Best New Global Music, May 2026 (#1433)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Angélique Kidjo & The Cavemen. – I’m On Fire – HOPE!!
Coco Mbassi – Bhafrika ’25 Edit – EWEKEDI, Pt.1
Girma Woldemichael – Nafqoté – Nafqóté
Azuka Moweta and His Anioma Brothers Band of Africa – Odogwu Ahaba – Kenechukwu
Gaoussou ‘Sobra’ Kouyate – FADIALAH – Sobra Dance
Tamikrest – Imanin – Assikel
Moussa T – Askamdikte – Tartite
Berima Amo – Vuelve a Casa – Rhythms of Love
Mimika Orchestra – Dišpet / Defiance – Medzotermina
AMRITA – Elephant Promenade II (feat. Jonathan Kay & Zaynab Wilson) – AMRITA
Zocco Baia – LA STREGA – L’ORA D’ORO
Altın Gün – Benim Yarim – Garip
fabric – Fight! – Until We Are Free
Ancient Future – East of the Sun (feat. Matthew Montfort, Mariah Parker, Benjy Wertheimer & Paul McCandless) [Studio Version with Paul McCandless, Oboe] – Purple Spirits (feat. Matthew Montfort)

Hour 2:
The Klezmatics – Di tsukunft (El Futuro) [feat. La Manga] – We Were Made for These Times
Shye Ben-Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express – Ranjha – Ranjha
Antônio Carlos & Jocafi – Rala-Bucho – Antonio Carlos & Jocafi JID026
G combo & Owem-G – Al Son del Boogaloo – De la Rama a la Raíz
Thomas Noel & The City’s Song – L’ubriacone (feat. Mimmo Maglionico) – The Napoli Sessions
Tako Toki – Ambiguidade – Un dimanche à Monaco
New Era Quartet – Moj Dilbere – Bridge to Sevdah
BALTHVS – Flesh and Soul (Alchemized) (excerpt) – Transmutations
Cocanha – Fòrabanda – Flame Folclòre
Mah Damba – Anga Bara – Taabolo Koura
Tarwa N-Tiniri – Nbina – Zaman
Paulo Netto (Brazil) – Manhã Geral de Amor (feat. Martins) – Afro-Brazil by Putumayo

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Global Music of the Outdoors (#1335)Global Music of the Outdoors (#1335)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
Shukar Collective – Wander – Urban Gypsy
Idan Raichel – Ba’Yeshimon (In the Wilderness) – At the Edge of the Beginning
S.P. Balasubramaniam & Chitra – Vaa Veliye (Come Outside) – Ilaiyaraaja – அக்னி நட்சத்திரம் “Fire Star” – Synth-Pop & Electro-Funk From Tamil Films 1984-1989
Barika – These Hills – Rise
Jaune Toujours – Camping del Mundo (Radio Edit) – 20sth
Umkulu – Rain Forest – Didgeridoo Tribal Festif – Kungulu
Warsaw Village Band – In the Forest – Uprooting
Les Lapins Superstars – Macumba Camping Club – Let’s Kick It!
Yiddish Glory – A Walk in the Forest (feat. Loyko, Alexander Sevastian & Sophie Milman) – The Lost Songs of World War II
Altan Urag – Shiree Lake – Made in Altan Urag
Sainkho Namtchylak – Introduction-A Yurt by the Lake – Arzhaana
Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective – Yagane (My Canoe) – Wátina
Lloyd Price Thomas – Climbing the Mountain – Virgin Islands: Quelbe & Calypso, 1956-1960
Umalali – Luwübüri Sigala (Hills of Tegucigalpa) – The Garifuna Women’s Project
Rachid Taha – Barra Barra (outside) – The Definitive Collection

Hour 2
Johanni Curtet – Walk in the forest – If Only I Could Hibernate (A film by Zoljargal Purevdash – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Zacks Nkosi – Wilderness – Our Kind of Jazz
Kattam & his Tam-Tams – Forest – Timbuktu to Bombay
Rafael Sotomayor – Wanderlust – Hang the Beat
Cool Cats – Wilderness – Wilderness (single)
Beautiful Nubia and the Roots Renaissance Band – By the Lake – Iwa
Dengue Fever – Tip My Canoe – Sleepwalking Through the Mekong (Dengue Fever Presents)
Justin Vali Trio – Rambala (The Wanderer) – The Truth (NY Marina)
Nasu Luoben – To Green Lake – Forwards
Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita – In the Forest – Transparent Water
White Nights Brass Quintet – The Hills of Manchuria – Music & Highlights: Soviet Retro
Dagadana – U Jeziorecka (By a Lake) – Meridian 68
Bujo Kevin Jones – Climb the Mountain – Tenth World
Sattuma – Soutelin (Boating) – Vanha Tuttu

Top 10 World Music Albums, August 2024Top 10 World Music Albums, August 2024

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
The Unknown Composer – Kalejaka Jaka – KOVRЫ
Tio Chorinho – Frevo Corrido (feat. André Valério) – Tempestuoso
Carmen Souza – St. Jago – Port’Inglês
Yeisy Rojas – Obatala – A Mis Ancestros
Sababa 5 – Nasnusa (feat. Yurika Hanashima) – Kokoro – こころ
Víík – Von og Minne – SAGT
Marta Topferova – Sauce llorón – Sombras
Dobet Gnahoré – Kômou Bébé – Zouzou
Lemon Bucket Orkestra – Da Ishly Divky – Cuckoo
BabelNova Orchestra – Tubarè – Magma
Ester Rada – Nanu Ney – Ester Rada
Tilahoun Gèssèssè – Aykedashem lebe – Éthiopiques, Vol. 17: Tlahoun Gèssèssè
Africa Negra – Bo Cu Sete Ladron Ni Que Bo – Antologia Vol. 2

Hour 2
Abdel Benaddi – Hamdouchia – A Dream In Essaouira
Yemen Blues & Oxmo Puccino – Yyy – Only Love Remains
Rotfront – Ya Piv – Emigrantski Raggamuffin
Tactequeté – Uapa – Tactequequé?
Martina Camargo – El kikí (tambora) – CANTO Y RIO
Los Cumbia Stars – Sonidero – La Cumbia Une a Latinoamérica
Carla Pires – Cartografado – Cartografado
Caro Wajnerman – El Existir – Margenes
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian – Yongjun Yangko – From China to Appalachia
Putumayo & Giselle World – Agua (Putumayo Version) – World Beats by Putumayo
Combo Daguerre – Le Petit Bossu – Fracassines
Miriam Makeba – The Retreat Song – Miriam Makeba
Jacinto Limeira – Mandinga no carimbó – O cantor trombonista
Dawda Jobarteh – All One – Transitional Times
Freshlyground – Arms of Steel – Ma’ Cheri
Andrew Gurruwiwi Band – Yaa Djamarrkuḻi – Sing Your Own Song

World Wedding Songs (#1334)World Wedding Songs (#1334)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
Red Baraat – Punjabi Wedding Song (Balle Balle) [feat. Sunny Jain] – Chaal Baby (feat. Sunny Jain)
Violons Barbares – Gipsy Wedding – Saulem Ai
Kaveh Sarvarian – Wedding Night in Baghdad – When the Sun Rises
Cocek! Brass Band – Turkish Wedding – Turkish Wedding
Yale Strom – Boyberiker Wedding Bulgar – The Absolutely Complete Introduction to Klezmer
Sophie MgCina – U Jehova / Poppie Uzubale [“Wedding Song”] – Poppie Nongena
Louis Sarno/Ba-Benjelle Pygmies – Womens Marriage Song – Songs from the Forest
Cézar do Acordeon – festa de casamento – Festa de Casamento
Boom Pam – Wedding Song – Boom Pam
Afrida Marimba Band – Wedding Day – Buyele Ekhaya
unnamed artist – A Wedding Song (Xibe Tribe) – Folk Music of China, Vol. 2: Folk Songs of Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang
Foday Musa Suso – Desert Wedding Music – The Two Worlds
Ali Hassan Kuban – Mabruk (Congratulation) – From Nubia to Cairo
Zedashe – Kakhuri Maqruli (Wedding Song, Kartl-K’akheti) – Silver Sanctuary
Sainkho Namtchylak – Inuit Wedding – Naked Spirit

Hour 2
Jonas Gwangwa – Kgomo (wedding song) – Flowers of the Nation
Tito Rodríguez – Matrimonio Feliz – A Man and His Music: El Inolvidable
Shono – Zulayash’e – Wedding Song – Hunters (Throat Singing from the Shores of Baikal)
Sukwinder Singh – Wedding Qawwali – Andrew Lloyd Webber Presents A R Rahman – Bombay Dreams
Keltiska Duon – Haste to the Wedding / The Priest in his Boots / Off She Goes – The Celtic Duo
Moh Alileche – The Wedding Celebration – North Africa’s Destiny?
Lamia Bedioui & Solis Barki – The wedding – Fin’amor
Csókolom – Hochzeitstanz – Ludo Luda: Fools Fancy
Tacheles Klezmer Company – The Black Wedding – Balkan Reggae
Ekaya & Abdullah Ibrahim – The Wedding – The Enja Heritage Collection: African River
Richard Robbins & Zakir Hussain – Wedding Celebration – The Mystic Masseur (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
Tundri – Arcadian Wedding – Tundri
Bollywood Brass Band – Teri rab ne bana di jodi (A Marriage Made in Heaven) – Movie Masala
Amsterdam Klezmer Band – Wedding March – Benja
Di Grine Kuzine – Wedding Kuček – Berlin Wedding