Best New Global Music, February 2026 (#1421)

Hour 1
(artist – song – album)

Gili Yalo – Coffee – Gili Yalo
Etran Finatawa – Tea Ceremony III – Desert Crossroads
Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile – Your Coffee Is a Disaster – Not Our First Goat Rodeo
Tyva Kyzy – Ayak Shaiym (My Bowl of Tea) – Setkilimden Sergek Yr-Dyr (A Cheerful Song From My Soul)
Hello Tut Tut – Tea Time – World Music Dance Band
Jabali Afrika – Grandma’s Milk Gourd – Rootsganza
Candido Oye-Oba – Palm Wine (Jolly Papa) – Adura Power
Ferndale Happy Whistlers – Brandys and Beers – Brandys and Beers
Gecko Turner – Tea Time (feat. Isayah Thomas) [And the Five O’clock Jam] – Gone Down South
Slavic Soul Party! – Occapella (Have a Beer) – Teknochek Collision
Flaco Jiménez & Max Baca – Beer-Drinking Polka – Flaco & Max: Legends & Legacies
Captain Planet – Fireflies & Palmwine – No Visa
Hamid Baroudi – Tea In Marrakech – Tea In Marrakech
Mickey Hart – Wine Wine Wine – Ramu
David Gould – Goats Milk – Feast of the Passover
Christian Maes, Janick Martin & Etienne Gruel – Tiger Milk – Feule caracal
Dolapdere Big Gang – A Drinking Song (feat. Teoman) – Just Feel

Hour 2
Bob Marley – One Cup of Coffee – Songs Of Freedom
Steve Rhodes & His London Hi-Lifers – Drink a Tea – Highlife on the Move: Selected Nigerian & Ghanaian Recordings from London & Lagos 1954 – 66
Manhu – Joys of Drinking – Manhu: Voices of the Sani
Tjango! – Lazy Afternoon Tea – Pohjantähti
Byungki Hwang – Chahyangije (2 Poems on the Fragrance of Tea): Drinking Tea – The Best of Korean Gayageum Music
Shanren – Drinking Song – Left Foot Dance of the Yi
Elisete – Luar e Cafe ( Moon and Coffee) – Luar e Cafe
Gaisha – L’amour Digital – Ana Aïcha
J-P Piirainen – Afternoon Tea – Twined
Boroa – Antares – O’ Clásico Fol
Ali Farka Touré – Malahani – Voyageur
Keturah – All the way from Africa – Keturah
Altin Gün – Dere Geliyor – Aşk
Trad.Attack! – Lase käia (feat. Laur Joamets) – Bring It On