Yep, it's time for that old standby, the year-end top ten list. This week I'll post my ten favorite new releases of 2010, plus ten runners-up; next week we'll cover reissues. There was plenty of good stuff to choose from this year -- a good number of fine releases don't appear on the lists at all.
I've embedded links to my reviews of the recordings on the list. I didn't start posting reviews until May, which is why not all the selections have links. Format, as always, is Artist (Country) | Recording | Label.
1. Gogol Bordello (USA) | Trans-Continental Hustle | American
2. Fat Freddys Drop (New Zealand) | Dr. Boondigga & The Big BW | Electrofone
3. various artists (South Africa) | Shangaan Electro: New Wave Dance Music From South Africa | Honest Jon's
4. The Budos Band (USA) | III | Daptone
5. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba (Mali) | I Speak Fula | Next Ambiance/Sub Pop
6. Balkan Beat Box (USA-Israel) | Blue Eyed Black Boy | Nat Geo Music
7. Moussu T E Lei Jovents (France) | Putan De Cancon | Le Chant Du Monde
8. Chumbawamba (UK) | ABCDEFG | No Masters
9. various artists | Radioclit Presents The Sound Of Club Secousse, Volume 1: African Dance Music Anthems | Crammed Discs
10. The Souljazz Orchestra (Canada) | Rising Sun | Strut
Honorable mentions:
AfroCubism (Mali-Cuba) | AfroCubism | World Circuit/Nonesuch
Tony Allen (Nigeria) | Secret Agent | Nonesuch
The Apples (Israel) | Kings | Freestyle
Choc Quib Town (Colombia) | Oro | Nacional
Fat Freddys Drop (New Zealand) | Live At Roundhouse London | The Drop
Grupo Fantasma (USA) | El Existential | Nat Geo Music
Mariem Hassan | Shouka | Nubenegra
The Imagined Village (UK) | Empire And Love | ECC
Konono No. 1 (RD Congo) | Assume Crash Position | Crammed Discs
Ebo Taylor (Ghana) | Love And Death | Strut
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