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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

Global Songs of Darkness & Light (#1406)Global Songs of Darkness & Light (#1406)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Mynta – Dark Days – Meetings In India
Manika Kaur – Waheguru (Your Light) [feat. Talvin Singh] – Sacred Words
Dissidenten – Turn On the Light – Germanistan
Daisam Jalo – Light – Cycles (feat. Yasmin Hadisubrata)
Värttinä – Tumma (Dark) – Iki
J-San & the Analogue Sons – The Light – J-San & the Analogue Sons
Sipho Gumede – When Days Are Dark, Friends Are Few – Blues for My Mother
Roswell Rudd & The Mongolian Buryat Band – Gathering Light – Blue Mongol (Roswell Rudd And The Mongolian Buryat Band)
Shabaka and The Ancestors – Run, The Darkness Will Pass – We Are Sent Here By History
Asiko Afrobeat Ensemble – Shine Your Light – Winners Never Quit
Funkees – Slipping into Darkness – Wake Up You! The Rise and Fall of Nigerian Rock, Vol. 2 (1972-1977)
Rocky Dawuni – Shine a Light – Branches of the Same Tree
Tasa – Twilight – Urban Turban

Hour 2:
Hadag Nahash – Many Lights – 6
Nana Simopoulos – After Dark – After the Moon
KIN TAII – Nocturnal Light – DRAGON
David Walters – Light – Soul Tropical
Zulya and the Children of the Underground – The Night Is Dark – 3 Nights
Banning Eyre – First Light – Bare Songs (Vol. 1)
Marjan Vahdat – Heart of Darkness – Our Garden is Alone
Terje Isungset – A Glimpse of Light – Winter Songs
Foday Musa Suso – Morning Light – The Dreamtime
The Mighty Mocambos – In the Dark (with Nichola Richards) – Showdown
Kobo Town – When Jonas Saw the Light – Where the Galleon Sank
Solas – Darkness, Darkness – The Edge of Silence
47Soul – Mo Light – Balfron Promise

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

Top 15 World Music Albums, October 2025Top 15 World Music Albums, October 2025

‘O Rom – Radio Rom – Phototype Records
Afrodream – Guiss Guiss – Rubik Music
Meklit – Piece of Infinity – Smithsonian Folkways
Guitari Baro – Guitari Baro – Chrysalis Global
Meral Polat – Meydan – W.E.R.F. Records
Loko Gasy – Mifankatiava – AudioMaze
Cheikh Lo – Maame – World Circuit
Tania Saleh – Fragile – Tantune
Kiala & Afroblaster – One Race ‘A Tribute to Hilaire Penda’ – Tangential Music
Saha Gnawa – Saha Gnawa – Pique-Nique Recordings
Zhenya Wind – The Earth Is Moving – Zhenya Wind
Ravi Kulur & Barry Phillips – Breath & Bow – Ravi Kulur & Barry Phillips
Burhan Öçal, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, The Trakya All Stars – Trakya Funk – Gülbaba Records & Omni Sound
Amira Kheir – Black Diamonds – Stern’s
L’Antidote – L’Antidote – Ponderosa Music