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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

The Best World Music of 2025 Part 2 (#1411)The Best World Music of 2025 Part 2 (#1411)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Franck Biyong – Jela Kubwa Na Viboko – Radio Masoda
‘o Rom – Tutti Frutti – Radio Rom
Fanfare Ciocărlia & Adrian Raso – Transylvania Twist – The Devil Rides Again
Maëla Raoult – Nick & Raff’s towing – The Hen House
Samira’s Blues – Salam – Salam – EP
Eljuri – Fuerza – Así es el Mundo
hodíla ízba – Катись (Ride) – Where are you, Ivanka?
Tamar Ilana & Ventanas – Elvissa – Azadi
Femi Kuti – Work on Myself – Journey Through Life
Kadialy Kouyate – Jamba dongo – Toña
Damily & Tiliara Tsapiky Band – Tindrianay ze malemy – Fihisa
Majid Bekkas – Sidi Bouganga (with Hamid Drake) – Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XVII: Gnawa World Blues (with Hamid Drake)
Hurja Halla – Tuonen Neito – Surma Hiihti
Etienne de la Sayette – Ibidi – Etienne de la Sayette & the Wild Horses Orchestra

Hour 2:
Jyotsna Srikanth – Manasa Sancharare – Carnatic Nomad
Jupiter & Okwess – Orgullo – Ekoya
Fanoos Ensemble – Watan (Homeland) (feat. Ahmad Fanoos, Mehran Fanoos, Elham Fanoos & Sohail Karimi) – Echoes of Afghanistan (feat. Mehran Fanoos, Elham Fanoos, Ahmad Fanoos & Sohail Karimi)
L Shankar – Dancing Beauty (feat. Abhijit Banerjee) – Full Moon
ODUCHU – Dugay Guys – Nostalgia
Hard Proof – Trash Talk – Code Noir
Freh Khodja – Ken Andi Habib – Ken Andi Habib
Sababa 5 – Nadir – Nadir
Zor – Байсын шулуун (Let’s be straight.) – Suuha-Hur
Balkan Taksim – Felinar – Acide Balkanique
Luiza – OXALÁ – Fantastik
Meklit – Ambassel – A Piece of Infinity
Ària Lua – Linda – Reconec
Divanhana – Rijekama – Radio Sevdah
Habib Koité, Aly Keita & Lamine Cissokho – Contrevent (feat. Mama Koné) [Live] – Mandé Sila Live @ Levon Helm Studios

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

Songs of Blackness (#1409)Songs of Blackness (#1409)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Cabruêra – Samba Negro – Sons Da Paraíba
DJ Spinna – Barrio Negro – Brazilian Funk Mode
Airto Fogo – Black Soul – Africa Airways Six (Mile High Funk 1974-1981)
Gino Sitson – Ngoyak’ (Black Feeling) – Song Zin’… Vocadelic Tales
Amazonas – Black Magic Woman – Amazonas Play Santana
Ben Tavera King – New Dehli Noir (feat. Jessita Reyes) – Fever Dream s (feat. Jessita Reyes)
West Nkosi – Inkunzi Emnyama (Black Bull) – Rhythm of Healing – Supreme Sax and Penny Whistle Township Jive
Ilê Aiyê – Negro De Luz – Black Chant
Latcho Drom – Papillon noir – Deborah – 1999
Mohenjo Daro – Black River – Rajdhani Express
Kasbah Rockers – Black Pikala Noir – The Singles
Lolo Lovina – Paint it Black – RromAntics!
Black Flower – Ankor Wat – Future Flora
El Gato Negro – Como Bailo Yo – Cumbia Libre
Virginia Rodrigues – Sol Negro – Sol Negro

Hour 2:
Dragan Ristić – Negro – Romologija
Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Black is Beautiful – Wenyukela
Minyeshu – Jopia / Black Ink – Black Ink
Ziggy Marley – Black Cat – Love Is My Religion
Tony Allen – Black Voices (12″ Mix) – HomeCooking (Bonus Track)
Ana Tijoux – Oro Negro – Vengo
Aurelio – Santo Negro – Garifuna Soul
The Garifuna Collective – Black Catbird – A Guide to the Birdsongs of Mexico, Central America & the Caribbean
Addis Black Mamba – Yekatit – Addis Black Mamba
The Budos Band – Black Venom – The Budos Band III
Eparapo – Black Lives Matter (feat. Dele Sosimi) – From London To Lagos (Remixes) [feat. Dele Sosimi] – EP
Orchestre Black Dragons de Porto-Novo Dahomey – Kouanabo – Vive la Revolution
Tania Libertad – Negro Color – Negro Color
Liu Jian – Black Pearls – Black Pearls
Kobo Town – Beautiful Soul – Independence

Blues around the World (#1408)Blues around the World (#1408)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Mighty Mo Rodgers – Djeli / Griot / Storyteller – Griot Blues, Mighty Mo Rodgers & Baba Sissoko
Falie Kuyateh – Selati Nalim Koye – African Journey, A Search for the Roots of the Blues, Gambia Senegal and Mali
Kevin Brown & Moussa Kouyate – Banjul Calling – Kora Blues
Lala Njava – Blues Song – Malagasy Blues Song
Boubacar Traoré – Badialo – Kar Kar
Christine Salem – Komor Blues – Salem tradition
Calypso Rose – Calypso Blues – So Calypso !
Long-Ge – Playing Mahjong – Blues Around The World
Ali Farka Touré – Keito (with Ry Cooder) [with Ry Cooder] – Talking Timbuktu (with Ry Cooder)
Miriam Makeba – Soweto Blues – African Sunset
Tamikrest – Adagh – Adagh
Titina – Mote de Mindelo – Island Blues
Fanfara Kalashnicov – Oriental Blues – Fanfara Kalashnicov

Hour 2:
Mariem Hassan – Yalli Mashi Ani – El Aaiun Egdat
Miroslav Evačić – Cardas Blues – Magic from the Crossroads – World Music from Croatia
Sväng – Svänging the blues – Svängo Nuevo
Paul Pena – Kargyraa Moan – Genghis Blues
Modou Touré & Ramon Goose – Dune Blues – The West African Blues Project
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba – Moustafa – Jama Ko
TootArd – Syrian Blues – Laissez Passer
JeConte & The Mali All Stars – Nous aimons le mali (feat. Khaira Arby & Bassekou Kouyate) – Mali Blues
DJ RH – Indian Blues – Blackasia Volume 1
Kavita Shah & Bau – Joia – Cape Verdean Blues
Orchestre de la Paillotte – Kadia Blues – Golden Afrique Vol. 1
Alemayehu Eshete – Teredtchewalehu – Ethiopiques, Vol. 10 – Tezeta
Nuru Kane – Niang Balo – Exile
Gao Hong & Kadialy Kouyate – Fulani Blues – Terri Kunda
Majid Bekkas – Moroccan Blues (feat. Bouhssine Foulane) – Joudour

Top 15 World Music Albums, November 2025Top 15 World Music Albums, November 2025

Noura Mint Seymali – Yenbett – Glitterbeat Records
Loko Gasy – Mifankatiava – AudioMaze
Tribeqa – Sumu – Underdog
Nusantara Beat – Nusantara Beat – Glitterbeat Records
‘O Rom – Radio Rom – Phototype Records
Antibalas – Hourglass – Daptone
Guitari Baro – Guitari Baro – Chrysalis Global
Nancy Vieira & Fred Martins – Esperança – Galileo Music
Bonbon Vodou – Épopée Métèque – Heavenly Sweetness
La Cumbia Chicharra – Quinto Mundo – Music Box Publishing
Mehrnam Rastegari – Dislocated Pulse – Merhnam Rastegari
Senduki – Strania – AlfaMusic
Suntou Susso – Jaliya Silokang – The Path of a Griot – Independent
Gilmar Gomes – 11:11 – Music Avenue
Syran Mbenza – Rumba Africa – Hysa Productions

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