2023: GLOBAL A GO-GO (AROUND THE WORLD)

 

 

AFRICAN SPECTRUM 

 

BCUC - Millions of Us (On The Corner Records) South African

Bombino - Sahel (Partisan Records) Niger-Tuareg

Bounaly - Dimanche à Bamako (Sahel Sounds) Mali

Ddolomane Doumbia - Ségou to Lagos (Mieruba, 2023) Mali

Dur-Dur Band Int. - The Berlin Session (Out Here Record) Somalia

Hailu Mergia - Pioneer Works Swing (Live) (‎Awesome Tapes From Africa) Ethiopia

Idrissa Soumaoro - Diré (Mieruba Records) Mali

Entoto Band - Entoto Band (Guitar Globetrotter) Eritrea/Ethiopia (via Netherlands)

King Ayisoba - Work Hard (Glitterbeat Records) Ghana

Namian Sidibé - Namian Sidibé (Sahel Sounds) Mali

 Negarit Band ነጋሪት - Origins (Buda Musique)  Ethiopia

Tinariwen - Amatssou (Wedge) Mali-Tuareg

Vumbi Dekula - Congo Guitar (Sing A Song Fighter) RD Congo

 

REISSUES & RETROSPECTIVES)

 

Alhaji Waziri Oshomah - Vol. 1-5 (1978-1984) (5CD/Luaka Bop) Nigeria

Ali Farka Toure - Voyageur (World Circuit) Mali

The Free Music - Free Music (Part 1) (Habibi Funk) Libia

The Good Samaritanes - No Food Without Taste If By Hunger (Analog Africa) Nigeria

Jantra - Synthesized Sudan; Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance...(Ostinato) Sudan

Les Abranis - Amazigh Freedom Rock 1973-1983 (L.D.B.J.) Algeria

Ogassa - Ogassa Original Vol.1 (Albarika Sore, 1978 / Reissue, Hot CasaRecord) Benin

Papa Yankson - Party Time (Marriot Promotion, 1989 / Reissue, Kalita) Ghana

Roger Bekono - Roger Bekono (I.D.S., 1989 / Reissue, A.T.F.A.) Cameroon

Va - As-Shams Archive Vol.1: South African Jazz, Funk & Soul 1975-82 (As-Shams-The Sun)

Va - East Africa Highway (No Wahala Sounds)

Va - Piconema; East African Hits On the Colombian Coast (RocafortRecords)

Va - The Soul of Congo - Treasures of the Ngoma label (1948-1963)(Planet Ilunga, 2023)

 

BRAZILIAN SPECTRUM

 

 Airto Moreira & Flora Purim - A Celebration: 60 Years - Sounds... (BBE)

 Ary Lobo - Ary Lobo 1958-1966 (Analog Africa)

Agustin Pereyra Lucena - A. P. L. (Tonodisc, 1970/Reissue, Far Out)

João Gilberto - Relicário (Ao Vivo No Sesc 1998) (Selo Sesc-2CD)

Gabriel da Rosa - É o que a casa oferece (Stones Throw)

Irma Ferreira - Em Cantos de Òrìsà (Ajabu)

Ivan Lins - My Heart Speaks (Resonance)

Elza Soares - No Tempo da Intolerância (Deck)

Lucas Santtana - O Paraíso (No Format Records)

Pedro Rosa - Midnight Alvorada (Ajabu!)

Rogê - Curyman (Diamond West Records)

Rodrigo Campos & Romulo Fróes - Elefante (YB Music)

Rômulo Fróes & Tiago Rosas - Na goela (YB Music)

Rubel - As Palavras, Vol. 1 & 2 (Dorileo-Coala Records/2CD)

 Va - Hidden Waters: Strange & Sublime Sounds Of Rio De Janeiro (Mr Bongo)

 

 

 

LATIN SPECTRUM 

 

 

 Afrosound - Carruseles (Disco Fuentes, 1974; Reissue, Vampi Soul)

Eliades Ochoa - Guajiro (World Circuit)

Insólito UniVerso - Ese Puerto Existe (Olindo Records)

Luzmila Carpio - Inti Watana - El Retorno Del Sol (ZZK Records)

Omara Portuondo - Vida (One World Records)

Ray Barretto - Acid (Fania, 1968; Reissue, Craft)

Soema Montenegro - Círculo Radiante (Mais Um)

Va - Ayuda, Help para Glenda Torrado! (Meridian Brothers Bandcamp) 

Va - Club Coco ¡AHORA! The Latin Sound Of Now (Les Disques Bongo Joe)

Va - Ecuatoriana - El Universo Paralelo de Polibio Mayorga 1969-81(Analog Africa)

CARIBBEAN SPECTRUM 

 

 

 

Calypso, Zouk, Soca, Voodoo rhythm, Gwo ka, Antilles...

 

 

Chouk Bwa & Ångströmers - Somanti (LDBJ) Haiti via Belgium

Erol Josué - Peleri-naj (Village Hut Records)

Hugh Masekela & Siparia Deltones - Siparia to Soweto (Monk Music) via South Africa

Moonlight Benjamin - Wayo (Ma Case Records)

Polobi & the Gwo Ka Masters - Abri Cyclonique (Real World)

Ayizan - Dilijans (AYZ Inc., 1984;/ Reissue, Comet Records Haiti..)

Yoruba Singers - Ojinga's Own (Bluegrass, 1974/Re., Soundway)

Va - Nowhere Like Here (Love Songs From the Caribbean And Diaspora) (Emotional Rescue)

Reggae, Dub, Ska, Rocksteady...

 

Burning Spear - No Destroyer (BurningSpearMusic)

Creation Rebel - Hostile Environment (On-U Sound)

 Desmond Dekker - King of Ska; Beverley's Records Singles Collection 1963-67 (2CD,Trojan)

 Dub Syndicate - Fear of a Green Planet [25th Anniversary Expanded] (Echo Beach)

Keith Hudson - Pick A Dub (Mamba, 1974; Reissue, Deluxe Edition, VPRecords)

Prince Lincoln Thompson & The Royal Rasses Band - Harder Na Rass ('80, RE., Burning Sounds)

The Skatalites - Essential Artist Collection (Trojan Records/2CD)

Victor Axelrod - If You Ask Me To Victor Axelrod Covers for Daptone(Daptone)

 Va - Ariwa Sounds: The Early Sessions (Ariwa, 1984; Reissue, Melodies International)

Va - Joe Gibbs Presents Dancehall Stylee; Classic Dancehall Sounds 1979-81 (2CD-Doctor Bird)

Va - Studio One Space-Age Dub Special; Intergalactic Dub from Studio One(Soul Jazz)

Va - Tokyo Riddim 1976-1985 (Time Capsule Records) via Japan

 

 

 

(GENERIC) ETHNO WORLD

 Alam Khan, Arjun K. Verma, Del Sol Q. - The Resonance Between (AMMP) Hindu

Altin Gün - Aşk (Glitterbeat-ATO) Anadolu/Netherland

Carminho - Portuguesa (Maria Music-Warner) Portugal

Charif Megarbane - Marzipan (Habibi Funk Records) Lebanon

Cristina Branco - Mãe (o-tone music) Portugal

Fabrizio Piepoli - Maresia (Zero Nove Nove) Italy

Hiram Salsano - Bucolica (Self release) Italy

Jono Heyes - Beehive (Jono Heyes Music) New Zeland

Mostar Sevdah Reunion - Lady Sings the Balkan Blues (Snail Rec.) Bosnia

Munojat Yulchieva - Selected Pieces (Felmay) Uzbekistan

Florea, Amarandel, Bălășanu - Moldavia... (Buda) Moldavia/Romania

Va - Afghan Musicians in Exile; Mashhad 2022 (Worlds Within Worlds) Afghanistan

Va - Bolinus Brandaris; Flamenco from the Bay of Cadiz (Dust-to-Digital) Spain

 Va - Fish & Poi: Hawaiian Independent 78rpm Discs ca.1945​-​56 (Canary Records) Hawaii

Va - Waiting for Your Return: A Shidaiqu Anthology 1927-52, Pt. I (D.I.N.T.E.) China