Top 15 World Music Albums, April 2023

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(artist – album – label)

Trad.Attack! – Bring It On – Trad.Attack! Music
Gaïsha – Ana Aïcha – Zephyrus Records
Keturah – Keturah – Hen House Studios
Altın Gün – Aşk – Glitterbeat
Dobrila & Dorian Duo – Dobrila & Dorian Duo 2: Pile šareno – SJF Records
Tellefs – Reel Date – Taragot Sounds
Karkum Project – Sahira, Stories of Heroic Women – Karkum Project
David Walters – Soul Tropical – Heavenly Sweetness
Boroa – O Classico Fol – Boroa
Violons Barbares – Monsters and Fantastic Creatures – Violons Barbares
Son Rompe Pera – Chimborazo – AYA Records
Gao Hong and Kadialy Kouyate – Terri Kunda – ARC Music
Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens – Music Inferno: The Indestructible Beat Tour 1988-89 – Umsakazo Records
Hiram Salsano – Bucolica – Hiram Salsano
Yalla Miku – Intergalactic Galactic – Bongo Joe Records

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(Rank – Artist – Album – Label)

Saigon Soul Revival – Chốn Ta Về – Saigon Supersound
Seffarine – Abaraz – Seffarine Music
JariBu Afrobeat Arkestra – M.T.T. (Money Talk Talk or Mad Tyrant T.) – Soul Garden Records
Beyrouth-Express – Meanwhile / Fi Hin Anna · VDE-Gallo
Alune Wade – Family Affair – Crescendo Sunu Production
Seheno – Dance In Resilience – Lokanga
Hilal Kaya – Sümbül – CPL-Music
Ibibio Sound Machine – Chopping Mountain – Merge
SIBONGIE 嬉班子樂團 – 鬆鬆鬆 Sang Sang Sang – SIBONGIE 嬉班子樂團
Fakir – Le Temps de l’orage – Raffut
Leenalchi – Here Comes That Crow – Luaka Bop
Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat – Heart’s Endless Garden: Woven Verses – Valley Entertainment / Kirkelig Kulturverksted
Baka Beyond – Sing the World Awake – March Hare Music
Ezra Collective – Here Because of Hope – Partisan Records
Dobrila&Dorian – Wind to Blow – SJF Records, Skopje Jazz Festival Record Label

(Artist – Album – Label)

Fatoumata Diawara – London Ko – Wagram Music
Hialøsa – Scanian Very Old Pop – GO’ Danish Folk Music
Yaràkä – Curannera – Zero Nove Nove
Keturah – Keturah – Hen House Studios
Sophie Lukacs – Bamako – Disques Nuits d’Afrique
Les Abranis – Amazigh Freedom Rock 1973-1983 – Bongo Joe
Trad.Attack! – Bring It On – Trad.Attack! Music
Baaba Maal – Being – Marathon Artists
Rumbaristas – Malavares – Via Lactea
Gaïsha – Ana Aïcha – Zephyrus Records
Guillem Ballaz – Substrat – Segell Microscopi
Riccardo Tesi – La Guista Distanza – Visage Music SAS
Faizal Mostrixx – Mutations – Glitterbeat Records
Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabate – The Sky Is the Same Colour Everywhere – Real World Records
Teun Creemers – Naamu – Zennez Records / One World Records