December 15, 2011

Program December 16, 2011: Top Ten New Releases of 2011

Dude!  It's time for my favorite program of the year -- the one where I reveal my top ten new releases of 2011, Global A Go-Go stylee, plus ten (or so) runners-up.  Click "Read More" to see the winners.

Click through for my reviews of each release.

Top Ten New Releases of 2011
1.  Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80 | From Africa With Fury: Rise | Knitting Factory
2.  The Jolly Boys | Great Expectation | eOne Music
3.  Dengue Fever | Cannibal Courtship | Concord
4.  Aurelio | Laru Beya | Sub Pop / Next Ambiance
5.  Bio Ritmo | La Verdad | Electric Cowbell
6.  Tamikrest | Toumastin | Glitterhouse
7.  Rene Lopez | E.L.S. | Nat Geo Music
8.  Geoff Berner | Victory Party | Mint
9.  Foster Manganyi na Tintsumi Ta Tilo | Ndzi Teke Riendzo | Honest Jon's
10. Shaolin Afronauts | Flight Of The Ancients | Freestyle

Honorable Mention
Balkan Brass Battle feat. Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra vs. Fanfare Ciocarlia | Asphalt Tango
Cambodian Space Project | 2011: A Space Odyssey | Metal Postcard
Los Chicharrons | Roots Of Life | Tummy Touch
Hazmat Modine | Cicada | Barbes
Femi Kuti | Africa For Africa | Knitting Factory
Ray Lugo & The Boogaloo Destroyers | Mi Watusi | Freestyle
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo | Cotonou Club | Strut
Rattlemouth | 5 | self-released
June Tabor & Oysterband | Ragged Kingdom | Topic
Tinariwen | Tassili | Anti-

Podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/56484
All the podcasts: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/series/Global+A+Go-Go
Next week: The top ten reissues and compilations of 2011


Song | Artist (Country) | Recording | Label | Year

Separation | Oliver Lake (USA) | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1996
Global A Go-Go | Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK) | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001

Child Of A Blind Man | Hazmat Modine (USA) | Cicada | Barbes | 2011
Ma Vie | Orchestre Poly-Rythmo (Benin) | Cotonou Club | Strut | 2011
Daloy Politzei | Geoff Berner (Canada) | Victory Party | Mint | 2011
Skin To Skin | The Sway Machinery (USA) | The House Of Friendly Ghosts, Volume 1 | JDub | 2011
James Bond Theme | Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra (Serbia) vs. Fanfare Ciocarlia (Romania) | Balkan Brass Battle | Asphalt Tango | 2011

Tiliaden Osamnat | Tinariwen (Mali) | Tassili | Anti- | 2011
Alghalem | Terakaft (Mali) | Aratan N Azawad | World Village | 2011
Ayitma Madjam | Tamikrest (Mali) | Toumastin | Glitterhouse | 2011

If My Love Loves Me | June Tabor & Oysterband (UK) | Ragged Kingdom | Topic | 2011
Family Business | Dengue Fever (USA-Cambodia) | Cannibal Courtship | Concord | 2011
Kolos Srey Chaom (Love God) | Cambodian Space Project (Cambodia-Australia) | 2011: A Space Odyssey | Metal Postcard | 2011

Rehab | The Jolly Boys (Jamaica) | Great Expectation | eOne Music | 2011
Caballo Viejo | Rattlemouth (RVA USA) | 5 | self-released | 2011
Yurumei | Aurelio (Honduras) | Laru Beya | Sub Pop / Next Ambiance | 2011

At The Party | Ray Lugo & The Boogaloo Destroyers (USA) | Mi Watusi | Freestyle | 2011
Shing-A-Ling Is What I Bring | Rene Lopez (USA) | E.L.S. | Nat Geo Music | 2011
Carnaval | Bio Ritmo (RVA USA) | La Verdad | Electric Cowbell | 2011

Shira | Shaolin Afronauts (Australia) | Flight Of The Ancients | Freestyle | 2011
For Them Eye | Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80 (Nigeria) | From Africa With Fury: Rise | Knitting Factory | 2011
Can't Buy Me | Femi Kuti (Nigeria) | Africa For Africa | Knitting Factory | 2011

Ndzi To Tiyisela (I Will Keep On Praying) | Foster Manganyi Na Tintsumi Ta Tilo (South Africa) | Ndzi Teke Riendzo (I'm Taking A Journey) | Honest Jon's | 2010

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