Tag: Top 15

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 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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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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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
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Top 15 World Music Albums, September 2023Top 15 World Music Albums, September 2023

  1. Galeet Dardashti – Manajat – Galeet Dardashti
  2. Mokoomba – Tusona (Tracings in the Sand) – Outhere Records
  3. Idrissa Soumaoro – Diré – Mieruba
  4. Faso Kan – Tungaladen – Global Music Centre
  5. TRAM des Balkans & Melissa Zantman – En Cavale – Les Entêtés
  6. Daisam Jalo – Cycles – Daisam Jalo
  7. Miranda – Uma Mulher na Cicade – JARO Medien
  8. Lame da Barba – Qafiz – Radici MusicRecords
  9. Bholoja – Imphilo – One World Records
  10. Valeria Matzner – Tamborilero – Valeria Matzner
  11. Matjé – Sur Mon Dos – Label d’À côté
  12. Yungchen Lhamo – One Drop of Kindness – Real World Records
  13. Dimitris Papageorgiou – Greek Bouzouki Classics – ARC Music
  14. Verónica Codesal, Didier Laloy & Damien Chierici – 100 Voltas – asbl SceneOff vzw
  15. Tarek Ghriri – Refugee in the Sea – Tarek Ghriri

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Top 15 World Music Albums, August 2023Top 15 World Music Albums, August 2023

(artist – album – label)

  1. Faso Kan – Tungaladen – Global Music Centre
  2. VA – Lost in Tajikistan – Riverboat Records
  3. Bilja Krstic & Bistrik Orchestra – Biljur – Jugoton Croatia Records
  4. Lame da Barba – Qafiz – Radici MusicRecords
  5. Mokoomba – Tusona (Tracings in the Sand) – Outhere Records
  6. Tony Allen & Adrian Younge – Tony Allen JID018 – Jazz Is Dead
  7. Balimaya Project – When the Dust Settles – New Soil x Jazz re:freshed
  8. Gafieira Rio Miami – Bring Back Samba – DBB Productions
  9. Eje Eje – Five Seasons – Batov Records
  10. Bokante – History – Real World Records
  11. Shono – Kolkhozoy Traktor – CPL-Music
  12. Kaveh Sarvarian & Kames Bitar – When the Sun Rises – Kaveh Sarvarian & Kames Bitar
  13. Fatoumata Diawara – London Ko – Wagram Music
  14. Alfredo Rodriguez – Coral Way – Mack Avenue Records
  15. Saîdê Goyî – Jinê – Saîdê Goyî

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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 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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