Best New Global Music – July 2026 (#1440)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Moussa T – Tidawte – Tartite
Odd Okoddo & Ogoya Nengo – Yore Yore – Palagoma
Keturah – Nsanje – Selections from Sounds of Malawi, Vol. 1 – Single
INA Stars Orchestra – Ina Denw (With Musicians from Jackson State University School of Music) – Ina Denw (With Musicians from Jackson State University School of Music) – Single
Zocco Baia – La Strega – L’ORA D’ORO
Las Panteras – Yiri Yiri Bon – Hasta Cuando
LEENALCHI – Bird – Here Comes That Crow – EP
Zuco 103 – Zanja – Mais Além
Sika Rlion – Pas Toucher – Endemik
Les Mamans du Congo & RRobin – Nlembo Ntila (feat. Dobet Gnahoré) – Wa Sangi
Esney Morales – Control – Club Putumayo by Putumayo
Angélique Kidjo – No Stopping Us – HOPE!!
Nana Osei – Moni – Twum Barina
Ibrahim Maalouf – Layla’s Wedding – TRUMPETS OF MICHEL-ANGE, VOL. 2
Kon-Fusion – Calle – Arriba de su Muro
Los Orientales de Paramonga – Viajando Con Un Loco – Los Orientales de Paramonga 1972-1976 (Analog Africa No.45)

Hour 2:
Naked & Lakatos Mónika FolkTrió – Zavežljaj – NEKED
Lovana – Pitiky – Jiro – EP
Kitka – Oj Ty Misjacju (Ukranian) – Kolo
Fatoumata Diawara – Sigui – Massa
AÏTAWA – Que el miedo se acabe – Pasaje
Baklava Express – A Very Narrow Bridge – Sabába
Pharaoh’s Daughter – De Noche – Songs Of Desire
Coco Mbassi – Freedom (Radio Edit) – EWEKEDI, Pt.1
Brain Damage x Sir Jean – Propaganda – Light pon Dark
Brazzmatazz – Crank Up The Pressure – Crank Up The Pressure
Gitkin – Alter Ego (excerpt) – Where the South Winds Wail
Sosyete ’25 – Hayal – Yaygara
La Coixinera – 21 de febrer – Quanta ballera!
Fågel Roc – Berget Floden Sjön (Anatolia – Södermanland) – Cantata
Antti Paalanen – Aijaijai – Haitarimarinadi

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Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
‘o Rom – Branko e la guerra (feat. Carolina Franco) – Radio Rom
Guitari Baro – Kolonkan – Guitari Baro
Burhan Öçal & Jamaaladeen Tacuma – Kısmet (feat. The Trakya All Stars) – Kısmet (feat. The Trakya All Stars) – Single
Pekko Käppi & K:H:H:L – Kaksi kynttilää (Two Candles) – Oli kerran ryytimaassa… (Once upon a time there was a village…)
Afrodream – Ma mère – Guiss Guiss
Amira Kheir – Rabie Aljamal (Spring of Wonder) – Black Diamonds
Meklit – Ambassel – A Piece of Infinity
Loko Gasy – Anjara – Mifankatiava
Zhenya Wind – Kolyadka – The Earth Is Moving
Meral Polat – Çenek – Meydan
L’Antidote – Dates, Figs and Nuts (feat. Bijan Chemirani, Redi Hasa & Rami Khalife) – L’Antidote (feat. Bijan Chemirani, Redi Hasa & Rami Khalife)
Tania Saleh – Hashara – Fragile
Kiala & Afroblaster – Mokili – One Race (Tribute To Hilaire Penda)

Hour 2:
Cheikh Lô – Baba Moussa BP 120 – Maame
Doudou Nganga – Congo Kinshasa – Tokororo
Saha Gnawa – Baba Mimoun (feat. Gilad Hekselman) – Saha Gnawa
Ravi Kulur & Barry Phillips – Raghu – Breath & Bow
Sharif & the Nomads – Ghasedak – Persian Jazz Rock
Melodic Intersect – Calcutta Funk (feat. Enayet Hossain, Hidayat Khan & Greg Hatza) – Beyond Borders (feat. Enayet Hossain, Greg Hatza & Hidayat Khan)
Sonny Singh & Qais Essar – Pavan Guru – Sangat
RAIA – Dakar Bamako – Uádi
Davide Ambrogio – III Sordi – Mater Nullius
Bill Brennan & Andy McNeill – Three Paths – Dreaming in Gamelan
Divanhana – Rijekama – Radio Sevdah
Lívia Mattos – História de uma Cabeça – Verve
Murmurosi – Liuli – Svitanok (Ukrainian Folk Reinvented)
Putumayo & Boogát – E.P.N.S.L.S. – Latin Chill by Putumayo
Le Vent du Nord – Le Pari de Jeanne – Voisinages

Songs of Winter/Hanukah/Christmas (#1256)Songs of Winter/Hanukah/Christmas (#1256)

Hour 1
Sowal Diabi – Snow in Addis – De Kaboul a Bamako
The Temple Rockers – Days Long Ago (feat. Linval Thompson) – Festival of Lights
The Klezmer Conservatory Band – Freylekhe Kneydlekh – A Jumpin’ Night In the Garden of Eden
Erran Baron Cohen – Hanukkah Oh Hanukkah (feat. Y-Love & Jules Brookes) – Erran Baron Cohen Presents: Songs In the Key of Hanukkah
El Vez – The Dreydel song – Sno-Way Jose: An El Vez Christmas Album
Yale Strom’s Broken Consort – La Fiesta de la Hanukia – Shimmering Lights
Jennifer Cutting’s Ocean Orchestra – Song of Solstice – Song of Solstice
The Klezmonauts – Joy to the World – Oy to the World – a Klezmer Christmas
Los Embajadores Vallenatos – Diciembre – Putumayo World Christmas
The Blue Hawaiians – Mele Kalikimaka – Christmas On the Big Island
Joe O’Donnell’s Shkayla – Noel-Nouvelet – Noël Nouvelet
CM Stanislava Gabriela – Novina Velmi Dobrá – Neseme vám tú novinu
The Celtic Social Club – Christmas 1914 (feat. Faada Freddy) – Christmas 1914 (feat. Faada Freddy) – Single
Tarun Bhattacharya, Robbie Link, Bikram Ghosh – Greensleeves (What Child Is This?) – Nomad Christmas
Fairouz – Talj Talj – Christmas Hymns
Kajsa Balto – Vuordit juovlaruohta – We Wait for Christmas Eve – Sámi juovllat – Sámi Christmas

Hour 2
Otava Yo – New Carol – Christmas
Tomas Kocko & Orchestr – Co nam ty daš – Koleda
Joseph Spence – Santa Claus Is Comin To Town – Must Be Santa! The Rounder Christmas Album
Luis Villegas – Carol of the Bells – Guitarras De Navidad
N’Klabe – Aires de Navidad – Aires de Navidad (with Our Latin Thing)
New York Twoubadou – Joyeux Noel – New York Twoubadou, Vol. 2
Nana Mouskouri – Kalin Imeran – The Christmas Album
Taraf de Haïdouks – Cold Snowball – Of Lovers, Gamblers & Parachute Skirts
Héctor Lavoe – En la Navidad – Feliz Navidad
Trine Rein – Det Kimer Ná Til Julefest – Julegaven
Zulya – Snow Is Falling – Elusive (Expanded Edition)
Punjabi Tadka – Bhangra Jingle Bells – Bhangra Jingle Bells
Kröke – Dance of the Snowflake – 25 The Best Of – Album Na 25-lecie Zespołu
Joy Setton & The International School of Geneva – Papa Noël – Putumayo Presents French Christmas
Edith Piaf – Le Noël De la Rue – Joyeux Noel (Les plus grands artistes francais et internationaux chantent Noel)
Mbaraka Mwinshehe & Morogoro Jazz – Happy Christmas – Merry Christmas
Warsaw Afrobeat Orchestra – Winter – Chest
Sultans of String – Sing for Kwanzaa (feat. Richard Bona & Waleed Abdulhamid) – Christmas Caravan

Music for the Lunar New Year (#1315)Music for the Lunar New Year (#1315)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
Alacran – Reflejo de Luna – Latin Lounge
Robert Drasnin – Chant of the Moon – Voodoo!
Susana Baca – Luna Llena – Susana Baca
Trad.Attack! – Kuukene / Moon – Trad.Attack!
Robert ‘Robi’ Svärd – La Luna Quiere Bailar (Tangos) [feat. Sergio Gómez “El Colorao” & Miguel Rodriguez El Cheyenne] – Alquimia (feat. Miguel Rodriguez El Cheyenne)
Manhu – Moon – Voices of the Sani
Richard Ho’opi’i – Kona Moon / Hanalei Moon – Ululani
Orquestra Àrab de Barcelona – Luna Llena – Maktub
Rim Banna – New Moon – April Blossoms – Songs from Palestine Dedicated to All the Children
El Combo Loco – Cumbia de Luna – The Afrosound of Colombia Vol. 2
Eric Hilton – Luna (feat. Natalia Clavier) – Corazón Kintsugi (feat. Natalia Clavier)
Okra Playground – Kuun ajo (Chasing the Moon) – Ääneni Yli Vesien
Les Amazones d’Afrique – Full Moon (feat. Rokia Koné & Mamani Keïta) – Republique Amazone
Diazpora – Moon – Islands
Baaba Maal – Dakar Moon – Television

Hour 2
Hijas del Sol – Rëa (Luna) – Sibèba
Eva Ayllon – Llanto De Luna (Live) – Eva Ayllón + Inti Illimani Historico (Live)
Şevval Sam – Bosporus Moon – Istanbul’s Secrets
Kal – Luna – Radio Romanista
Chogo Prudente – Luz de Luna (moonlight) – Mexico -Luz de luna -The best Boleros from the Costa Chica
The Capoeira Project – Luna Luna – Capoeira Mata Um
FolkBeat – Мiсяченьку (Half Moon) – Светлая встреча/The Joyful Meeting
Sajra Tambaj – Luna – PD: Buen Viaje
The KutiMangoes – Desert Moon – Afro-Fire
Jung Jae Il – A Prayer – A Prayer
Immy Owusu – The World Is Here For You – LO-LIFE!
La Sra. Tomasa – Frío (X) No Vale [feat. Marcio Ramirez & J O H A] – X – EP
Miranda – Vontade – Uma Mulher Na Cidade
Wilson das Neves – Senzala e Favela – Senzala e Favela
Agustin Pereyra Lucena – Berimbau – Agustin Pereyra Lucena