Program January 2, 2015: Best of the Rest of 2014

Global A Go-Go kicks off 2015 with one last look back at 2014.  This week, the focus is on individual songs: my favorite singles of the year, top tracks from albums that didn't quite make my best-of lists, and great songs hidden on otherwise forgettable long-players.

This annual "Best of the Rest" show invariably turns out to have just as much great music as the two program ("Best New Releases" and "Best Reissues/Compliations") that precede it -- like it or not, we're living in a singles era again, so recapping my favorite albums of the year misses a lot of top-shelf material.  Check it out for yourself and see.

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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

Sur Un Volcan | La Maison Tellier (France) | single | At(h)ome | 2014
Alisha Malina | Peyoti For President (UK-Spain) | Who Am I? | Whatabout Music | 2014
Steal Your Love | Rene Lopez (USA) | Paint The Moon Gold | Liberation Label | 2014
Manjalagi | Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars (Sierra Leone) | Libation | Cumbancha | 2014
Reel It In | Low Mentality (USA) | single | 3rd Generation | 2014

Creo En Ti | Ana Tijoux (Chile-France) | Vengo | Nacional | 2014
Bhangra V | Black Masala (DC USA) | Black Masala | self-released | 2014
Firewalker | Jungle Fire (USA) | Tropicoso | Nacional | 2014

Lady Revisited | Somi (USA) feat Angelique Kidjo (Benin) | The Lagos Music Salon | OKeh | 2014
Pas Contente | Vaudou Game (Togo-France) | Apiafo | Hot Casa | 2014
Burnt Offering | The Budos Band (USA) | Burnt Offering | Daptone | 2014

Stop And Frisk | Ted Sirota's Heavyweight Dub (USA) | The Scientist Meets Ted Sirota's Heavyweight Dub | Liberated Zone | 2013
Cali Green | Mighty Mystic (Jamaica-USA) | Concrete World | VP | 2014
Need Ah Riddim | Biggie Irie (Barbados) | Soca Gold 2014 | VP | 2013

You Shook Me All Night Long | Cecilia Noel (Peru-USA) | Havana Rocks | Compass | 2014
Bailazo | Bang Data (USA) | Mucho Poco | Futuro Sonico / Rockolito Music | 2014
Boogaloo Mutante | Mpeach & Sunsplash (Venezuela-USA) | single | Rants From A Stranger | 2014

Sanata | Kiran Ahluwalia (India-Canada-USA) | Sanata : Stillness | Magenta | 2014
Gdeim Izik | Aziza Brahim (Sahwari Arab Democratic Republic) | Soutak | Glitterbeat | 2014

Un Poquito Mas | Captain Planet feat Chico Mann (USA) | Esperanto Slang | Bastard Jazz | 2014
Mossa Boa | Elizio (Cabo Verde-Angola-France) | single | Couleurs Music | 2014
Ambiancement | Jey Liba (Togo-France) | Afrolove Kizomba Special | Lusafrica | 2012