Top 15 World Music Albums, September 2024

Categories:

(Rank – Artist – Album – Label)

  1. Arun Ramamurthy Trio – New Moon – Greenleaf Music
  2. Süperstar Orkestar – Guča Revisited – Hajde Records
  3. Driss El Maloumi Trio & Watar Quintet – Details – Contre Jour / Zig Zag World
  4. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party – Chain of Light – Real World
  5. El Khat – Mute – Glitterbeat
  6. Babelnova Orchestra – Magma – MALADISCO / IPE IPE
  7. Dobet Gnahoré – Zouzou – Cumbancha
  8. Chutney – Ajar – Chutney
  9. Ayom – Sa.Li.Va. – Ayom/Believe
  10. Laíz & The New Love Experience – Ela Partíu – Agogo Records
  11. Marta Topferova – Sombras – Moravia Publishing
  12. LA LOM – The Los Angeles League of Musicians – Verve Records
  13. Larry & Joe – Manos Panamericanos – Larry & Joe
  14. V.A. – Cafe Africa – Putumayo
  15. Rusan Filiztek – Exils – Accords Croisés

Related Post

Top 15 World Music Albums, August 2025Top 15 World Music Albums, August 2025

(Artist – Album – Label)
1. Mandé Sila Featuring Habib Koite, Aly Keïta & Lamine Cissokho – Mandé Sila Live @ Levon Helm – Contre Jour
2. Yasak Helva – Atamba – Gülbaba Records
3. Kanazoé Orkestra – Balabeatz – Antipodes Music
4. Peyoti for President – Your Comfort Zone – Sordid Soup records
5. Mahotella Queens – Buya Buya: Come Back – Umsakazo Records
6. Mandé Sila – Live @ Levon Helm – Contre-Jour
7. Africa Express – Africa Express Presents…Bahidorá – World Circuit Records
8. Igor Božanić – Žega – POP Depression
9. Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia – The Devil Rides Again – Asphalt Tango Records
10. Desiré Francois & Cassiya – Back in the Days – Desiré Francois Production
11. Les Collectif Tango Negro Ensemble – Tribute to Juan Carlos Caceres – Felmay
12. Alune Wade · New African Orleans · Enja / Yellowbird
13. Haris Pilton & The Balkan Voodoo Orchestra – Soon in Your Village – Asphalt Tango Records
14. Maëla Raoult – The Hen House – Azkaban Records
15. Althea SullyCole – Due West – Chaco World Music

Read MoreRead More

Top 15 World Music Albums, October 2025Top 15 World Music Albums, October 2025

  1. ‘O Rom – Radio Rom – Phototype Records
  2. Afrodream – Guiss Guiss – Rubik Music
  3. Meklit – Piece of Infinity – Smithsonian Folkways
  4. Guitari Baro – Guitari Baro – Chrysalis Global
  5. Meral Polat – Meydan – W.E.R.F. Records
  6. Loko Gasy – Mifankatiava – AudioMaze
  7. Cheikh Lo – Maame – World Circuit
  8. Tania Saleh – Fragile – Tantune
  9. Kiala & Afroblaster – One Race ‘A Tribute to Hilaire Penda’ – Tangential Music
  10. Saha Gnawa – Saha Gnawa – Pique-Nique Recordings
  11. Zhenya Wind – The Earth Is Moving – Zhenya Wind
  12. Ravi Kulur & Barry Phillips – Breath & Bow – Ravi Kulur & Barry Phillips
  13. Burhan Öçal, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, The Trakya All Stars – Trakya Funk – Gülbaba Records & Omni Sound
  14. Amira Kheir – Black Diamonds – Stern’s
  15. L’Antidote – L’Antidote – Ponderosa Music
Read MoreRead More

Top 15 World Music Albums, February 2023Top 15 World Music Albums, February 2023

Ranking / Artist / Album / Label

  1. Malika Zarra – RWA (The Essence) – Malika Zarra
  2. Sona Jobarteh – Badinyaa Kumoo – Sona Jobarteh
  3. Light in Babylon – On Our Way – Light in Babylon
  4. Meral Polat Trio – Ez Kî Me – Meral Polat / AudioMaze
  5. Solomane Doumbia – Segou to Lagos – Mieruba
  6. Bassidi Kone – Kaira – Remote Records
  7. Narechie – A iz pod goroda (From the town) – Sketis Music
  8. Tsuumi Sound System – Concert in Stereo – Tsuumi Sound System
  9. Kimi Djabate – Dindin – Cumbancha
  10. Entoto Band – Entoto Band – Guitar Globetrotter Recordings
  11. Moonlight Benjamin – Wayo – MA CASE Records
  12. Aziz Sahmaoui & Eric Longsworth · Il fera beau demain matin jusqu’à midi · Passé Minuit En Accords
  13. Mwezi WaQ – Le Blues des Sourds-Muets – Buda Musique
  14. Nidi d’Arac – Nanti li 90’s – Nidi d’Arac
  15. Maraboto – Osla de Sacrificios – Multination
Read MoreRead More