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
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
All the podcasts: 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
Bamba Wassoulou Groove | Mali | Bina | Dankele | Lusafrica | 2020
Nahawa Doumbia | Mali | Ndiagneko | Kanawa | Awesome Tapes From Africa | 2020
David Walters | France | Mama | Soleil Kreyol | Heavenly Sweetness | 2020
Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela | Nigeria-France-South Africa | Robbers, Thugs & Muggers (O'Galajani) | Rejoice | World Circuit | 2020
Antibalas | USA | Lai Lai | Fu Chronicles | Daptone | 2020
The Budos Band | USA | Gun Metal Grey | Long In The Tooth | Daptone | 2020
Qwanqwa | Ethiopia-USA | Gurage | Volume 3 | Wuzzawazzee Industries | 2020
Groupe RTD | Djibouti | Uurkan Kaadonaya (I Want You) | The Dancing Devils Of Djibouti | Ostinato | 2020
Sahra Halgan Trio | Somaliland-France | Dardaaran | Waa Dardaaran | Buda Musique | 2020
Fat Freddy's Drop | New Zealand | Hope | Lock-In | The Drop | 2020
Santrofi | Ghana | Mobo | Alewa | Out Here | 2020
Asher Gamedze | South Africa | Hope In Azania | Dialectic Soul | On The Corner | 2020
Dzambo Agusevi Orchestra | North Macedonia | Crazy Horse | Brasses For The Masses | Asphalt Tango | 2020
Jaakko Laitinen & Vaara Raha | Finland | Voyager | Borek | Playground Music Finland | 2020
Tamikrest | Mali-Algeria-France | Amidinin Tad Adouniya | Tamotait | Glitterbeat | 2020
Moonlight Benjamin | Haiti-France | Pale Pawol | Simido | Ma Case | 2020
Bab L'Bluz | Morocco-France | Bab L'Bluz | Nayda! | Real World | 2020
Ajate | Japan | Uka | Alo | 180g | 2020
Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn | China-USA | Ho Hey / Cluck Old Hen | Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn | Smithsonian Folkways | 2020
DakhaBrakha | Ukraine | Ya Siv Ne V Toy Litak | Alambari | self-released | 2020
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