Global A Go-Go presents:
Wednesday December 13, 3:00-5:00 PM
It’s the most wonderful time of the year …. That’s right, it’s the time of the year when Global A Go-Go unwraps its favorite albums of the last 12 months.
This week, it’s my Top Ten new releases of 2017, plus ten honorable mentions. Next week, you’ll hear my favorite compilations, reissues and historic recordings of the year. And on December 27, it’s the best of the rest: all the great songs that didn’t fit onto the previous two programs.
And without further ado, here are Global A Go-Go’s Top Ten new releases of 2017 (with links to my reviews):
Top Ten New Releases Of 2017
1. Systema Solar (Colombia) | Rumbo A Tierra | Nacional
2. Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino (Italy) | Canzoniere | Ponderosa
3. Afro-Zen Allstars (RVA USA) | Greatest Hits | self-released
4. Meklit (USA-Ethiopia) | When The People Move, The Music Moves Too | Six Degrees
5. Son Palenque (Colombia) | Kutu Prieta Pa Saranguia | Palenque
6. Offa Rex (USA-England UK) | The Queen Of Hearts | Nonesuch
7. Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet (Mali-USA) | Ladilikan | World Circuit
8. La Misa Negra (USA) | La Misa Negra | NAM Entertainment
9. Professor Wouassa (Switzerland) | Grow Yes Yes! | Matasuna
10. Omar Souleyman (Syria) | To Syria, With Love | Mad Decent
Honorable Mention
Aurelio (Honduras) | Darandi | Real World
Girma Beyene & Akale Wube (Ethiopia-France) | Ethiopiques 30: Mistakes On Purpose | Buda Musique
The Bongo Hop (France-Colombia) | Satingarona Pt. 1 | Underdog
The Expanders (USA) | Old Time Something Come Back Again, Vol. 2 | Easy Star
Kries (Croatia) | Selo Na Okuke / Village Tracks | Riverboat
Jaakko Laitinen & Vaara Raha (Finland) | Naennianen | Playground Music
Meta & The Cornerstones (Senegal-Israel-Algeria-Japan-Cote D’Ivoire-Jamaica-USA) | Hira | Metarize
Ondatropica (Colombia-England UK) | Baile Bucanero | Soundway
Rumput (RVA USA) | Rumput | self-released
Tinariwen (Mali) | Elwan | Anti-
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By the way, the logo at the top of this page belongs to Top Ten Records, the oldest record store in Dallas, TX (incidentally, Top Ten has a bit part in the story of John F. Kennedy’s assassination). They’re trying to turn themselves into a non-profit media archive right now with an Indiegogo campaign. Check it out here and help keep them going: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/top-ten-records-video-film
Playlist:
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The Expanders, “Band Your Belly”
from Old Time Something Come Back Again, Vol. 2
Easy Star - 2017
USA
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Meta and the Cornerstones, “Bilal”
from Hira
Metarize - 2017
Senegal-Israel-Algeria-Japan-Cote D'Ivoire-Jamaica-USA
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Girma Bèyènè & Akalé Wubé, “Enken Yelelebesh”
from Éthiopiques 30: Mistakes On Purpose
Buda Musique - 2017
Ethiopia-France
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Meklit, “You Are My Luck”
from When the People Move, the Music Moves Too
Six Degrees - 2017
USA-Ethiopia
Bill Lupoletti Global A Go-Go December 13th, 2017
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