Global A Go-Go presents:
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.
On the December 23rd edition of Global A Go-Go, it’s my top ten new releases of 2019, plus ten honorable mentions. On December 30, you’ll hear my favorite singles and EPs of the year. And on January 6 it’s my favorite compilations, reissues and historic recordings of the prior 12 months.
Top Ten New Releases Of 2019
1. Umut Adan (Turkey-Italy) | Bahar | Riverboat
2. Aziz Sahmaoui & University Of Gnawa (Morocco-Senegal-France) | Poetic Trance | Blue Line
3. Otava Yo (Russia) | Do You Love | ARC
4. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba (Mali) | Miri | Out Here
5. Boban Markovic Orkestar (Serbia) | Mrak | PGP RTS
6. Lobo Marino (RVA USA) | At Appalachian South Folklife Center | self-released
7. Rachid Taha (Algeria-France) | Je Suis Africain | Believe
8. Wuta Mayi (RD Congo-France) | La Face Cachee | Sterns
9. Mdou Moctar (Niger) | Ilana : The Creator | Sahel Sounds
10. Minyo Crusaders (Japan) | Echoes Of Japan | Mais Um
Honorable Mention
The Aggrolites (USA) | Reggae Now! | Pirates Press
DJ Dolores (Brazil) | Recife * 19 | Sterns
The Garifuna Collective (Belize-Guatemala-Honduras) | Aban | Stonetree
Asmaa Hamzaoiu & Bnat Timbouktou (Morocco) | Oulad Lghaba | Ajabu
Huntza (Euskadi Spain) | Xilema | Mauka / Gran Sol
Locobeach (USA-Venezuela) | Psychedelic Disco Cumbia | Dorsal Fin / Peace & Rhythm
Hope Masike (Zimbabwe) | The Exorcism Of A Spinster | Riverboat
Omar Souleyman (Syria-Turkey) | Shlon | Mad Decent
Dexter Story (USA) | Bahir | Soundway
Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band (Ghana-Germany) | Obiaa! | Strut
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Lobo Marino, “Forest in the Kiln / I've Got a Mother Gone to Glory (Live)”
from @Appalachian South Folklife Center - EP
self-released - 2019
RVA USA
The Garifuna Collective, “Magidu (The Market)”
from Aban
Stonetree Records - 2019
Belize-Guatemala-Honduras
Aziz Sahmaoui & University of Gnawa, “Gang Sound of Mbirika”
from Poetic Trance
BLUE LINE - 2019
Morocco-Senegal-France
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, “Kanougnon (feat. Majid Bekkas)”
from Miri
Outhere Records - 2019
Mali-Morocco
Bill Lupoletti Global A Go-Go December 23rd, 2019
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