December 27, 2019

Top ten singles & EPs of 2019

This week on the December 30th edition of Global A Go-Go, I'll unwrap my favorite singles and EPs of 2019.

I've been doing top ten album lists since WRIR went on the air in 2005, but this is the first time I've ever done a singles chart.  It's an acknowledgement of changing times.  I became an adult in the album era: we listened to LPs front to back and valued them for their sequencing and artwork as much as for the individual songs.  Today we're living in a world of streaming and Spotify; the individual song is king again, much as it was when I bought my first 45 way back in 1969.

Everything I'm playing this week was initially released as a single or EP.  Some would be on albums later in the year, but none of the tracks are merely album cuts that I think would make good singles.  They're all the actual item.

Without further ado, simply click "Read more" for my top ten singles and EPs of 2019, plus ten honorable mentions:

Top Ten Singles & EPs of 2019
1.  Bomba Estereo Y Systema Solar (Colombia) | "Carnavalera" | Sony Latin
2.  Miramar (RVA USA) | "Salida / Urgencia" | Daptone
3.  Dubioza Kolektiv feat Manu Chao (Bosnia & Herzegovina-France-Spain) | "Cross The Line" | Menart
4.  Los Bitchos (England UK-Uruguay-Australia-Sweden) | "Pista (Great Start)" | self-released
5.  Jamesy P (St. Vincent & The Grenadines) | "Soca Land" | Monk Music
6.  Phonosonics & Leroy Sibbles (Canada-Jamaica) | "Me And Mrs. Jones" | self-released
7.  Bolga All-Stars & The Polyversal Souls (Ghana-Germany) | "This Is Bolga!" | Philophon
8.  Penny Penny (South Africa) | "Shilungu" | Soundway
9.  Deuce Eclipse Y Los Leones De La Cumbia (USA) | "Charamusca" | Freedom Style / Discos Resaca
10. Chris De Wise Shepherd (Ghana) | "Nera Wo'o Soke" | Localophone

Honorable Mention
Antibalas (USA) | "Fight Am Finish" | Daptone
Combo Chimbita (USA) | "Esto Es Real (8100 mg)" | Anti-
Claude Fontaine (USA) | "Cry For Another" | Innovative Leisure
Alemayehu Eshete & The Polyversal Souls (Ethiopia-Germany) | "Feqer Feqer New" | Philophon
Guts (France-Spain) | "Kenke Corner" | Heavenly Sweetness
Ibibio Sound Machine (Nigeria-England UK-Ghana) | "Wanna Come Down" | Merge
Muito Kaballa (Germany) | "Lugar Ao Sol" | Switchstance
Jaakko Laitinen & Vaara Raha (Finland) | "I Taget Finns En Restaurangvagn" | self-released
Orchestra Gold (USA-Mali) | Orchestra Gold I (EP) | self-released
Zenobia (Israel) | Zenobia (EP) | Acid Arab / Crammed

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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

Zenobia | Israel | KSR KSR KSR | Zenobia - EP | Acid Arab / Crammed | 2019
Dubioza Kolektiv | Bosnia & Herzegovina-France-Spain | Cross The Line (feat Manu Chao) | Cross The Line - single | Menart | 2019
Jaakko Laitinen & Vaara Raha | Finland | I Taget Finns En Restaurangvagn | I Taget Finns En Restaurangvagn - single | self-released | 2019

Alemayehu Eshete & The Polyversal Souls | Ethiopia-Germany | Feqer Feqer New | Feqer Feqer New - single | Philophon | 2019
Bolga All-Stars & The Polyversal Souls | Ghana-Germany | This Is Bolga! Part 1 & 2 | This Is Bolga! - single | Philophon | 2019
Orchestra Gold | USA-Mali | Djama | Orchestra Gold I - EP | self-released | 2019

Guts | France-Spain | Kenke Corner | Kenke Corner / Mucagiami - single | Heavenly Sweetness | 2019
Ibibio Sound Machine | Nigeria-England UK-Ghana | Wanna Come Down | Wanna Come Down - single | Merge | 2019
Penny Penny | South Africa | Shilungu (Esa & Mervin Granger '99 mix) | Shilungu - single | Soundway | 2019

Phonosonics & Leroy Sibbles | Canada-Jamaica | Me And Mrs. Jones | Me And Mrs. Jones - single | self-released | 2019
Claude Fontaine | USA | Cry For Another | Cry For Another - single | Innovative Leisure | 2019
Miramar | RVA USA | Salida | Salida / Urgencia - single | Daptone | 2019
Chris De Wise Shepherd | Ghana | Nera Wo'o Soke | Nera Wo'o Soke - single | Localophone | 2019

Los Bitchos | England UK-Uruguay-Australia-Sweden | Pista (Great Start) | Pista (Great Start) - single | self-released | 2019
Deuce Eclipse Y Los Leones De La Cumbia | USA | Charamusca | Charamusca - single | Freedom Style / Discos Resaca | 2019
Combo Chimbita | USA | Esto Es Real (8100 mg) | Esto Es Real (8100 mg) - single | Anti- | 2019
Bomba Estereo Y Systema Solar | Colombia | Carnavalera | Carnavalera - single | Sony Latin | 2019

Antibalas | USA | Fight Am Finish | Fight Am Finish - single | Daptone | 2019
Muito Kaballa | Germany | Lugar Ao Sol | Lugar Ao Sol - single | Switchstance | 2019
Jamesy P | St. Vincent & The Grenadines | Soca Land | Soca Land - single | Monk Music | 2019

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