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Top 15 World Music Albums, April 2026Top 15 World Music Albums, April 2026

Ranking – Artist – Album – Label

  1. Super Panela – Sangre Nueva – Maaula Records
  2. Aly Keita Trio – Balafon Evolution – One World
  3. Mansfarroll – África sí – M. Percuson
  4. Ireke – Ayo Dele – Underdog Records
  5. Kuljit Bhamra – DESI – The Soul of Punjab – ARC Music Productions International Ltd.
  6. Rihab Azar – Dandelion – Rihab Azar
  7. Suistamon Sähkö – Lunta tupaan – Playground Music Oy
  8. Souad Massi – Zagate – BackingTrack Production
  9. Pixvae – De Lado a Lado – Compagnie 4000
  10. Karyna Gomes – Kantigas di Liberdadi – The Orchard
  11. Kareyce Fotso – Gwà – CONTRE-JOUR
  12. Vasilis Kostas – Léna – Artsyndesis
  13. VAQO – Guguni Oda – GMI
  14. V. A. – Global Guitars – Putumayo
  15. Baklava Express – Sababa – Baklava Express

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Best new global music – March 2026 (#1425)Best new global music – March 2026 (#1425)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Souad Massi – Congo Connection (feat. Youssoupha) – Zagate
Aly Keita – Balafon Evolution (feat. Marcel van Cleef & Roberto Badoglio) – Balafon Evolution (feat. Marcel van Cleef & Roberto Badoglio)
Ziggy Marley – Racism Is A Killa – Racism Is A Killa – Single
Doctor Nativo – La Kocina – BarrioKandela
Victoria Sur – Si Se Te Olvida el Camino – Café Feminina by Putumayo
Mariachi El Bronx – Fools Gold – Mariachi El Bronx (IV)
Nuevos Rios – Malvada – Nuevos Rios
Lucas Santtana – Liga (feat. Cocanha) – Brasiliano
ZHERAV – Naja – Naja / Bazaar – Single
Sababa 5 – Allô – Ça Va Ça Va
Balu – Tata Nimi – Borumba
AySay – Malala – Mal
Riccardo Tesi & Paolo Zampini – LIVING IN THE PAST / PRESENTE REMOTO – Camerock
Pixvae – Caminando – El Bacaneao
Psyché – Hurriya (We Must Resist) [feat. Ziad Trabelsi] – Hurriya (We Must Resist) [feat. Ziad Trabelsi] – Single

Hour 2:
Ida Elina – Pohjolan Kaiut – Under the Northern Skies
Tinariwen & Sulafa Elyas – Sagherat Assani (feat. Sulafa Elyas) – Hoggar
Ballaveu – Balh plan de Canejan | Ball pla de Sort (ball pla i corranda) – Arada
Cara de Espelho – Aldeia Fantasma – B
DakhaBrakha – vesilna – PTAKH / Bird
Saly Kouyaté – Ayan Deme – Mali Kelen
Massa Dembele – Tugan – Felatô
Pedro Pastor & Iseo – Sin Flor – 10 Locos Años Descalzos
Karyna Gomes – Tufulin (feat. Alana Sinkëy) – Kantigas di Liberdadi
Youthie – Lotus Dub – Wild Vibes
Ireke – Ta Logbe Jongo – Ayo Dele
Bamako Airlines – Continental Soukous – Volume III – EP
Crossing (Diabaté/Martella/Schiavone) – Bobo Sira – The Path Before Us
Tram des Balkans – Novoset – Alligator

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Top 15 World Music Albums, March 2026Top 15 World Music Albums, March 2026

Ranking – Artist – Album – Label

  1. Souad Massi – Zagate – BackingTrack Production
  2. Saly Kouyate – Mali Kelen – Remote Records/Studio Mali
  3. Aly Keita Trio – Balafon Evolution – One World
  4. Tinariwen – Hoggar – Wedge
  5. Doctor Nativo – BarrioKandela – Stonetree Records
  6. Psyché – Psyché II – Four Flies Records
  7. DakhaBrakha – Ptakh/Bird – DakhaBrakha
  8. Karyna Gomes – Kantigas di Liberdadi – The Orchard
  9. Crossing: Petit Solo Diabaté | Nino Martella | Marco Schiavone – The Path Before Us – Circular Music
  10. Nuevos Rios – Nuevos Rios – ZZK
  11. AySay – Mal – V2 Records
  12. Bamako Airlines – Volume III – Bamako Airlines
  13. Ireke – Ayo Dele – Underdog Records
  14. Ida Elina – Under the Northern Skies – Hello World Records
  15. Balu – Borumba – Vu Prod

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Top 15 World Music Albums, February 2026Top 15 World Music Albums, February 2026

  1. Bamako Airlines – Volume III – Bamako Airlines
  2. Crossing: Petit Solo Diabaté | Nino Martella | Marco Schiavone – The Path Before Us – Circular Music
  3. Yinon Muallem – Aegina’s Secret – Yinon Muallem
  4. Tram – Alligator – Les Entêtés
  5. Adir Jan – Al Mast – Trikont – Unsere Stimme – Verlags GmbH
  6. Monoswezi – Moyo – Parallell
  7. Rahu – On the Dance Floor / Uz deju grīdas – CPL-Music
  8. Nilza Costa – Cantigas – Brutture Moderne
  9. Neba Solo & Benego Diakité – A Djinn and a Hunter Went Walking – Nonesuch
  10. Hersi Matmuja, Jacopo Conoci – Lum – Maladisco
  11. Yilian Cañizares – Vitamina Y – Planeta Y
  12. Zenekar – Swirls – 4000 Records
  13. Temenik Electrik – Habibi My Love – Le Nomad
  14. Hami Hamoo – Siya – Accords Croisés / Pias
  15. BashElán – Titkon – Fono

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Best New Global Music – January (#1416)Best New Global Music – January (#1416)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Crossing – Diabatè / Martella / Schiavone – Ne Ma Lon – The Path Before Us
David Walters – Bon Voyage – Ti Love
Kunbe – Yayoroba – Fanga
Lamia Yared & Efren Lopez – Asbe Sangi – From Minho To Euphrates
Gangbé Brass Band – Ayé (feat. Angelique Kidjo) – FROM OUIDAH TO ANOTHER WORLD
WÖR & Kongero – Var är du? (Live) – Songbooks (Live)
Tuuletar – Etsimme toisesta itseämme (We seek ourselves in each other) – Maammo (Mother Earth)
Ylja (Iceland) – Hafsson – Nordic Nights by Putumayo
Hami Hamoo – Je ne fais que penser à toi – Siya
Ragna – Uventet bryllupsgæst – Ragna
Adir Jan – Leyla (Bonustrack) – Al Mast
ShAIkh Kev – O Malhão Malhão – Raízes Reimaginadas
Nusantara Beat – Kalangkang – Nusantara Beat
Yeko – Yalla – Miwe

Hour 2:
Lakhdar Hanou Ensemble – El Gafla Orchestra – L’Odyssée de Nour
Cumali Bulduk – Kanadının Altına – Bana Seni Gerek Seni
Jocelyn Mienniel – Takamba – Jocelyn Mienniel & Les Instruments Migrateurs
Mariama & Vieux – Karandirla – Ntèry
Teija Niku – Eteenpäin – Tovi
Rafael Carvalho – No Trilho – A Teia da Viola
Malvariche – Canto de Alabanza – Te Canto las 40
Teff – Suerte – Caribbean Cruise by Putumayo
Modern Sound Quartet – Oscar Rocchi – Mais – Italian Library Breaks
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino (CGS) – A Mmera A Lecce – Il Mito
Suna Alan – Ez Dilerzim – Ez Dilerzim (Live Session) – Single
Kaveh Mahmudiyan – Baran – Between Hands
Rosalia de Souza – Teco Teco – Rosàlia De Souza Quarteto 55°
Jérémy Rollando, Jean Luc Astemoy, Emmanuel Forster & Pascal Rollando – Desert bleu (feat. Guillaume Lopez) – ZEF
291out – Rekawa – CHENNÀPULE (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, from the Movie “Kwara – Una Storia d’amore e pallone”)

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Top 15 World Music Albums, January 2026Top 15 World Music Albums, January 2026

(Rank – artist – album – label)

  1. CROSSING (Diabaté/ Martella/ Schiavone) – The Path Before Us – Circular Music Records
  2. Hami Hamoo – Siya – Accords Croisés / Pias
  3. Adir Jan – Al Mast – Trikont – Unsere Stimme – Verlags GmbH
  4. Tuuletar – Maammo – Nordic Notes
  5. Nusantara Beat – Nusantara Beat – Glitterbeat Records
  6. Yeko – Miwe – Back2Bam Production
  7. Gangbé Brass Band – From Ouidah To Another World – Salt’n Ginger
  8. Ragna – Ragna – GO Danish Folk Music
  9. Lakhdar Nahou Ensemble – L’Odyssée de Noūr – Lakhdar Nahou Ensemble
  10. Kunbe – Fanga – Adjololo Records
  11. David Walters – Ti Love – Heavenly Sweetness
  12. Cumali Bulduk – Bana Seni Gerek Seni – Saz Ground Music
  13. Mariama & Vieux – Ntèry – Korafola production
  14. Lamia Yared & Efrén Lopez – From Minho to Euphrates – Worlds Within Worlds
  15. V.A. – Caribbean Cruise – Putumayo

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Top 15 World Music Albums, December 2025Top 15 World Music Albums, December 2025

(Rank – Artist – Album – Label):

  1. Adir Jan – Al Mast – Trikont – Unsere Stimme – Verlags GmbH
  2. Nusantara Beat – Nusantara Beat – Glitterbeat Records
  3. Roël Calister – The Work of Songs – AudioMaze / Jiga Musica
  4. Wesli – Makaya – WUP
  5. Either/Orchestra & Ethiopian Guests – Ethiopiques 32: Nalbandian The Ethiopian – Heavenly Sweetness
  6. Outlet Drift – Masonolay i Cepo’ – WIND MUSIC International Corporation
  7. Noura Mint Seymali – Yenbett – Glitterbeat Records
  8. Sarakina – Suspended in the Mist – Amadeus / SARAKINA
  9. Gangbé Brass Band – From Ouidah To Another World – Salt’n Ginger
  10. Sahad – African West Station – Stereo Africa 432
  11. WaCharie & Shamwari DzeRwendo Band – Mazwienzara – WaCharie & Shamwari DzeRwendo Band
  12. Ceuzany – No Txal te li – Harmonia
  13. Muamma – Dereboyu Kavaklar – AudioMaze
  14. The Klezmatics – Woody Guthrie’s Happy Joyous Hanukkah Remastered and Extended – The Klezmatics
  15. Laura Camacho Tango Project – Todo Tiempo Pasado – Laura Camacho Tango Project

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Top 15 World Music Albums, November 2025Top 15 World Music Albums, November 2025

  1. Noura Mint Seymali – Yenbett – Glitterbeat Records
  2. Loko Gasy – Mifankatiava – AudioMaze
  3. Tribeqa – Sumu – Underdog
  4. Nusantara Beat – Nusantara Beat – Glitterbeat Records
  5. ‘O Rom – Radio Rom – Phototype Records
  6. Antibalas – Hourglass – Daptone
  7. Guitari Baro – Guitari Baro – Chrysalis Global
  8. Nancy Vieira & Fred Martins – Esperança – Galileo Music
  9. Bonbon Vodou – Épopée Métèque – Heavenly Sweetness
  10. La Cumbia Chicharra – Quinto Mundo – Music Box Publishing
  11. Mehrnam Rastegari – Dislocated Pulse – Merhnam Rastegari
  12. Senduki – Strania – AlfaMusic
  13. Suntou Susso – Jaliya Silokang – The Path of a Griot – Independent
  14. Gilmar Gomes – 11:11 – Music Avenue
  15. Syran Mbenza – Rumba Africa – Hysa Productions

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New Music from Around the World (#1407)New Music from Around the World (#1407)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Nusantara Beat – Tamat – Nusantara Beat
Loko Gasy – Mihavana – Mifankatiava
Tone Of Voice Orchestra, Trinelise Væring & Fredrik Lundin – Trommedans – Running from the Devil
Syran Mbenza – Germaine (feat. Malage De Lugendo, Wuta Mayi, Bahati la Douce & Luis Manresa) – Rumba Africa
Xabi Aburruzaga – Porrusamba (feat. Thaïs Morell & José Urrejola) – Bask
Putumayo & Sol Galarreta – Don Don Don – World Road Trip by Putumayo
Yalla Miku – Il Fait Trop Cuit ይፈትወኪ – 2
Josiel Konrad – Boca Nº 0 (Funk Carioca) – Tapioca
Tribeqa – Dembele – Sumu
Noura Mint Seymali – Ch’tib (Naha) – Yenbett
Suntou Susso – Jangfajang Kano – Jaliya Silokang – The Path of a Griot
Sufi Dub Brothers – Karrar (feat. Ashraf Sharif Khan & Viktor Marek) – Return of the Sufi Dub Brothers (feat. Ashraf Sharif Khan & Viktor Marek)
Spove, Nawara Alnaddaf, Silje Risdal Liahagen, Inger Hannisdal & Adrian Myhr – Mariam Mariamti – Spove

Hour 2:
Gilmar Gomes – Colorir – 11:11
Floating Sofa Quartet – Baghuset & Vraggodsvalsen – Tides
SENDUKI – Zingaròta (feat. Ettore Castagna, Peppe Costa, Mimmo Morello, Elisa Surace & Carmine Torchia) – Stranìa (feat. Ettore Castagna, Peppe Costa, Mimmo Morello, Elisa Surace & Carmine Torchia)
Mehrnam Rastegari – Let Me Be Happy – Dislocated Pulse
Antoine Villoutreix & Super Antena Tropical – Toi & Moi – Radio Liberté – EP
La Cumbia Chicharra – Lunática – Quinto Mundo
Bonbon Vodou – Gourmandises amoureuses – Épopée Métèque
Arnau Obiols – El món ha dit sí (feat. Pepino Pascual) – Ocelltambor
Guitari Baro – Hommage a La Rumba Congolaise – Guitari Baro
Tribeqa – Kouma – Sumu
‘o Rom – Radio Rom (feat. Shaone) – Radio Rom
Nancy Vieira – Saiko Dayo – Esperança
LISLIE – Menina Aguada – Fogo & Aguaceiro
Antibalas – La Ceiba – Hourglass

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The Best New Global Music (#1403)The Best New Global Music (#1403)

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

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