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Top 10 World Music Albums, April 2024 (#1324)Top 10 World Music Albums, April 2024 (#1324)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
#10 Elana Sasson – Hay Naya – Golestan
#9 Marthe x Pilani Bubu – Sithi Chu – Nay’ Indaba
#8 Newen Afrobeat – Es la vida (feat. Chico Cesar) – Grietas
#7 New Orleans Klezmer All Stars – King Fela’s Chicken Soup – Tipish
#6 Sahra Halgan – Laga – Hiddo Dhawr
#5 Okavango African Orchestra – Blessings – Migration
#4 Shakti – Sono Mama (feat. Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Hussain & John McLaughlin) – This Moment (feat. Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Hussain & John McLaughlin)
#2 Besh o droM – Agrár DnB – Hova lesz a séta? (Let’s Go for a Walk)
#2 Aziza Brahim – Haiyu ya zuwar – Mawja
#1 Kiran Ahluwalia – Ban Koulchi Redux – Comfort Food
Palm Wine Boys – Mountain – Old Stories

Hour 2
Vieux Farka Touré – Peace – Mon Pays
Konkolo Orchestra – That Good Thing – Future Pasts
Franck Biyong – Jela Kubwa Na Viboko – Radio Masoda
Faraualla – gasolina – Culle e Tempesta
Lass – Wessounga – Passeport
Sväng – Svängo nuevo – Svängo Nuevo
Halva – Traffic in Selanik – Musafir
BélO – M’deside – Caribberan Celebration
Celtic Reggae Revolution – Sí an Bhru (excerpt) – Celtic Dub Volume 2
Bagedai – Nan Ai Er – Bagedai
Yemen Blues – People – People – Single
Damir Imamovic – Bejturan – The World and All That It Holds
Novalima – Soy Palenque (feat. Karolinativa & Man After Man) – La Danza, Pt. 2 – EP

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Top 15 World Music Albums, April 2024Top 15 World Music Albums, April 2024

  1. Kiran Ahluwalia – Comfort Food – Six Degrees Records
  2. Aziza Brahim – Mawja – Glitterbeat Records
  3. Besh o droM – Hova lesz a séta? [Let’s go for a walk] – Fonó
  4. Shakti – This Moment – Abstract Logix
  5. Okavango African Orchestra – Migration – Okavango African Orchestra
  6. Sahra Halgan – Hiddo Dhawr – Danaya Music
  7. The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars – Tipish – The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars
  8. Newen Afrobeat – Grietas – Lichens Family
  9. Marthe x Pilani Bubu – Nay’indaba – L’oreille en friche
  10. Elana Sasson & Golestan Ensemble – Golestan – Elana Sasson
  11. Faraualla – Culla e Tempesta – Zero Nove Nove
  12. Lass – Passeport – Chapter Two records
  13. Amsterdam Klezmer Band – Bomba Pop – Vetnasj Records
  14. Konkolo Orchestra – Future Pasts – Rocafort
  15. Svängo – Svängo Nuevo – Galileo Music Communication

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Top 10 World Music Albums, March 2024 (#1320)Top 10 World Music Albums, March 2024 (#1320)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)
#10 Otava Yo – Timonia – Loud and Clear
#9 Tiken Jah Fakoly – Le balayeur (Acoustic Version) – Acoustic
#8 Sutari – Włosy (feat. Tara Fatehi Irani, Roxana Ghari & Sara Ramezani) – #kołysankidlaświata #lullabiesfortheworld
#7 Hulbækmo & Jacobsen familieorkester – I småskauen/Kleivhøslåtten – Rundsnurrknurr
#6 Aynur – Narînê – Rabe
#5 Touki – Tellem Dreams – Plastic Man
#4 Kavita Shah – Joia – Cape Verdean Blues (feat. Miroca Paris)
#3 Sahra Halgan – Diiyoohidii – Hiddo Dhawr
#2 Aziza Brahim – Thajliba – Mawja
#1 Amsterdam Klezmer Band – A Greater Plan – Bomba Pop
Värttinä – Ukko Lumi – Oi Dai
Nuria Rovira Salat – Rayo de Luz – Amor de Flores
Khadja Nin – Free (Sina Mali, Sina Deni) – Sambolera
Pamela Badjogo – Polyphonies (feat. Kelly Khumalo) – YIÊH
Seffarine – Masari – De Fez a Jerez

Hour 2
Autorickshaw – Sunrise – Autorickshaw
Joyce – Banana – Féminina
Leilía – Olvídame – Madama
Elvic Kongolo – Likelele (feat. Stella Mwangi) – Likelele single
Vaovy – Gike – Angira
Tunto – Zambezi Music – Huoleton
Dazibao – Croc’ et Franklin (with Vincent Noiret) – Alma
Yosef Gutman Feat. Lionel Loueke – Kol Didi – Soul Song
Karandila Gypsy Brass Orchestra – Krasi and Ronny – Cyclops Camel
Mari Boine – Čuvges Vuovttat, Duođalaš Čalmbi – Goaskinviellja – Eagle Brother
Shay Hazan – Oladipo – Wusul
Madera Limpia – Danza Mulata – La Corona
Peliroja – Situaciones – Injusticia
Sia Tolno – Tchekantche – Eh Sanga

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Top 15 World Music Albums, March 2024Top 15 World Music Albums, March 2024

  1. Amsterdam Klezmer Band – Bomba Pop – Vetnasj Records
  2. Aziza Brahim – Mawja – Glitterbeat Records
  3. Sahra Halgan – Hiddo Dhawr – Danaya Music
  4. Kavita Shah – Cape Verdean Blues – Folkalist Records
  5. Touki – Plastic Man – Captain Pouch Records
  6. Aynur – Rabe – Aynur
  7. Hulbækmo & Jacobsen familieorkester – Rundsnurrknurr – Heilo
  8. Sutari – #kołysankidlaświata #lullabiesfortheworld – Audio Cave
  9. Tiken Jah Fakoly – Acoustic – Chapter Two Records
  10. Otava Yo – Loud and Clear – ARC Music
  11. V.A. – Women of the World – Putumayo
  12. Shay Hazan – Wusul وصول‘ – Batov Records
  13. Tunto – Huoleton – Aani records
  14. Núria Rovira Salat – Amor de Flores – TCHAÏ
  15. Pamela Badjogo – YIEH – Raphia / Believe / Inouïe

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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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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