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Top 15 World Music Albums, October 2026Top 15 World Music Albums, October 2026

(Rank – Artist – Album – Label)

Saigon Soul Revival – Chốn Ta Về – Saigon Supersound
Seffarine – Abaraz – Seffarine Music
JariBu Afrobeat Arkestra – M.T.T. (Money Talk Talk or Mad Tyrant T.) – Soul Garden Records
Beyrouth-Express – Meanwhile / Fi Hin Anna · VDE-Gallo
Alune Wade – Family Affair – Crescendo Sunu Production
Seheno – Dance In Resilience – Lokanga
Hilal Kaya – Sümbül – CPL-Music
Ibibio Sound Machine – Chopping Mountain – Merge
SIBONGIE 嬉班子樂團 – 鬆鬆鬆 Sang Sang Sang – SIBONGIE 嬉班子樂團
Fakir – Le Temps de l’orage – Raffut
Leenalchi – Here Comes That Crow – Luaka Bop
Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat – Heart’s Endless Garden: Woven Verses – Valley Entertainment / Kirkelig Kulturverksted
Baka Beyond – Sing the World Awake – March Hare Music
Ezra Collective – Here Because of Hope – Partisan Records
Dobrila&Dorian – Wind to Blow – SJF Records, Skopje Jazz Festival Record Label

Best New Global Music October 2026 (#1453)Best New Global Music October 2026 (#1453)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Saigon Soul Revival – Khúc Tình Yên Vui – Chốn Ta Về
Seheno – Lasa Mena – Dance in Resilience – EP
Dur Dur Band – Waan Hubaa (I Am Sure) – Dur-Dur Volume 3 & 4 1988-1989 (Analog Africa No.46)
Ibibio Sound Machine – Love – Chopping Mountain
XTX（Xie Tianxiao) & OK King – Heaven Will Deal With You – 火烧云 (Clouds Ablaze)
SIBONGIE 嬉班子樂團 – Take Life Easy – Sang Sang Sang
Polky – Sady – Mother Tongue
Alune Wade – No One Like You ft Hindi Zahra – Family Affair
Eje Eje – Beja Flor – Mezze – EP
Hilal Kaya – Sultan – Sümbül
Cristina Clara – Ter o Tejo por Rival – Entretela
Beyrouth-Express – Votre Guerre – MEANWHILE (في حين أن)
Seffarine – Yeddiha – Abaraz ⴰⴱⴰⵔⴰⵣ
Syna Awel – Arioul (Amazigh Version) – Café Arabica by Putumayo
Dobrila&Dorian – Gusta maglo ne pagjaj po pole – Wind to Blow
Diaki Lolo & Baobab & Diaki Lolo – Maria – Kamalenba

Hour 2:
Baka Beyond – Nanjinga’s Song (feat. Api Ascaso) – Sing the World Awake
LEENALCHI – Catch a Rabbit – Sugungga
Soroche – La Zenaida – Asesinostalgia
Bamako Express – Tchena Bodzja – L’Ombre du Croco
JariBu Afrobeat Arkestra – M.T.T. (Money Talk Talk or Mad Tyrant T.) – M.T.T. (Money Talk Talk or Mad Tyrant T.)
Samir Langus – Habibi (feat. Etienne Charles) – Gnawa Love
Mulato Bantú – Camino Tayrona – Canto Cimarron
Isabel Novella – Kaya – Nkati
Ezra Collective – Sweet Echo – Here Because of Hope
Sinem – Bana Ne – Hatun
Nogu Svelo! – Ukraine – Unstable Equilibrium (Deluxe Edition)
Mahsa Vahdat & Marjan Vahdat – Someone is Hidden Here – Heart’s Endless Garden
Fakir – Al Mataha – Le Temps de l’orage
Maurice Louca – Polaris – Barĩy (Fera)

Global Songs of Autumn and Harvests (#1452)Global Songs of Autumn and Harvests (#1452)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):

Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble – Fête des récoltes (harvest festival) – Vive L’amour
Bamboo Orchestra Japan – Autumn – Fuga
Hanggai – Golden Autumn – Baifang
Sadun Aksüt – Sonbahar Ağlıyor (Autumn Is Weeping) – The Sound Of Taxim Beyoğlu 2
Grupo Fantasma – Otoño – Problemas
Marta Topferova – Canto Del Otoño – Flor Nocturna
Vedan Kolod – Harvest – Gorodische
Nino Katamadze & Insight – Autumn – Red
Ex-Centric Sound System – Ayoyo (Harvest Time) – West Nile Funk
Matti Kallio – Autumn’s Grip – Waltz for Better Times
Chandrika Tandon – Harvest Melody: Bhairav Medley – Soul Ecstasy
Griff Trio – Autumn Comes – Griff (First Album (2005)) [First Album (2005)

Hour 2:
XTX（Xie Tianxiao) & OK King – Shadow of a Shadow – 火烧云 (Clouds Ablaze)
Tuğçe Şenoğul – Gizli Yüz – ATLAS
Polky – Horo – Mother Tongue
Seheno – Zaho Sy Ny Nofy – Dance in Resilience
SIBONGIE 嬉班子樂團 – Take Life Easy – Sang Sang Sang
Seffarine – Yeddiha – Abaraz ⴰⴱⴰⵔⴰⵣ
Rasha Nahas (Palestine) – Ya Binti يا بنتي – Cafe Arabica
Emil Kárlsen, Elna-Milla – Heikka-vilba – Nannámii
Baka Beyond – Deep Forest (Loni’s Song) [feat. Orchéstre Baka de Gbiné] – Sing the World Awake
Isabel Novella – Karingana – Nkati
Saigon Soul Revival – Ơ Kìa, Em Ơi! (Hey There!) – Chốn Ta Về (Where We Return)
L’Antidote – A Quiet Place – Sounds Sketches (Music Composed For The Armani Privè Exhibition 2005 – 2025)
Hatun – Zühtü – Sînem
Bamako Express – Anouzo – L’Ombre du Croco
Eje Eje – Rising Fire from the Liver – Mezze – EP

Top 15 World Music Albums, September 2026Top 15 World Music Albums, September 2026

(Rank – Artist – Album – Label)

Alune Wade – Family Affair – Crescendo Sunu Production
JariBu Afrobeat Arkestra – M.T.T. (Money Talk Talk or Mad Tyrant T.) – Soul Garden Records
Taftir – Od Layla Ba Ayara – Batov Records
Antti Paalanen – Haitarimarinadi – Rockadillo Records
Leenalchi – Here Comes That Crow – Luaka Bop
Ibrahim Maalouf – Trumpets of Michel-Ange Vol. 2 – Mister I.B.E.
Minyo Crusaders – From Japan with Love – Blue Note Records
Hilal Kaya – Sümbül – CPL-Music
Seffarine – Abaraz – Seffarine Music
King Ayisoba – Pure Confusion – Mais Um
Meryem Koufi & Mehdi Haddab – Nuba Nova Vol. 2 – Buda Musique
Kay Slice – I Take U Highlife – Agogo Records
Saulius Petreikis – Ritualai – Saulės muzika
V. A. – Émile Omar présente Déclic, Kaz A Zouk : Zouk – Créole Rap & Ragga – Kompa – Gwo Ka Modern (1987 – 1998) – Heavenly Sweetness
Nubras Ensemble – Nubras – LIBURIA RECORDS

Groovy Ethiopia (#1450)Groovy Ethiopia (#1450)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Tezeta Band – Drop It! – Beyond Addis (Contemporary Jazz & Funk Inspired By Ethiopian Sounds From the 70’s)
Hoodna Orchestra – Yelben (feat. Tesfaye Negatu) – Yelben / Beza (feat. Tesfaye Negatu) – Single
Arat Kilo – Addis Polis – AK
Anbessa Orchestra – Gurage – Negestat
Ogun Afrobeat – Afroshark (feat. Javier Paxariño & Kaveh Sarvarian) – UNITE
Yegna – And Edil – Best of Yegna
Yasuhiro Mori – Meche Neow – Ethio Breaks
Mulatu Astatke – Gamo – Sketches of Ethiopia (Bonus Track Version)
De la Abesh – Xirak’s Tizita Jam (excerpt) – Addis
Alemayehu Eshete – Yelben Betayiw – Éthiopiques, Vol. 9: Alèmayèhu Eshèté (1969-1974)
Netsanet Melesse – Semerelign – Furtuna
Meklit – Yerakeh Yeresal (feat. Andrew Bird) – When the People Move, the Music Moves Too
Kirubel Assefa – Dimtsepia – Dimtsepia
Akalé Wubé – Alègntayé (feat. Genet Asefa) – Sost
Imperial Tiger Orchestra – Bemgnot Alnorem – Mercato

Hour 2:
Debo Band – Trek From Ethiopia,Pt. 1 – Beyond Addis (Contemporary Jazz & Funk Inspired By Ethiopian Sounds From the 70’s)
Badume’s Band – Yemewded Neger – Qelemewa – EP
Damakase – Tizu Konjo Wusha – Gunfan Yellem!
Bole 2 Harlem – Bole 2 Harlem – Bole 2 Harlem, Vol. 1
Molly Tigre – Hello Bolly – Molly Tigre
The Selenites Band – Yekatit (Funky Bijou Remix) – Ethio Jazz Groove Project
Ka-La-Ka Afro Beat Band – Every do it your own way – Soul Ethiopia
Krar Collective – Mr Astatke – Ethiopia Super Krar
Ménélik Wossenachew – Chereka – Mekaberene Liyew / Chereka
Sun Hop Fat – Yègellé Tezeta – Sun Hop Fat
Woima Collective – Woima – Beyond Addis (Contemporary Jazz & Funk Inspired By Ethiopian Sounds From the 70’s)
Gigi w/Material – Gudfela – Mesgana Ethiopia
Ethioda – Musicawi Silt – Ethiopian Jazz Groove

Best New Global Music Sept. 2026 (#1449)Best New Global Music Sept. 2026 (#1449)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Alune Wade – Black Booty – Family Affair
Sir Victor Uwaifo & His Titibitis – Ayubele – Nigeria 80
Ibrahim Maalouf – ZAATAR & ZEIT – TRUMPETS OF MICHEL-ANGE, VOL. 2
Haifa Kamal – Ghanna El Hadi – Party Around the World by Putumayo
Antti Paalanen – Kirsikankukka (cherry blossom) – Haitarimarinadi
H:e:B – Taj (Crown) – Dystopia
Taftir – Ayara – Od Layla Ba Ayra
Nubras Ensemble – Riana Klab – Nubras
Firas Zreik – Sanasel – Tarabesque
Minyo Crusaders & Frente Cumbiero – Kokiriko Bushi – From Japan With Love
Sidi Bémol – Les Menottes – GUELLAL MONTREAL
Orchestra Mambo International – Mi Mambo – ¡Apúntalo!
Kay Slice – U Do V2 – I Take U Highlife
Hilal Kaya – Mavi Yıldız – Sümbül

Hour 2:
Meryem Koufi & Mehdi Haddab – Tahya Bikoum PART II – Nuba Nova Vol. 2
Agustín Carbonell “Bola” – Tangos de Rajastan – Dueño de la Nada
Metal Sound – Mwen inmin – Émile Omar présente Déclic, Kaz A Zouk : Zouk – Créole Rap & Ragga – Kompa – Gwo Ka Modern (1987 – 1998)
Marcos Coll & Jairo Zavala Ruiz – En la mar (Soledad) – Ronsel
Kerekes Band – Békés Expressz – Vadon
Mikko H. Haapoja – Havunneulasten tanssi (Dance of the Conifers) – Unheard Landscapes II
King Ayisoba – Memsoh – Pure Confusion
Tengerton – Khöömiin oron – Ilch
Andrey Bogdanov – Ganesh – Walking in Air
Barlast – Sen Vår – Live in Japan
LEENALCHI – Bird – Here Comes That Crow – EP
Rite of Strings – Xur – Dust and the Moon
Saulius Petreikis – Žalioj girelėj (In the green forest) – Ritualai
JariBu Afrobeat Arkestra – Invisible Line (excerpt) – M.T.T. (Money Talk Talk or Mad Tyrant T.)

The World Music of Canada (#1448)The World Music of Canada (#1448)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Ladysmith Black Mambazo fea. Dolly Parton – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door – Heavenly
Fanfare Ciocărlia & Adrian Raso – Jolene – The Devil Rides Again
Mary Jane Lamond – Dòmhnall Mac ‘ic Lain – Suas e!
DobaCaracol – Maca E – Soley
Samba Squad – Forró Internacional – Batuque
Madrigaïa – Grain de mil – Viva Voce
Matapat – La vieille galope – Matapat 2 1/2
Jou Tou – Cruise À Pt. St. Charles (Voc) – Jou Tou
Gamelan Madu Sari – Lessons of the Garden: Path – New Nectar
Sasha Boychouk & From Both Ends Of The Earth – Xostropetz (Dance of the Wise Man) – Klezmer
Socalled – Baleboste – Ghettoblaster
Lenka Lichtenberg – Aleynu – Songs For the Breathing Walls
Kobo Town – The Grass is Greener – Carnival of the Ghosts
Autorickshaw – Mercy Street – Meter
Joanne Griffith – Talaté – YôYê

Hour 2:
Tasa – Tara’s Lullaby – Soma
Nathalie Cora – Objectif lune – Petite Terre
Toronto Tabla Ensemble – Faceoff – Bhumika
Tanya Tagaq – Force – Auk / Blood
Kiran Ahluwalia – Mustt Mustt (feat. Tinariwen) – Aam Zameen: Common Ground
Pierre Kwenders – Sahara – José Louis and The Paradox of Love
Jesse Cook – Surrender – Nomad
Joseph Pepe Danza – Waltzing With Shiva – Emerge
Alpha Yaya Diallo – Fatoumata Diallo – Aduna “The World”
Djely Tapa – Pachagon – Barokan
Leahy – Da (Stoney Lake and Juniper Island) – Lakefield
The Jerry Cans – Nirliit – Inuusiq
Wesli – Nago Elektro (feat. Afrotronix) – Makaya

Global Music Mix (#1447)Global Music Mix (#1447)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Hajda Banda – Od cymbalistów (feat. Jędrzej Weber & Iwona Pawlak) (From the dulcimer players) – Niepraudzivaya
Al-Qasar – Barbès Barbès (feat. Mehdi Haddab) – Who Are We?
Minyo Crusaders – Iyo Manzai – From Japan With Love
Transjoik – Atnje A – Uja Nami
Spove – Mariam Mariamti – Spove
Ibrahim Maalouf & Gonzalo Rubalcaba – OUI, JE LE VEUX – TRUMPETS OF MICHEL-ANGE, VOL. 2
Hilal Kaya – Harabe – Sümbül
Veera Kuisma – Kalliohyppijä – Rautavuo
Muito Kaballa – Palim – Everything Is Broke
Lila Downs – Tumba 7 – Cambias Mi Mundo
Freh Khodja – Habitek – Ken Andi Habib
Yayá Massemba – De Umbigo a Umbigo – De Umbigo a Umbigo – EP
LEENALCHI – Let’s Live for Today – Here Comes That Crow – EP
Ària Lua – Linda – Reconec

Hour 2:
Coco Mbassi – Lé Na Oa – EWEKEDI, Pt.1
Africa Express – Adios Amigos (feat. Baba Sissoko, Luisa Almaguer, Joan as Police Woman, Abou Diarra, Mélissa Hié, Ophélia Hié & Yendé Balamba) – Africa Express Presents… Bahidorá
Aco Takenaka – Oxum – Ancient Seeds
INA Stars Orchestra – Al Barka (With Musicians From Jackson State University School Of Music) – INA Denw
Yalla Miku – Asmazate – 2015 – 2025 Les Disques Bongo Joe: 10 Years of Sonic Explorations
Seun Kuti – Emi Aluta (feat. Sampa the Great) – Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head)
Amir Amiri, Sarah Pagé & Shawn Mativetsky – Yavaran – Metamorphose
Voskresenie Ensemble & Nikita Savostin – Telega (Cart) – Telega
Las Panteras – Apretaito – Hasta Cuando
SHIRAN – Ah Ya Layla Yumma – آه يا ليلاه يمّه – Electro Baghdad – اليكترو بغداد
Djamel Laroussi – Kifach Hilti – Acoustic Version – World Road Trip by Putumayo
Mi Linda Dama – Bailaba en Tetuan – Matesha
Bjonko – Merak – Merak – Single

Top 15 World Music Albums, August 2026Top 15 World Music Albums, August 2026

(Rank – Artist – Album – Label)

Leenalchi – Here Comes That Crow – Luaka Bop
Minyo Crusaders – From Japan with Love – Blue Note Records
Ibrahim Maalouf – Trumpets of Michel-Ange Vol. 2 – Mister I.B.E.
Hilal Kaya – Sümbül – CPL-Music
Sosyete ’25 – Yaygara – Tru Thoughts
Lila Downs – Cambias Mi Mundo – Sony Music Entertainment México
Coco Mbassi – Ewekedi Part 1 – Coco Mbassi
Biribá Union – Passing Go – Bright Shiny Things
Rite of Strings – Dust and the Moon – Bright Shiny Things
Naked & Lakatos Mónika FolkTrió – Neked – Adriatica Records
Antti Paalanen – Haitarimarinadi – Rockadillo Records
Medusa Quartet – Weaving Gold in Broken Places – Medusa Quartet
East of West – Velella – 4000 Records
Cabezas de Cera – Metaensamble – Cabezas de Cera
Leslie Cartaya – Spanglish – Leslie Cartaya

Best New Global Music August 2026 (#1445)Best New Global Music August 2026 (#1445)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Coco Mbassi – Bhafrika ’25 Edit – EWEKEDI, Pt.1
Medusa Quartet – Vulgar Bulgar (feat. Naghmeh Farahmand) – Weaving Gold in Broken Places
Pharaoh’s Daughter – De Noche – Songs Of Desire
Halme Prospekt & Queen Djenny Djella – Bon Bon Bon – Music Is My Truth
Adrian Younge – Afro-Disco Makossa – Afro-Disco Makossa – EP
Lokkhi Terra (Bangladesh / UK) – Bhromor – Cuban Connections – From Havana to the World by Putumayo
Las Panteras – Baba Asojuano – Hasta Cuando
Omar Sosa – African Ball – We Are Not The Headliner
East of West – East of West – Velella
Hilal Kaya – Harabe – Sümbül
Sosyete ’25 – Sevgi – Yaygara
Rite of Strings – Qeshm (Arr. for Santoor, Violin, Bass, Drums, and Clarinet by Ehsan Matoori) [feat. Ismail Lumanovski] – Dust and the Moon
Leslie Cartaya – Mi Cuba – Spanglish

Hour 2:
Lila Downs – Tu Falso Amor – Cambias Mi Mundo
Lovana – Damany – Jiro – EP
Minyo Crusaders – Hokkai Bon Uta – From Japan With Love
Cabezas De Cera – Metalfonía – Cabezas de Cera Metaensamble
Angélique Kidjo, Fally Ipupa & The Cavemen. – Nadi Balance (feat. Sheila Maurice-Grey) – HOPE!!
Natacha Atlas & Samy Bishai – H.Z.K. (Haga Zay Kidda) – Parallel Universe, Vol. 1
Biribá Union – Pompano – Passing Go
Ibrahim Maalouf & Jon Batiste – BRING THE LIGHT (feat. Trombone Shorty, Anthony Evans, Weedie Braimah, Pedrito Martinez & MonoNeon) – TRUMPETS OF MICHEL-ANGE, VOL. 2
Naked & Lakatos Mónika FolkTrió – Botoló – NEKED
LEENALCHI – Here Comes That Crow – Here Comes That Crow – EP
Herrimin – Elgeta – Herrimin
Kon-Fusion – Arriba de Su Muro – Arriba de su muro
Les Mamans du Congo & RRobin – Mamba Kani – Wa Sangi
Fågel Roc – De Väntande – Cantata
Fatoumata Diawara – Tati Bakary – Massa