Program December 6, 2013: Top Ten New Releases of 2013

With the year winding down to its close, it's time for Global A Go-Go's look at the best world music releases of 2013.  I'll devote three weeks to this subject:

• This week you'll hear my favorite new recordings of the year: Global A Go-Go's Top Ten, plus an additional ten runners-up
• On next week's program (December 13), I'll feature my favorite compilations, reissues and historic recordings from 2013
• And in two weeks (December 20), it's the best of the rest: my favorite songs, top tracks from albums that didn't quite make the list, and hidden gems

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Click through for my review of each release.

Top Ten New Releases Of 2013
1.  Fat Freddy's Drop | Blackbird | The Drop
2.  Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba | Jama Ko | Out|Here
3.  Boban & Marko Markovic | Gipsy Manifesto | Piranha
4.  Rokia Traore | Beautiful Africa | Nonesuch
5.  The Garifuna Collective | Ayo | Cumbancha
6.  Mulatu Astatke | Sketches Of Ethiopia | Jazz Village
7.  Gogol Bordello | Pura Vida Conspiracy | ATO
8.  Systema Solar | La Revancha Del Burro | Sambumbia
9.  Femi Kuti | No Place For My Dream | Knitting Factory
10. Andrea Echeverri | Ruisenora | Nacional

Honorable Mention
Bombino | Nomad | Nonesuch
Carbon Leaf | Ghost Dragon Attacks Castle | Constant Ivy
Chico Trujillo | Gran Pecador | Barbes
Kal | Romology | ARC
Kobo Town | Jumbie In The Jukebox | Cumbancha
The Liberators | Power Struggle | Record Kicks
Red Baraat | Shruggy Ji | Sinj
Aziz Sahmaoui | University Of Gnawa | General Pattern SARL
Sorie Kondi | Tholgolobea | Dutty Artz
Tamikrest | Chatma | Glitterbeat

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

Separation | Oliver Lake (USA) | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997
Global A Go-Go | Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK) | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001

Gamo | Mulatu Astatke (Ethiopia) | Sketches Of Ethiopia | Jazz Village | 2013
Aya Hayou | Aziz Sahmaoui (Morocco-France-Senegal) | University Of Gnawa | General Pattern SARL | 2013
Aman | Bombino (Niger) | Nomad | Nonesuch | 2013
Djanegh Etoumast | Tamikrest (Mali) | Chatma | Glitterbeat | 2013

Lost Innocent World | Gogol Bordello (USA) | Pura Vida Conspiracy | ATO | 2013
Menjam Se | Kal (Serbia) | Romology | ARC | 2013
Divlij Konj | Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra (Serbia) | Gipsy Manifesto | Piranha | 2013
Azad Azad | Red Baraat (USA) | Shruggy Ji | Sinj | 2013

The World Is Changing | Femi Kuti (Nigeria) | No Place For My Dream | Knitting Factory | 2013
Cairo Uprising | The Liberators (Australia) | Power Struggle | Record Kicks | 2013

Ruisenora | Andrea Echeverri (Colombia) | Ruisenora | Nacional | 2013
Kame Bawara | The Garifuna Collective (Belize-Honduras-Guatemala) | Ayo | Cumbancha | 2013
Road To Fyzabad | Kobo Town (Canada-Trinidad & Tobago) | Jumbie In The Jukebox | Cumbancha | 2013

Silver & Gold | Fat Freddy's Drop (New Zealand) | Blackbird | The Drop | 2013
La Fiesta De San Benito | Chico Trujillo (Chile) | Gran Pecador | Barbes | 2013
Tukupakata | Systema Solar (Colombia) | La Revancha Del Burro | Sambumbia | 2013

Kouma | Rokia Traore (Mali) | Beautiful Africa | Nonesuch | 2013
Segu Jajiri | Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba (Mali) | Jama Ko | Out|Here | 2013
Y'Alimamy | Sorie Kondi (Sierra Leone) | Thogolobea | Dutty Artz | 2013

Bloody Good Bar Fight Song | Carbon Leaf (RVA USA) | Ghost Dragon Attacks Castle | Constant Ivy | 2013