Program December 16, 2015: Top Ten Compilations of 2015

This week, it's my annual tribute to the cratediggers of the world: the folks who unearth the forgotten, the obscure and in some cases the never-before-heard.  And a shout out as well to the curators: the people who put music we might already know into a new, enlightening context.

I'm referring here to the people responsible for the world music compilations, reissues and historic recordings that I enjoyed in 2015.  I'll highlight 20 of them on this week's program, including music from 18 different countries covering seven decades of recorded music.

Click "Read More" to see my 2015 Top Ten (compilations, reissues and historic recordings division).

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Top Ten Compilations, Reissues and Historic Recordings of 2015
1.  Thomas Mapfumo | Lion Songs: Essential Tracks In The Making Of Zimbabwe | Lion Songs
2.  various artists | Senegal 70: Sonic Gems & Previously Unreleased Recordings From The 70s | Analog Africa
3.  various artists | The Rough Guide To Psychedelic Cumbia | World Music Network
4.  Letta Mbulu | In The Music The Village Never Ends | Be With
5.  various artists | Next Stop Soweto, Vol. 4: Zulu Rock, Afro-Disco And Mbaqanga 1975-1985 | Strut
6.  Dieuf-Dieul De Thies | Aw Sa Yone Vol. 2 | Teranga Beat
7.  Zdob Si Zdub | 20 De Veri | MediaPro Music
8.  E.T. Mensah & The Tempos | King Of Highlife Anthology | RetroAfric
9.  various artists | Big Box Of Afrosound | Vampisoul
10. Amara Toure | 1973-1980 | Analog Africa

Honorable Mention
various artists | The Brasileiro Treasure Box Of Funk & Soul | Cultures Of Soul
Os Brazoes | Os Brazoes | Mr Bongo
Buena Vista Social Club | Lost And Found | World Circuit
various artists | Chicas! Vol. 2:  Spanish Female Singers 1963-1978 | Vampisoul
Roger Damawuzan & Les As Du Benin | Wait For Me | Hot Casa
various artists | Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock And Roll | Dust-To-Digital
various artists | Highlife On The Move: Selected Nigerian & Ghanaian Recordings From London & Lagos, 1954-66 | Soundway
Ginger Johnson & His African Messengers | African Party | Freestyle
Mazhar Ve Fuat | Turkuz Turku Cagiririz! | Shadoks Music
Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile De Dakar | Fatteliku (Live In Athens 1987) | Real World

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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

Nianky | Dieuf-Dieul De Thies (Senegal) | Aw Sa Yone Vol. 2 | Teranga Beat | 1981
Kocc Barma | Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile De Dakar (Senegal) | Fatteliku (Live In Athens 1987) | Real World | 1987

Thiely | Orchestre Bawobab (Senegal) | Senegal 70: Sonic Gems & Previously Unreleased Recordings From The 70's | Analog Africa | 197x
Salamouti | Amara Toure (Guinee Conakry) Et L'Orchestre Massako (Gabon) | 1973-1980 | Analog Africa | 1980

Macusa | Buena Vista Social Club (Cuba) | Lost And Found | World Circuit | 1996
Cachumbembe | Fruko Y Sus Tesos (Colombia) | Big Box Of Afrosound | Vampisoul | 1972

Ghana Freedom | E.T. Mensah & The Tempos (Ghana) | King Of Highlife Anthology | RetroAfric | 1957
Money Money | The Quavers (Ghana-South Africa-UK) | Highlife On The Move: Selected Nigerian & Ghanaian Recordings From London & Lagos, 1954-66 | Soundway | 195x
I Jool Omo | Ginger Johnson & His African Messengers (Nigeria-UK) | African Party | Freestyle | 1967

Ndangariro | Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited (Zimbabwe) | Lion Songs: Essential Tracks In The Making Of Zimbabwe | Lion Songs | 2010
Lekopokopo Single Moqashoa | T.Y. Boys (South Africa) | Next Stop Soweto, Vol. 4: Zulu Rock, Afro-Disco And Mbaqanga 1975-1985 | Strut | 1981
Vumani Makhosi | Letta Mbulu (South Africa) | In The Music The Village Never Ends | Be With | 1983

Codrii | Zdob Si Zdub (Moldova) | 20 De Veri | MediaPro Music | 2015
Turkuz Turku Cagiririz | Mazhar Ve Fuat (Turkey) | Turkuz Turku Cagiririz! | Shadoks Music | 1973
Jimmy, Renda-Se | Tom Ze (Brazil) | The Brasileiro Treasure Box Of Funk & Soul | Cultures Of Soul | 1970
Gotham City | Os Brazoes (Brazil) | Os Brazoes | Mr Bongo | 1969
Seli | Edda Dell'Orso & Cantori Moderni De Alessandroni (Italy) | Chicas! Vol. 2: Spanish Female Singers 1963-1978 | Vampisoul | 1967

Olvidate De Mi | La Mermelada De Jose L. Carballo (Peru) | The Rough Guide To Psychedelic Cumbia | World Music Network | 1980