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Top 10 World Music Albums, June edition (#1281)Top 10 World Music Albums, June edition (#1281)

Hour 1
(artist – song – album)

#10 Bantu – We No Go Gree – What Is Your Breaking Point?
#9 Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi – Song from Bihar – The Wolf and the Lamb – Live at the Shakh
#8 Yaraka – Affàscene – Curannera
#7 Baaba Maal – Freak Out (feat. The Very Best) – Being
#6 OKWY OSADEBE and HIGHLIFE SOUNDMAKERS INTERNATIONAL – Igbo Amaka – Igbo Amaka
#5 Tinariwen – Tidjit – Amatssou
#4 Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood – Lhla Yzid Ikthar – Jarak Qaribak
#3 Fatoumata Diawara – Seguen – London Ko
#2 Shono – The praising of the twelve animal symbols of the year – Kolkhozoy Traktor
#1 Bokanté – Illiminé – History
Al-Yaman – Ya Helw – Hurriya
Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon – Basanth Mukhari (radio edit) – Soul Call

Hour 2
Ulla Pirttijärvi – Roussa Eanan – Roussa Eanan
Phongsi Woranut – Bok Si Wa Rak – Lom Heman
Moana & The Moa Hunters – Titokowaru – Rua
Partopi Tao Group – Happy Song – Instrumental Original Tapanuli, Vol. 1
Fiamma Fumana – Check in – Onda
Namgar – Tokhoi zandan emeelee – Yokhor – Nayan Navaa
Buika – No Habrá Nadie en el Mundo – Niña de Fuego
Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha – Punkkitarkastus (Tick Check) – Punkkitarkastus (Tick Check) single
Dark City Sisters – Khabazela – Vukani
Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band – No Condition Is Permanent – Chopteeth
Yoni Mayraz – South Star – Dybbuk Tse!
Imperial Tiger Orchestra – Aynotche Terabu – Lale Lale-Yefikir Woha Timu EP
Hoven Droven – Malört – Hippa
Xabi Aburruzaga – Meigas (feat. Tanxugueiras) – Bost
Nistha Raj – Shivranjani (feat. Christylez Bacon & Wytold) – Exit 1

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Top 15 World Music Albums, June 2023Top 15 World Music Albums, June 2023

(Artist – Album Title – Label)

  1. Bokante – History – Real World Records
  2. Shono – Kolkhozoy Traktor – CPL-Music
  3. Fatoumata Diawara – London Ko – Wagram Music
  4. Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood – Jarak Qaribak – World Circuit
  5. Tinariwen – Amatssou – Wedge
  6. Okwy Osabede & Highlife Sound Makers – Igbo Amaka – Palenque Records
  7. Baaba Maal – Being – Marathon Artists
  8. Yaràkä – Curannera – Zero Nove Nove
  9. Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi – The Wolf and the Lamb-Live at the Shakh – ARC Music
  10. Bantu – What Is Your Breaking Point? – Soledad Productions
  11. Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabate – The Sky Is the Same Colour Everywhere – Real World Records
  12. Faso Kan – Tungaladen – Global Music Centre
  13. Keturah – Keturah – Hen House Studios
  14. Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy – O Yinne! – Philophon
  15. Tabaco y sus Metales – Tabaco – El Palmas Music

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Top 10 World Music Countdown (#1277)Top 10 World Music Countdown (#1277)

Hour 1
(artist – song – album)
#10 Gaisha – Ana Aïcha – Ana Aïcha
#9 Rumbaristas – El Pez – Malavares
#8 Baaba Maal – Boboyillo (feat. Rougi) – Being
#7 Trad.Attack! – Öelge sõnnu feat. Ravid Kahalani – Bring It On
#6 Les Abranis – Achethkhii – Amazigh freedom rock 1973-1983
#5 Sophie Lukacs – Yafa fest. Habib Koite – Bamako
#4 Keturah – Sukulu – Keturah
#3 Yaraka – Maletìmbe – Curannera
#2 Hialøsa – Seikilos – Scanian very old pop
#1 Fatoumata Diawara – Mokogan feat. M.anifest – London Ko
Kojokona – Egyptian Sidewalk – When in Khartoum
Uusikuu – Juna kulkee – Karuselli
Baiju Bhatt & Red Sun – Ananda (feat. Prabhu Edouard) – People of Tomorrow
Folkatomik – Pizzica di San Vito (with Daniele Li Bassi, Valeria Quarta, Oreste Forestieri & Franco Montanaro) – Polaris

Hour 2
Ali Doğan Gönültaş – Bar Elek – Kiğı
Mze Shina – Gakhsovs Turpav – Elesa
Studio Shap Shap – L’entente – Le Monde Moderne
dragonchild – Sera – dragonchild
Dawda Jobarteh – Togo – Do You Know a Place Called Flekkeroy?
Simon Mayor – Hewlett (Arr. Mayor) – O’Carolan: Hewlett (Arr. Mayor) – Single
Palm Wine Boys – Moon In Day Sky – Up & Down
Auli – Kūru, Kūru Uguntiņu (feat. Beāte Zviedre) – Ķekatās
Whatitdo Archive Group – Ritual Of Gods – Palace Of A Thousand Sounds
Lívia Mattos – Tuk Tuk (feat. Armandinho Macedo) – Apneia
Flowk – Andròmines (feat. Marc del Pino, Xavi Castanys & Ciscu Cardona) – Trobada (feat. Marc del Pino, Xavi Castanys & Ciscu Cardona)
Tipsy Oxcart – Hora De La Tescani – Meet Tipsy Oxcart
Duplex – O’mar – Maelstrom

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Top 15 World Music Albums, May 2023Top 15 World Music Albums, May 2023

(Artist – Album – Label)

  1. Fatoumata Diawara – London Ko – Wagram Music
  2. Hialøsa – Scanian Very Old Pop – GO’ Danish Folk Music
  3. Yaràkä – Curannera – Zero Nove Nove
  4. Keturah – Keturah – Hen House Studios
  5. Sophie Lukacs – Bamako – Disques Nuits d’Afrique
  6. Les Abranis – Amazigh Freedom Rock 1973-1983 – Bongo Joe
  7. Trad.Attack! – Bring It On – Trad.Attack! Music
  8. Baaba Maal – Being – Marathon Artists
  9. Rumbaristas – Malavares – Via Lactea
  10. Gaïsha – Ana Aïcha – Zephyrus Records
  11. Guillem Ballaz – Substrat – Segell Microscopi
  12. Riccardo Tesi – La Guista Distanza – Visage Music SAS
  13. Faizal Mostrixx – Mutations – Glitterbeat Records
  14. Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabate – The Sky Is the Same Colour Everywhere – Real World Records
  15. Teun Creemers – Naamu – Zennez Records / One World Records

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Top 10 World Music Albums, April 2023 (#1272)Top 10 World Music Albums, April 2023 (#1272)

Hour 1

(artist – song – album)
#10 Violons Barbares – Olelia – Monsters and Fantastic Creatures
#9 Boroa – Mariña – O’ Clásico Fol
#8 David Walters – Di Yo (feat. Flavia Coelho) – Soul Tropical
#7 Karkum Project – Yennega – Sahira, Stories of Heroic Women
#6 Tellefs – VossastRil [feat. Tellef Kvifte, Åsmund Reistad, Magnus Wiik _ Knut Kvifte Nesheim] – Reel Date
#5 Dobrila&Dorian Duo – More Pofali Se – Dobrila & Dorian Duo 2: Pile šareno
#4 Altin Gün – Leylim Ley – Aşk
#3 Keturah – Chimbalame – Keturah
#2 Gaisha – Ghalat – Ana Aïcha
#1 Trad.Attack! – Tere (feat. Martin Laksberg) – Bring It On
Fatoumata Diawara – An Ka bin – Maliba
Gao Hong & Kadialy Kouyate – Joyful World – Terri Kunda
Ustad Sultan Khan, Fazal Qureshi & Jonas Hellborg – Mystery Conquered – Friends (across Boundaries)

Hour 2
Tania Saleh – Reda (Reda) – A Few Images (Algumas Imagens)
Hiram Salsano – Otreviva – Bucolica
Guy Buttery & Derek Gripper – Duga (Live) – Live In Cape Town
Pops Mohamed – Exodus – How Far Have We Come?
Rajery – Tsy Mety Foana – Sofera
Moonlight Benjamin – Alé – Wayo
Yalla Miku – Tapis Volant – Yalla Miku
Adnan Joubran – Beat the Dream (feat. Jorge Pardo) – Borders Behind
Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens – Jive Makgona – Music Inferno: The Indestructible Beat Tour 1988​-​89
Sunbörn – Beach Chase (feat. Caio Marcio Santos) – Sunbörn
Son Rompe Pera – Chata (feat. Macha) – Chimborazo
Umkulu – Takatoum – Didgeridoo Tribal Festif – Kungulu
Caju e Castanha – Purucutruco – Vindo Lá da Lagoa
Grup Yorum – Biz Olmasak – Yildizlar Kusandik

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Top 15 World Music Albums, April 2023Top 15 World Music Albums, April 2023

(artist – album – label)

  1. Trad.Attack! – Bring It On – Trad.Attack! Music
  2. Gaïsha – Ana Aïcha – Zephyrus Records
  3. Keturah – Keturah – Hen House Studios
  4. Altın Gün – Aşk – Glitterbeat
  5. Dobrila & Dorian Duo – Dobrila & Dorian Duo 2: Pile šareno – SJF Records
  6. Tellefs – Reel Date – Taragot Sounds
  7. Karkum Project – Sahira, Stories of Heroic Women – Karkum Project
  8. David Walters – Soul Tropical – Heavenly Sweetness
  9. Boroa – O Classico Fol – Boroa
  10. Violons Barbares – Monsters and Fantastic Creatures – Violons Barbares
  11. Son Rompe Pera – Chimborazo – AYA Records
  12. Gao Hong and Kadialy Kouyate – Terri Kunda – ARC Music
  13. Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens – Music Inferno: The Indestructible Beat Tour 1988-89 – Umsakazo Records
  14. Hiram Salsano – Bucolica – Hiram Salsano
  15. Yalla Miku – Intergalactic Galactic – Bongo Joe Records

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Top 10 World Music Albums, March (#1268)Top 10 World Music Albums, March (#1268)

Hour 1
(artist – song – album)
#10 Dur-Dur Band Int. – Riyo – The Berlin Session
#9 Lee Fry Music – Alqamara (feat. Sarah Jouheri) – Padma
#8 Gao Hong & Kadialy Kouyate – Sun Rising – Terri Kunda
#7 Light in Babylon – Sal Sal – On Our Way
#6 Malika Zarra – Feen – Rwa (The Essence)
#5 Ali Farka Touré – Bandoloboourou (feat. Oumou Sangaré) – Voyageur
#4 Entoto Band – Aykedashim Libe (Single) – Entoto Band
#3 Narechie – Girl Walked in the Garden – A iz pod goroda (From the town)
#2 David Walters – An Lot Soley feat. Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal – Soul Tropical
#1 Altin Gün – Kalk Gidelim – Aşk
Naby Camara & Lagni-Sussu – Diya – Kanteli
Ybirá – Clareou – Ybirá

Hour 2
Noi – Vlajka – Noi
Moonlight Benjamin – Lilè – Wayo
Luis de la Carrasca – Caminaban – Baro Drom
Lengaïa Salsa Brava – Lengaïa está sonando – Estética de un rumbero
Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – Mann Ki Lagan – The Legend
Jasdeep Singh Degun – Rageshri – Anomaly
Sona Jobarteh – Musolou – Badinyaa Kumoo
Smod – Ambola – Smod
Solomane Doumbia – Diarabi – Ségou to Lagos
The New York Ska-jazz Ensemble – Buttah (Instrumental) – Putumayo Presents Ska Around the World
Chambao – Como la Luz – Pokito a Poko
Kimi Djabaté – Mbembalu – Dindin
Mario Lucio – Tao – Migrants
Cosmonautix – Valenki – Energija

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Top 15 World Music Albums, March 2023Top 15 World Music Albums, March 2023

  1. Altın Gün – Aşk – Glitterbeat
  2. David Walters – Soul Tropical – Heavenly Sweetness
  3. Narechie – A iz pod goroda (From the town) – Sketis Music
  4. Entoto Band – Entoto Band – Guitar Globetrotter Recordings
  5. Ali Farka Toure – Voyageur – World Circuit
  6. Malika Zarra – RWA (The Essence) – Malika Zarra
  7. Light in Babylon – On Our Way – Light in Babylon
  8. Gao Hong and Kadialy Kouyate – Terri Kunda – ARC Music
  9. Lee Fry Music – Padma – Lee Fry Music
  10. Dur-Dur Band Int. – The Berlin Session – Outhere Records
  11. Luis de la Carrasca – Baro Drom – Andalouse Alhambra
  12. Ybira – Ybira – Ybira
  13. Moonlight Benjamin – Wayo – MA CASE Records
  14. Kimi Djabate – Dindin – Cumbancha
  15. Jasdeep Singh Degun – Anomaly – Real World Records

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Top 10 World Music Albums, February 2023Top 10 World Music Albums, February 2023

(artist – song – album)
#10 Entoto Band – Shgey Habuni – Entoto Band
#9 Kimi Djabaté – Afonhe – Dindin
#8 Tsuumi Sound System – Altitude – Concert in Stereo
#7 Narechie – Dunyashka went strolling – A iz pod goroda (From the town)
#6 Bassidi Koné – Djignouma – Kaïra
#5 Solomane Doumbia – Farafina – Ségou to Lagos
#4 Meral Polat Trio – Hoş Geldin – Ez Kî Me
#3 Light in Babylon – Khi – On Our Way
#2 Sona Jobarteh – Taariko (feat. Zihirina Maiga) – Badinyaa Kumoo
#1 Malika Zarra – La! – Rwa (The Essence)
Delfeayo Marsalis & Uptown Jazz Orchestra – Big Chief – Uptown on Mardi Gras Day
Kyekyeku – Correction – Funky Pangolin
African Brothers Band – Mi Bisa – Me Poma
Super Boiro Band – So I Si Sa – Beginner’s Guide To African Funk
Moonlight Benjamin – Haut la Haut – Wayo
Orlando 7 – Loafes Corner – African Jazz ‘n Jive
Les Bantous de la Capitale – Boumamou Sili – Les Bantous De La Capitale 1974-1976 (Safou Sakie)
Kid Ma Wrong Wrong – Cherrie Beat Special – South African Jive Vol. 2 – Sax & Flute Jive
Mamane Barka – Doro Lelewa – Introducing Mamane Barka
Alhousseini Anivolla – Talaouit – Anewal/The Walking Man
African Pearls – Kognp Koura – Guinee – Cultural Revolution
Maher Cissoko – Kooma Kumaro (Backbiting) – Kora Fo
Orchestra Makassy – Nakolela Cherie – Agwaya
Mwezi Waq. – Ankipwa – Le Blues des Sourds-Muets
Gilberto Gil & Vusi Mahlasela – The Beauty Of Our Land Ubuhle Bomhlaba – The South African Meeting Of Viramundo
Linda Kekana – U Could Be Happy Too – I Am an African

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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

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