Winter Hearth
Jennifer Cutting’s Ocean Orchestra – Light the Winter’s Dark – Song of Solstice

Hour 2:
Kristi Stassinopoulou – Erhetai Heimonas (Winter is Coming) – Nyn
Oreka Tx – Ice TX – Nömadak TX
Perttula – Talvenselkä / Heights of Winter – Pajavasara
Tir Fada – Cold Frosty Morning – Tir Fada
Warsaw Afrobeat Orchestra – Winter – Chest
Free Radicals – Frozen Power Outage – White Power Outage, Vol. 2
Leni Stern – Winter (Samia) – Smoke, No Fire
Hedningarna – Viima (Cold Wind) – Karelia Visa
Black Flower – Winter – Abyssinia Afterlife
Amanda Martinez – Frozen – Mañana
The Temple Rockers – Days Long Ago (feat. Linval Thompson) – Festival of Lights
El Vez – The Dreydel song – Sno-Way Jose: An El Vez Christmas Album
Otava Yo – New Dawn – Christmas
Salsa Celtica – Auld Lang Syne – El Agua de la Vida

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