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Top 15 World Music Albums, May 2026Top 15 World Music Albums, May 2026

1. Angelique Kidjo – Hope – Parlophone / Warner
2. Coco Mbassi – Ewekedi Part 1 – Coco Mbassi
3. Gaoussou ‘Sobra’ Kouyate – Sobra Dance – One World Records
4. Amrita – Amrita – Amrita
5. Berima Amo – Rhythms of Love – ARC Music
6. Zocco Baia – L’Ora d’oro – Zocco
7. Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood – Ranjha – World Circuit (BMG)
8. Mah Damba – Taabolo Koura – One World Records
9. Altın Gün – Garip – Glitterbeat
10. Moussa T – Tartite – Mixto Records
11. Tamikrest – Assikel – Glitterbeat Records
12. Tarwa N-Tiniri – Zaman – Atty Records
13. The Klezmatics – We Were Made for These Times – Asphalt Tango Records
14. Antonio Carlos & Jocafi, Adrian Younge, & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Antonio Carlos & Jocafi JID026 – Jazz Is Dead
15. New Era Quartet – Bridge to Sevdah – Snail Records

Best New Global Music, May 2026 (#1433)Best New Global Music, May 2026 (#1433)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Angélique Kidjo & The Cavemen. – I’m On Fire – HOPE!!
Coco Mbassi – Bhafrika ’25 Edit – EWEKEDI, Pt.1
Girma Woldemichael – Nafqoté – Nafqóté
Azuka Moweta and His Anioma Brothers Band of Africa – Odogwu Ahaba – Kenechukwu
Gaoussou ‘Sobra’ Kouyate – FADIALAH – Sobra Dance
Tamikrest – Imanin – Assikel
Moussa T – Askamdikte – Tartite
Berima Amo – Vuelve a Casa – Rhythms of Love
Mimika Orchestra – Dišpet / Defiance – Medzotermina
AMRITA – Elephant Promenade II (feat. Jonathan Kay & Zaynab Wilson) – AMRITA
Zocco Baia – LA STREGA – L’ORA D’ORO
Altın Gün – Benim Yarim – Garip
fabric – Fight! – Until We Are Free
Ancient Future – East of the Sun (feat. Matthew Montfort, Mariah Parker, Benjy Wertheimer & Paul McCandless) [Studio Version with Paul McCandless, Oboe] – Purple Spirits (feat. Matthew Montfort)

Hour 2:
The Klezmatics – Di tsukunft (El Futuro) [feat. La Manga] – We Were Made for These Times
Shye Ben-Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express – Ranjha – Ranjha
Antônio Carlos & Jocafi – Rala-Bucho – Antonio Carlos & Jocafi JID026
G combo & Owem-G – Al Son del Boogaloo – De la Rama a la Raíz
Thomas Noel & The City’s Song – L’ubriacone (feat. Mimmo Maglionico) – The Napoli Sessions
Tako Toki – Ambiguidade – Un dimanche à Monaco
New Era Quartet – Moj Dilbere – Bridge to Sevdah
BALTHVS – Flesh and Soul (Alchemized) (excerpt) – Transmutations
Cocanha – Fòrabanda – Flame Folclòre
Mah Damba – Anga Bara – Taabolo Koura
Tarwa N-Tiniri – Nbina – Zaman
Paulo Netto (Brazil) – Manhã Geral de Amor (feat. Martins) – Afro-Brazil by Putumayo

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

Ranking – Artist – Album – Label

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

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

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

Global Music Mix (#1419)Global Music Mix (#1419)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Noura Mint Seymali – Knou – Yenbett
Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna – Sueño Con un Rayo – Rey Loj
Afrodream – Afrotrip – Guiss Guiss
Sauljaljui – Tjualayu Mountain – VAIVAIK
Sami Galbi – Dakchi Hani – 2015 – 2025 Les Disques Bongo Joe: 10 Years of Sonic Explorations
Adir Jan – Aurelién – Al Mast
Les Ogres de Barback – Amarisi amari – Vous m’emmerdez !
Spove – Abou Lekhdeed – Spove
The Mauskovic Dance Band – Repeating Night – Repeating Night – Single
Davide Ambrogio – XIII Vasha – Mater Nullius
Otava Yo – Ah, The Woods – Loud and Clear
Nusantara Beat – Ular Ular – Nusantara Beat
Ablaye Cissoko & Cyrille Brotto – Ni Foutinta – Djiyo
Manu Chao & Laeti – Tu Te Vas – Viva Tu
Iness Mezel – Wedfel (radio edit) – Wedfel

Hour 2:
Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble – Homafa – Vive L’amour
Martin Müller – Parazula – A selection of Brazilian Guitar Duos
Mangane – Xam-Xam – Zoom Zemmatt
Iuna Falcão – Seu – Umami
Wild Mushrooms – Le Zuo – Under The Dragon Tree
Alright Mela – Soudania – Tasamoh
Tribeqa – Kouma (feat. Fanta Dembele & Wamian Kaïd) – Sumu
Geir Sundstøl – Beveg – Sakte film
Afro Celt Sound System – N’Faly Foli – Ova
Sangre de Muerdago – O transo – O Xardín
Groupa – Muse (feat. Mats Edén, Jonas Simonson, Terje Isungset, Sebastian Wypych, Grzech Piotrowski & Marta Matuszna) – Kind of Folk, Vol. 5: Poland (feat. Mats Edén, Jonas Simonson & Terje Isungset)
Oliver Mtukudzi – Hope – Nhava
Susheela Raman – Half Shiva Half Shakti – Love Trap

2026-01-23 Songs of Deserts Caravans & Oases (#1417)2026-01-23 Songs of Deserts Caravans & Oases (#1417)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Ali Hassan Kuban – Gammal (Camel Driver) – Real Nubian
Songhoy Blues – Desert Melodie – Music in Exile
Itamar Erez & Hamin Honori – Forgotten Sands – Migrant Voices – EP
Mounira Mitchala – Al Sahara – Talou Lena
Falu – Desert – Desert (demo)
Hossam Ramzy – Amar el Sahara (The Moon of the Sahara) – Sabla Tolo II – Further Journeys into Pure Egyptian Percussion
Monoswezi – Kalahari – The Village
Hanggai – Gobi Road – He Who Travels Far
Cheb Khaled & Safy Boutella – La Camel – Kutché
Natacha Atlas – Oasis – Myriad Road
Yair Dalal – From the Desert – …And You Love…
Maëla Raoult – Saharan Storm – The Hen House
Malagasy Guitar Masters – Caravan – Volo Hazo
Ron Wagner – The Camel’s Gait – Sensual Art of Bellydance-Fast Rhythms

Hour 2:
Angelique Kidjo – Sahara – Celia
Yinon Muallem – Desert Song – Back Home
L’Orchestra Di Piazza Vittorio – Sahara Blues – Orchestra Di Piazza Vittorio
The Lucyan Group – Flight of the Camel (feat. Luca Donini) – Orient-Jazz
Dobet Gnahoré – Désert – Couleur
Ahmed Mukhtar, Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde & Demi Garcia Sabat – Caravan – Al-hambra
Simo Lagnawi – Sahara Blues (feat. Louis Bingham) – The Gnawa Caravan: Salt
Roswell Rudd & The Mongolian Buryat Band – The Camel – Blue Mongol (Roswell Rudd And The Mongolian Buryat Band)
The KutiMangoes – Desert Moon – Afro-Fire
Malcura – Camel – Malcura II
Bombino – Tenere (The Desert, My Home) – Agadez
Ragleela – Caravanserai (excerpt) – Jai Ma
Modou Touré & Ramon Goose – Dune Blues – The West African Blues Project

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”)

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

(Rank – Artist – Album – Label):

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

Best World Music of 2025 Part 1 (#1410)Best World Music of 2025 Part 1 (#1410)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Sauljaljui – vaivaik (Searching for My Path) – VAIVAIK
Assu – Albbas / Lynx – Luohteniegut
Amira Kheir – Rabie Aljamal (Spring of Wonder) – Black Diamonds
Trio Da Kali – Nana Triban – Bagola
Grecia Albán – TODO PASA – NUBES SELVA
Jan Kadereit & Gamelan Salukat – Áshira – Sun and Fire – ÁSHIRA
Raúl Paz – Otra Vez – Guajiro Chic
Guitari Baro – Kolonkan – Guitari Baro
Alune Wade – Same Fufu – New African Orleans
Mahotella Queens – Uyeke Amanga – Buya Buya
Noura Mint Seymali – Ch’tib (Naha) – Yenbett
Loko Gasy – Vonjeo – Mifankatiava
Cumbia Chicharra – Lunática – Quinto Mundo
Bonbon Vodou – Gourmandises amoureuses – Épopée Métèque

Hour 2:
Värttinä – Traavalehevoi – Kyly
Tribeqa – Dembele – Sumu
Habib Koité, Aly Keita & Lamine Cissokho – Benkan (feat. Mama Koné) [Live] – Mandé Sila Live @ Levon Helm Studios
SENDUKI – Zingaròta (feat. Ettore Castagna, Peppe Costa, Mimmo Morello, Elisa Surace & Carmine Torchia) – Stranìa
Nusantara Beat – Tamat – Nusantara Beat
Anna Sato & Toshiyuki Sasaki – Santoyorojima – LIFE GOES ON
Awa Khiwe – NgeMbombela (with Mokoomba) – African Women Arise
Kin’Gongolo Kiniata – Fina Fina – Kiniata
Vaudou Game – Ça ira – FINTOU
Afrodream – Bamako – Guiss Guiss
Antibalas – La Ceiba (excerpt) – Hourglass
Aïta Mon Amour – Hajti fi grini – Abda
The Arab Blues – Maghroud (excerpt) – Saba
KANKOU – Blanko (feat. Sefoudi Kouyate) – N’Darila

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