Program December 27, 2017: The Best Of The Rest, 2017 Edition

For the last six years, I've ended the calendar year with a program I call "The Best Of The Rest": my favorite new songs that didn't get played in my two-week review of that year's best albums.  I always find it to be one of the year's most compelling shows, and this week's edition is no exception.

The plain truth is that I hear too many good tracks each year to limit myself to a Top 10 or 20 -- this year, my best albums short list was forty titles long.  Then there are the long-players with just one or two killer songs, plus all the EPs and singles that cross my desk.

Add it all up, and the music on The Best Of The Rest might be even more stellar than what you heard over the last two weeks.  I'll let you be the judge.  And this year's The Best Of The Rest is particularly deep: I started with about 60 ideas and managed to winnow it down to 20 or so.

Bonne annee, bonne sante!

Podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/95419
All the podcasts: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/series/Global+A+Go-Go


Artist | Country | Song | Recording | Label | Year

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

Oumou Sangare | Mali | Mogoya | Mogoya | No Format | 2017
Rafiki Jazz | England UK-Pakistan-Israel-Egypt-Senegal-Brazil | Jhooli Laal Qalandar | Har Dam Sahara | Riverboat | 2017

Peyoti For President feat Jeremy Corbyn | UK-Spain | We The People | single | Sordid Soup | 2017
Da Cruz | Brazil-Switzerland | Guerreira | Eco Do Futuro | Boom Jah / Broken Silence | 2017
Dona Onete | Brazil | Na Linha Do Arco-Iris | Banzeiro | Mais Um Discos | 2017

Ani Cordero | Puerto Rico USA | Alma Vieja | Querido Mundo | self-released | 2017
Jungle Fire | USA | Callejero | Jambu | Nacional | 2017
Ondatropica | Colombia-England UK | Caldo Parao | Baile Bucanero | Soundway | 2017

Orchestra Baobab | Senegal | Woulinewa | Tribute To Ndiouga Dieng | World Circuit | 2017
L'Orchestre Afrisa International | RD Congo-USA | Ma Fille | Melanie | Colomotion | 2016

Alemayehu Eshete | Ethiopia | Alteleyeshegnem | single | Philophon | 2017
Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids | USA-Germany-Ghana | Tinoge Ya Ta'a Ba | single | Philophon | 2017

Boubacar Traore | Mali | Yafa Ma | Dounia Tabolo | Lusafrica | 2017
Afous D'Afous | Algeria | Nak Amahah | Tenere | Sahel Sounds | 2017
Tamikrest | Mali | Adoutat Saliligh | Kidal | Glitterbeat | 2017

Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band feat Head-Roc | DC USA | DC Vote | Bone Reader | self-released | 2017
Time Is Fire | DC USA | Angels | Angels | Electric Cowbell | 2017

Flogging Molly | USA-Ireland | The Guns Of Jericho | Life Is Good | Vanguard | 2017
Gogol Bordello | USA-Ukraine-Russia-China-Scotland UK-Ethiopia-Ecuador-Belarus | Familia Bonfireball | Seekers And Finders | Cooking Vinyl | 2017