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Top 10 World Music Albums, February + Songs of Love (#1316)Top 10 World Music Albums, February + Songs of Love (#1316)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
10. Touki – Mabrat Alle? – Plastic Man
9. Hajda Banda – Babaczka – Hajda!
8. Omiri – Rapariga Solteira – Ribatejo E Estremadura Vol.II: Abrantes E Alcobaça
7. Otava Yo – Timonia – Loud and Clear
6. Bombino – Si Chilan – Sahel
5. Muriel Mwamba – Kalulu – Lesa Alomfwa (God Listens)
4. Mohammad Syfkhan – Do Not Bow – I Am Kurdish
3. Sahra Halgan – Laga – Hiddo Dhawr
2. London Afrobeat Collective – El Ritmo de Londres – Esengo
1. Aziza Brahim – Thajliba – Mawja
Kimi Djabaté – Kodé (Love) – Karam
Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Love Your Neighbor – Songs of Peace & Love for Kids & Parents Around the World
Sally Nyolo – Love – La Nuit à Fébé

Hour 2
Magnifico – Amore – Grande Finale
King Pepe & His Calypso Combo – Love Is Strange – Tropical Invasion
Mighty Composer – I Love You – Trinidad, Land of Calypso
Chuck & Dobby – I Don’t Need Your Love – Trojan Ska Box Set
Wally Warning – Live to Love – Mama Nature
Hakim – Habibi Ya – Yaho (Egyptian Music)
Cheb Nasro – Naachak Fik (I’m In Love With You) – Departures
Omar Khorshid – Hebbina Hebbina (Love Us Like We Love You) – Guitar El Chark
Hisham Abbas – Ya Habiby – Ya Habiby..Tala Gamby
The Polyversal Souls – Sad Nile – Sad Nile – Single
Hedningarna – Heila (True Love) – Karelia Visa
Susana Baca – De los Amores – Eco de Sombras
Cambodian Space Project – If You Wish to Love Me – Whiskey Cambodia
Susheela Raman – Love Trap – Love Trap
Gal Costa – Habib – New World Party

Top 15 World Music Albums, February 2024Top 15 World Music Albums, February 2024

Aziza Brahim – Mawja – Glitterbeat Records
London Afrobeat Collective – Esengo – Canopy Records
Sahra Halgan – Hiddo Dhawr – Danaya Music
Mohammed Syfkhan – I Am Kurdish – Nyahh Records
Muriel Mwamba – Lesa Alomfwa – Bassline Live
Bombino – Sahel – Partisan
Otava Yo – Loud and Clear – ARC Music
Omiri – Ribatejo e Estremadura Vol.II: Abrantes e Alcobaça – Repasseado
Hajda Banda – Hajda! – Karrot Kommando
Touki – Plastic Man – Captain Pouch Records
Abdallah Oumbadougou – Amghar-The Godfather of Tuareg Music – VOL. 1 – Petaluma Records
Eskorzo – Historias de Amor y Otras Mierd – Calaverita Records + Maracuyeah!
V. A. – World Love Songs – Putumayo
Gao Hong and Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde – Alondra – ARC Music
Sidiki Camara – Return to the Traditions – Global Sonics

Top 15 World Music Albums, January 2024Top 15 World Music Albums, January 2024

Muriel Mwamba – Lesa Alomfwa – Bassline Live
Valeria Matzner – Tamborilero – Lulaworld Records
Omiri – Ribatejo e Estremadura vol.II: Abrantes e Alcobaça – Repasseado
Sidiki Camara – Return to the Traditions – Global Sonics
Fågel Roc – Folk – pbpRecords
Kuttune – Zer Ote Da? – Kuttune
Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel – The Room – Real World Records
Rubim de Toledo – The Drip – Rubim de Toledo
Lina – Fado Camões – Galileo Music
AYWA – Saadi – Jules Sonic Prods
La Sève – Chlorophylle – King Tao
Gosti – A Path to Travel – Gosti
V.A. – Tropical Party – Putumayo
Carola Ortiz – Cantareras – Segell Microscopi
Yosef Goldman – Abitah – Rising Song Records

World Music Top 10 January edition (#1311)World Music Top 10 January edition (#1311)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
Aywa – Foulani – Saadi
Lina – Canção – Fado Camões
Rubim de Toledo – Son del Arroyo – The Drip
Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel – Capricho – The Room
Kuttune – Dantzan hobeto – Zer ote da?
Fågel Roc – Uti vår hage – Folk
Sidiki Camara – Diarabi – Return to the Traditions
Omiri – Saias Do Pego – Ribatejo E Estremadura Vol.II: Abrantes E Alcobaça
Valeria Matzner – Desterrado – Tamborilero
Muriel Mwamba – Kalulu – Lesa Alomfwa (God Listens)
Ali Akbar Khan – Journey – Journey
Pâmela Amaro – Negro Amar – Samba às Avessas
Daktarimba – Les Nuits d’Afrique – D’Afrique (feat. Marco Lobo, Walter Lang, Wolfgang Lackerschmid & Njamy Sitson)
Grand Kalle et l’African Jazz – Naweli Boboto – Merveilles du Passé Volume 1 – 1958-1959-1960

Hour 2
Fuba de Taperoa – Já sei – Forró Temperado
Wafir – Ahlam – Nilo Azul
MC Rai – Is’Ha – Raivolution
Kavita Shah – Angola – Cape Verdean Blues (feat. Miroca Paris)
Khadja Nin – African Cooperation – Ya Pili
Peter Ricardo – Calypso Beat – Hi-Fi Calypso
Marquinhos – Forró Dengoso – Chegou Um Sanfoneiro
Shujaat Husain Khan – Unafraid – Will You?
Tarika – Taraina – Bibiango
Värttinä – Tumala – Aitara
Ancient Future – Lustful Elephants Trumpet Spring (feat. Matthew Montfort, Frank Martin & Aditya Kalyanpur) [Live 6-12-21] – Alternate Reality Concerts
Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi – Song from Bihar – The Wolf and the Lamb – Live at the Shakh (Live)
Vilma Jää – Kaisan kosto – Kosto
Badi Assad – Rhythms of the World – Chameleon
Bilja Krstic – Niška Banja – Biljur

Top 15 World Music Albums, December 2023Top 15 World Music Albums, December 2023

Sidiki Camara – Return to the Traditions – Global Sonics
AYWA – Saadi – Jules Sonic Prods
Almir Meskovic & Daniel Lazar – Family Beyond Blood – ALDA records
Koum Tara – Baraaim El-Louz – Odradek Records
Ary Lobo – Ary Lobo 1958-1966 – Analog Africa
Antonio Lizana – Vishuddha – Cristal Records
Diepkloof United Voice – Harmonizing Soweto: Golden City Gospel & Kasi Soul – Ostinato Records
Fågel Roc – Folk – pbpRecords
Djeli Moussa Condé – Africa Mama – Accords Croisés
Don Kipper – Always Can’t Go On Forever – Riverboat Records
Hrdza – Čo mi je, to mi je – Hrdza
Okan – Okantomi – Lulaworld
Kuttune – Zer Ote Da? – Kuttune
Muriel Mwamba – Lesa Alomfwa – Bassline Live
Toc de Crida – Toc de Crida – Segell Microscopi

Top 15 World Music Albums, November 2023Top 15 World Music Albums, November 2023

1. Diepkloof United Voice – Harmonizing Soweto: Golden City Gospel & Kasi Soul – Ostinato Records
2. Koum Tara – Baraaim El-Louz – Odradek Records
3. Rahel Giger and Moussa Cissokho – La Pluma – TOURBOmusic
4. Okan – Okantomi – Lulaworld
5. Alpacas Collective – Big Words – Catalpas Records
6. Les Mamans du Congo & Rrobin – Ya Mizolé – Jarring Effects
7. Mo’Horizons – Mango – Agogo
8. Mesudì – Nodi – Moonlight Records
9. Faratuben – Changement – Gülbaba Records
10. Napfonat – Harmatcseppben él a világ bennem – Fonó
11. Noga Ritter – Ima – Galileo Music
12. La Prenda Roja – La Prenda Roja – Segell Microscopi
13. Cherry Bandora – Back To The Taverna – Rebel Up! / Rumi Sounds
14. Hailu Mergia – Pioneer Works Swing (Live) – Awesome Tapes from Africa
15. Ibantuta – The Musical Threads Of The Silk Roads – Home Records

Top 10 World Music Albums, November (#1303)Top 10 World Music Albums, November (#1303)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
#10 Napfonat – Lehetnénk – Harmatcseppben él a világ bennem
#9 FARATUBEN – Jamu – Changement
#8 Mesudì – Scafuliandu (feat. Alessandro D’Alessandro) – Nodi
#7 Mo’Horizons – Mascadito (feat. Laura Insausti & Nené Vasquez) – Mango
#6 Les Mamans du Congo & RRobin – Mpemba – Ya Mizolé
#5 Alpacas Collective – Movéfèzè (feat. Neg Madnick) – Big Words
#4 OKAN – Okantomi – Okantomi
#3 Rahel Giger & Moussa Cissokho – Ñinindiroo – La Pluma
#2 Koum Tara – Cheh Ya Qalbi (feat. Karim Maurice, Hamidou & La Camerata) – Baraaim El-louz (The Buds of the Almond Tree)
#1 Diepkloof United Voice – My Brother – Harmonizing Soweto: Golden City Gospel & Kasi Soul from the New South Africa
Oliver Mtukudzi – Sugar Pie – Sugar Pie

Hour 2
Sia Tolno – Tchekantche – Eh Sanga
Özlem Bulut Band – Yol – Ask
Noga Ritter – And the World Stood Still – Ima
No Mad – Nasbinals – Des oiseaux la nuit
Lenhart Tapes – Žuta žaba (feat. Svetlana Spajić & Tijana Stanković) – Dens
La Prenda Roja – Lucero del Alba – La Prenda Roja
Cherry Bandora – Benim de Canim Var – Back to the Taverna
Ibantuta – Tamanno – The Musical Threads of the Silk Road
Dani Jané i Marta Casals – La ballada de Sant Antoni – Mnemòsine
Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha – Poromies – Lapin Lisä
Kumara – Open Road – KUMARA
Hailu Mergia – Belew Beduby (Live) – Pioneer Works Swing (Live)
Haydamaky – Kavalok – Haydamaky
Zafa – Wasmaee – Funky Grooves of Yemen

Top 10 World Music Albums, October 2023 (#1299)Top 10 World Music Albums, October 2023 (#1299)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)

#10 Bombay Rickey – Rupacman – Bombay Rickey
#9 Les Mamans du Congo & RRobin – Dia – Ya Mizolé
#8 Abdo Buda Marconi – Dêre Sorê – Oltremura
#7 Idrissa Soumaoro – I Djidja – Diré
#6 Mokoomba – Ndipe – Tusona: Tracings in the Sand
#5 Santrofi – Kwaa Kwaa (live) [feat. Omniversal Earkestra] – Deep into Highlife (live) [feat. Omniversal Earkestra]
#4 Galeet Dardashti – Adon Haselichot – Monajat
#3 Kultur Shock – Tomorrow Is a Better Day – Acoustic Live
#2 Rüüt – Jännupoig – Kiriküüt
#1 Faratuben – Nounoume – Changement
Louis Mhlanga – Chifamba – Shamwari
DJ Zhao w/ Mahotella Queens – Muntu Wesilisa (Wiley – Bang Bang Instrumental) – Ngoma
Carla Hassett – Janela – Círculo

Hour 2
Lucky Ali – Dekha Hai Aise Bhi – Sifar
Kristo Numpuby – Me Ke Me Je ! – Assiko City
DeLeon – Yo M’enamori – Casata
Chet Nuneta – Khot Ti Shla – Ailleurs
Amada – La Mujer de Mi Mujer – Nove Piccoli Sorsi Di Mare
Super Rail Band de Bamako – Pirates – Kongo Sigui
Les Freres Smith – Zil Zil – Contreband Mentality
Ana Carla Maza – Carnival – Caribe
King Edi K – Shake and Bake – Global Afrobeat Movement 4
Jono Heyes – Tu Toumani – Beehive
Izaline Calister – Redashi – Krioyo
Noa – Shalom, Shalom – Gold

Top 15 World Music Albums, October 2023Top 15 World Music Albums, October 2023

1. Faratuben – Changement – Gülbaba Records
2. Rüüt – Kiriküüt – Nordic Notes
3. Kultur Shock – Acoustic Live – Old Age Recording Co.
4. Galeet Dardashti – Manajat – Galeet Dardashti
5. Santrofi – Deep into Highlife – Outhere Records
6. Mokoomba – Tusona: Tracings in the Sand – Outhere
7. Idrissa Soumaoro – Diré – Mieruba
8. Abdo/Buda/Marconi – Oltremura – Felmay
9. Les Mamans du Congo & Rrobin – Ya Mizolé – Jarring Effects
10. Bombay Rickey – Bombay Rickey – Cowboys and Indian
11. AySay – KÖY – No Bounds Music / Believe Digital
12. La Riippa Group – Awake – La Riippa Group
13. Catrin Finch & Aoife Ní Bhriain – Double You – Bendigedig
14. Yungchen Lhamo – One Drop of Kindness – Real World
15. dadá Joãozinho – tds bem Global – Innovative Leisure
(artist – album – label)

Top 10 World Music Albums, September Edition (#1294)Top 10 World Music Albums, September Edition (#1294)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album
#10 Valeria Matzner – Tamborilero – Tamborilero
#9 Bholoja – Mkhulu Longakimi – Imphilo
#8 Lame da Barba – Marsā – Qafiz
#7 Mïrändä – Rosinha dos Limoes – Uma Mulher Na Cidade
#6 Daisam Jalo – Whirling (feat. Yasmin Hadisubrata, Felix Barth & David Johannes Louis Guy) – Cycles
#5 Tram des Balkans & Melissa Zantman – Petruno – En cavale
#4 Faso Kan – Saa – Tungaladen
#3 Idrissa Soumaoro – Yélé (feat. Amadou Bagayoko) – Diré
#2 Mokoomba – Kulindiswe (Remix) – Tusona: Tracings in the Sand
#1 Galeet Dardashti – El Nora Alilah – Monajat
Matjé – 3 Palabres Feat Mourad Musset (La Rue Ketanou) – Sur Mon Dos
Tarika – Demony – Bibiango
Msafiri Zawose – Penya Safari – Penya Safari E.P.

Hour 2
Dimitris Papageorgiou – Dimitroula Mou – Greek Bouzouki Classics
Tarek Ghriri – Color of Passion – Refugee in the Sea
Lo’jo – Baji Larabat – Bohême de cristal
Salum Abdallah & Cuban Marimba – Bebru – Ngoma Iko Huku (Vintage Tanzanian Dance Music 1955-1965)
Amada – Minha Sereia – Nove Piccoli Sorsi Di Mare
Maher Cissoko – Laye Diallo – Kora World
Chiwoniso – Nhemamusasa – Ancient Voices
Maija Kauhanen – Sinisilmä (Blue Eyes) – Raivopyörä (The Whirl of Rage)
Uakti – Uakti – Oficina Instrumental
Metismatic – Shapes – Bad Safari
Novalima – Machete – Afro
Les Nubians – Me & Me – One Step Forward
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba – Torin Torin – I Speak Fula