Category: Top 15

Top 15 World Music Albums, July 2022Top 15 World Music Albums, July 2022

  1. BKO – Bamako – Bongo Joe Records
  2. Minyeshu – Netsa – ARC Music
  3. Folkatomik – Polaris – CalabriaSona
  4. Cumbiamuffin – Cumbiamuffin – Hyperopia
  5. Paris Combo – Quesaco? – Six Degrees
  6. Khiyo – Bondona – ARC Music
  7. Cimarrón – La Recia – Cimarrón
  8. Leyla McCalla – Breaking the Thermometer – Anti-
  9. Oriental Brothers International Band – Oku Ngwo Di Ochi – Palenque Records
  10. Adrian Quesada – Boleros Psicodélicos – ATO Records
  11. Elif Sanchez – Mi Voz – Pasion Turca
  12. Vieux Farka Toure- Les Racines – World Circuit
  13. Playing for Change Band – The Real Revolution – Playing For Change Records
  14. Lucibela – Amdjer – Lusafrica
  15. Xiomara Torres – La Voz del Mar – Patois Records

Top 15 World Music Albums, June 2022Top 15 World Music Albums, June 2022

  1. Leyla McCalla – Breaking the Thermometer – Anti-
  2. Cimarrón – La Recia – Cimarrón
  3. Lucibela – Amdjer – Lusafrica
  4. Auļi – Sit, Jānīti! – Lauska
  5. Flo – Brave Ragazze – SoundFly
  6. Meïkhâneh – Chants du dedans, Chants du dehors – Buda Musique
  7. Kobo Town – Carnival of the Ghosts – Stonetree Records
  8. Oumou Sangare – Timbuktu – World Circuit
  9. Grupo Rebolu – Mi Herencia (My Heritage)– Smithsonian Folkways
  10. New Asia – Chorchok – CPL-Music
  11. Dendê & Band – Agô – Ropeadope Records
  12. Moktar Gania and Gnawa Soul – Masterisé – MusjoMusic / Nuits d’Afrique
  13. Claudia Colom – La Flor del Dimoni – Segell Microscopi
  14. Lenka Lichtenberg – Thieves for Dreams: Songs of Theresienstadt’s Secret Poetess – Six Degrees Records
  15. Vieux Farka Tour – Les Racines – World Circuit

Top 15 World Music Albums, May 2022Top 15 World Music Albums, May 2022

  1. Kobo Town – Carnival of the Ghosts – Stonetree Records
  2. Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita – Echo – bendigedig
  3. New Asia – Chorchok – CPL-Music
  4. Maga Bo – Amor (É Revolução) – Kaxambu Records
  5. Oumou Sangare – Timbuktu – World Circuit
  6. Julian Belbachir – Babdoukkala – Julian Belbachir
  7. Yungchen Lhamo – Awakening – Six Degrees Records
  8. Horzines Stara – Bords de Terre-Dubhe – Vlad Productions
  9. Somi – Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba – Salon Africana
  10. Congotronics International – Where’s The One – Crammed Discs
  11. Collectif Medz Bazar – Insanistan – Collectif Medz Bazar
  12. Les Fils Canouche – Nagori – Vlad Productions
  13. Lily Henley – Oras Dezaoradas – Lior éditions
  14. Eccodek – Recalibrate – Six Degrees
  15. Maija Kauhanen – Menneet – Nordic Notes

Top 15 World Music Albums, April 2022Top 15 World Music Albums, April 2022

  1. Kobo Town – Carnival of the Ghosts – Stonetree Records
  2. Oumou Sangare – Timbuktu – World Circuit
  3. David Krakauer Feat. The Mazel Tov Cocktail Party Orchestra – Mazel Tov Coctail Party – Label Bleu/Table Pounding Records
  4. Al Jawala – I Way To Äl – Jawa Records
  5. Somi – Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba – Salon Africana
  6. Africa Negra – Antologia Vol.1 – Bongo Joe Records
  7. Yungchen Lhamo – Awakening – Six Degrees Records
  8. Pape Nziengui – Kadi Yombo – Awesome Tapes from Africa
  9. Jason Tamba – Don’t Give Up – Playing for Change Records
  10. Seiva – Murmúrios e outros rumores – Repasseado
  11. Mirla Riomar – Afrobrasileira – Mirla Riomar
  12. Marcela – O’Roma – Jamalafak / Music Box Publishing / Socadisc
  13. Ti’Kaniki – Douz – Ti’Kaniki
  14. Soadan – Pieds nus – Tinker Label / Foudrage
  15. Bonga – Kintal da Banda – Lusafrica

Top 15 World Music Albums, March 2022Top 15 World Music Albums, March 2022

  1. David Krakauer Feat. The Mazel Tov Cocktail Party Orchestra – Mazel Tov Coctail Party – Label Bleu/Table Pounding Records
  2. Mirla Riomar – Afrobrasileira – Mirla Riomar
  3. Dowdelin – Lanmou Lanmou – Underdog Records
  4. Kairós – Kairós – West Wave Productions
  5. Dobranotch – Zay Freyleikh! – CPL-Music
  6. Rokia Koné & Jacknife Lee – Bamanan – Real World
  7. Mitsune – Hazama – Neu Start Kultur
  8. Gonora Sounds – Hard Times Never Kill – The Vital Record
  9. Lucia de Carvalho – Pwanga – Zamora Prod
  10. V.A. – Republicafrobeat V5 – Kasba Music
  11. Flamengrass – Alegria – Segell Microscopi
  12. Bonga – Kintal da Banda – Lusafrica
  13. Yungchen Lhamo – Awakening – Six Degrees Records
  14. The Ano Nobo Quartet – The Strings of Sao Domingos – Ostinato Records
  15. Oliver Nayoka – Aje Wele-Wele – Palenque Records