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OTHER WORLD MUSIC SELECTIONS:
Afropop's
Top 10 of 2008
The
annual "Stocking Stuffers" picks from
Afropop Worldwide are below. Click the link above for additional
albums, plus picks in the Retrospective and Compilation categories,
along iwth links to artists' websites and some audio and video
links:
"In no particular order":
Chiwoniso, Rebel Woman
Aterciopelados Rio
Toumani Diabaté: The Mandé Variations
Seprewa Kasa:
Seprewa Kasa
Seun Kuti
& Egypt 80: Many Things
Emmanuel Jal WARchild
Orchestra Baobab Made in Dakar
Mayra Andrade
Navega
Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social Club At Carnegie Hall(2
CD) [LIVE]
Kasai Allstars Congotronics 3 (In
the 7th Moon, The Chief Turned Into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head
of His Enemy By Magic)
and "Staff
pick":
Lee "Scratch" Perry Scratch Came, Scratch Saw, Scratch
Conquered
Banning Eyre's Best African Music
He is a senior editor at
Afropop, so not surprisingly, this list is very similar to
Afropop's. The page (on the NPR website) has audio of Eyre
discussing his picks, and songs from each of the albums.
1. Kasai Allstars Congotronics 3 (In
the 7th Moon... etc)
2. Chiwoniso, Rebel Woman
3. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80: Many Things
4. Seprewa Kasa: Seprewa Kasa
5. Toumani Diabaté: The Mandé Variations
6. Orchestra Baobab Made in Dakar
7. Emmanuel Jal WARchild
8. Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara:
Soul Science
9.
Franco
& Le TPOK Jazz: Francophonic
10 Orchestre Super Jheevs des Paillotes: African Scream
Contest: Raw & Psychedelic Afro Sounds
11 Vampire Weekend:
Vampire Weekend
World Music Central:
Top 10 albums of the year from various
WMC contributors
Public
Radio International (PRI)'S "The World"
Radio show's "Best of the
Global Hit 2008". Listen to the show, or that portion discussing
and playing a song from each of the top albums, selected &
hosted by
Marco Werman.
1. Buika: Niña de Fuego
2. Yael Naim: Yael Naim
3. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80: XXX
4. Various Artists: Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife,
Afro Sounds, & Nigerian Blues, 1970-76
5. Nomo: Ghost Rock
6. Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend
7. Ben Solee: Learning to Bend
8. Natacha Atlas Ana Hina
9. Asa: Asa
World
Music Charts Europe
WMCE takes a monthly poll of world
music radio programmers in 23 European countries. At the end of each
year, they assemble the top picks of the year.
Click the link
above for the full list of the top 913! recordings for 2008. See
also the links on that page for the top albums of each year since
1991.
Their Top 5 for 2008:
1
Projet 3MA -Rajery/Ballake
Sissoko/Driss
El Maloumi: 3MA
2 Mercan Dede:
800
3 Umalali: The
Garifuna Women's Project
4 Rokia Traore:
Tchamantche
5 Issa Bagayogo:
Mali Koura
About.com:
Click the link above for mini-reviews of the picks.
1. Chiwoniso - Rebel Woman
2. Lakshmi Shankar - Dancing in the Light
3. Solas - For Love and Laughter
4. Manze Dayilo - Sole
5. Le Trio Joubran - Majaz
6. Rupa and the April Fishes - eXtraOrdinary Rendition
7. Etran Finatawa - Desert Crossroads
8. Carla Bruni - Comme si de Rien n'Etai
9. Toumani Diabate - The Mande Variations
10 The Garifuna Women's Project: Umalali
Ken Stowar/Global Rhythms 2008 picks:
Long-time host of CIUT-FM's
"Global Rhythms" (Sundays, 3-6pm, 89.5) dedicated his Dec. 28
& Jan. 4 shows to playing some of his picks for best recordings of the
year. The playlists are posted on the show's Facebook page:
Dec 28 (Part 1);
Jan 4 (Part 2).
Note: the show is
available on a podcast for a week via the "Schedule" page on the
CIUT website.
Pop Matters: Top 10 World Music Albums of 2008
The page linked above contains links
to video or audio clips of all the selections or artists.
1. Justin Adams and Juldeh
Camara: Soul Science
2. The Garifuna Women's Project:
Umalali
3. Debashish Bhattacharya: Calcutta Chronicles
4. Rabih Abou-Khalil: Em Portugues
5. Le Vent du Nord: Dans Les Airs
6. Dub Colossus: A Town Called Addis
7. Buika: Niña de Fuego
8. Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Australian Aboriginal
Music
9. Hanggai: Introducing Hanggai
10 Pistolera; En Este Camino
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