GLOBAL A GO-GO: Top ten new albums of 2020

December 13, 2020

Top ten new albums of 2020

It's the most wonderful time of the year, the time to find out who's been naughty and nice. No, I'm not talking about the holiday season; I'm talking about when everyone's Best Of The Year lists come out.

I'll be rolling my own lists out over the next three weeks on Global A Go-Go. On this week's program (Monday December 14, 3:00-5:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site) I'll present my top ten new albums of 2020 plus ten honorable mentions.

Next week you'll hear my favorite singles and EPs of the year gone by, and in two weeks it will be selections from my favorite compilations, reissues and historic recordings of 2020. In general, the less said about 2020 the better I guess, but it was a good year for the kind of music I play on this program and you'll hear that for yourself over the rest of December.

Without further ado, here are my top new releases of 2020:

Top Ten New Albums of 2020

1. Bab L'Bluz (Morocco-France) | Nayda! | Real World
2. Fat Freddy's Drop (New Zealand) | Lock-In | The Drop

3. Qwanqwa (Ethiopia-USA) | Volume 3 | Wuzzawazzee Industries

4. Sahra Halgan Trio (Somaliland-France) | Waa Dardaaran | Buda Musique

5. Santrofi (Ghana) | Alewa | Out Here

6. Antibalas (USA) | Fu Chronicles | Daptone

7. Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn (China-USA) | Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn | Smithsonian Folkways

8. Jaakko Laitinen & Vaara Raha (Finland) | Borek | Playground Music Finland

9. Bamba Wassoulou Groove (Mali) | Dankele | Lusafrica

10. Moonlight Benjamin (Haiti-France) | Simido | Ma Case

Honorable Mention

Dzambo Agusevi Orchestra (North Macedonia) | Brasses For The Masses | Asphalt Tango

Ajate (Japan) | Alo | 180g

Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela (Nigeria-France-South Africa) | Rejoice | World Circuit

The Budos Band (USA) | Long In The Tooth | Daptone

DakhaBrakha (Ukraine) | Alambari | self-released

Nahawa Doumbia (Mali) | Kanawa | Awesome Tapes From Africa

Asher Gamedze (South Africa) | Dialectic Soul | On The Corner

Groupe RTD (Djibouti) | The Dancing Devils Of Djibouti | Ostinato

Tamikrest (Mali-Algeria-France) | Tamotait | Glitterbeat

David Walters (France) | Soleil Kreyol | Heavenly Sweetness

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Ajate | Japan | Uka | Alo | 180g | 2020

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December 13, 2020

Top ten new albums of 2020

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