Isn't that overkill? Not really, at least I don't think so. WRIR received 548 new world music releases in 2015; then there's all the new stuff that was never sent to the station that I bought or streamed during the year. Add them all up, and you'll see that my top-lists are just six or so percent of all the new music I heard in 2015. Far from overkill, I'd say it's actually pretty selective company.
Of course, the proof of the pudding is in the eating -- tune in to Global A Go-Go in December and hear for yourself just how good a year in world music 2015 was. I'd say it was very good, in fact one of the best recent vintages.
Click "Read More" to see my 2015 Top Ten (new releases division).
Click through for my review of each new release.
Top Ten New Releases Of 2015
1. Dengue Fever | The Deepest Lake | Tuk Tuk
2. Bixiga 70 | III | Glitterbeat
3. Tiken Jah Fakoly | Racines | Barclay
4. Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band | Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band | Strut
5. Chico Trujillo | Reina De Todas Las Fiestas | Barbes
6. Samba Toure | Gandadiko | Glitterbeat
7. The Souljazz Orchestra | Resistance | Strut
8. Fat Freddy's Drop | Bays | The Drop
9. The Bluebeaters | Everybody Knows | Record Kicks
10. Qwanqwa | Volume Two | FPE
Honorable Mention
Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band | Juguya | Sublime Frequencies
Black Masala | I Love You Madly | self-released
Brian Chilala & Ngoma Zasu | Vangaza! | SWP
Lila Downs | Balas Y Chocolate | Sony Music Latin
Grupo Fantasma | Problemas | Blue Corn Music
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba | Ba Power | Glitterbeat
Kandia Kouyate | Renascence | Sterns
Nozinja | Lodge | Warp
Titi Robin & Mehdi Nassouli | Taziri | World Village
Shantel | Viva Diaspora | Essay
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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
Viene La Muerte Echando Rasero | Lila Downs (Mexico-USA) | Balas Y Chocolate | Sony Music Latin | 2015
Los Nervios Que Te Di | Chico Trujillo (Chile) feat Kevin Johansen (Argentina-USA) | Reina De Todas Las Fiestas | Barbes | 2015
Roto El Corazon | Grupo Fantasma (USA) | Problemas | Blue Corn Music | 2015
Odo Adaada | Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band (Ghana-Germany) | Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band | Strut | 2015
Soleil Couchant | The Souljazz Orchestra (Canada) | Resistance | Strut | 2015
Slavery Days | Tiken Jah Fakoly (Cote D'Ivoire) | Racines | Barclay | 2015
Cheuka | Brian Chilala & Ngoma Zasu (Zambia) | Vangaza! | SWP | 2015
Slings & Arrows | Fat Freddy's Drop (New Zealand) | Bays | The Drop | 2015
Toxic (one drop version) | The Bluebeaters (Italy) | Everybody Knows | Record Kicks | 2015
Rom Say Sok | Dengue Fever (Cambodia-USA) | The Deepest Lake | Tuk Tuk | 2015
Touri Idje Bibi | Samba Toure (Mali) | Gandadiko | Glitterbeat | 2015
Diplome | Titi Robin (France) & Mehdi Nassouli (Morocco) | Taziri | World Village | 2015
Gorage | Qwanqwa (Ethiopia-USA) | Volume 2 | FPE | 2015
EastWest - Dysi Ki Anatoli | Shantel (Germany) & Areti Ketime (Greece) | Viva Diaspora | Essay | 2015
I Love You Madly (radio edit) | Black Masala (DC USA) | I Love You Madly | self-released | 2015
I Kanafo | Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band (Burkina Faso) | Juguya | Sublime Frequencies | 2015
Siran Fen | Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba (Mali) | Ba Power | Glitterbeat | 2015
Niran | Bixiga 70 (Brazil) | III | Glitterbeat | 2015
Tsekeleke | Nozinja (South Africa) | Lodge | Warp | 2015
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