GLOBAL A GO-GO: Charts March 18-31, 2024

WRIR World's NACC Top Ten

1 AFRICAN BROTHERS BAND INT. OF GHANA | Locomotive Train (Keteke): Meko Tarkwa! Meko Tarkwa!! Meko Tarkwa!!! | BBE

2 ADAMA YALOMBA | Tanou | Remote/Studio Mali

3 OMAR SOULEYMAN | Erbil | Mad Decent

4 MERCI YAYA BONGO: LES GROUPES D'ANIMATION FEMININS DU GABON, 1982-1989 | various artists | Secousse

5 AUSECUMA BEATS | Dakar Bamako | Music In Exile

6 MEKLIT | Ethio Blue [EP] | self-released

7 JEMBAA GROOVE | "Makoma" [Single] | Agogo

8 SAMI GALBI | "Rruina" [Single] | Bongo Joe

9 PAT THOMAS | "Gye Wani" [Single] | Soundway

10 AZIZA BRAHIM | Mawja (Wave) | Glitterbeat

WRIR World's NACC Adds

1 CEU | "Gerando Na Alta" [Single] | Urban Jungle

2 CHICANO BATMAN | Notebook Fantasy | ATO

3 DYNAMQ | "Khamsa Degiga" [Single] | River Nile Entertainment

4 GLASS BEAMS | Mahal [EP] | Ninja Tune

5 GLOBAL BEAT | various artists | Putumayo Discovery

6 SAHRA HALGAN | Hiddo Dhawr | Danaya

7 JOY, THE | "You Complete Me" [Single] | Transgressive

8 NEWEN AFROBEAT | Grietas [EP] | Lichens Family

9 TONO Y SUS SICODELICOS | Mister Boogaloo | Vampisoul

10 LA YEGROS | Haz | X-Ray Production

New & Recommended at WRIR World

Bidaide | "Batua" / "Love Me & Give Me Up" | Matasuna

Biyong, Franck | "Oladipo" (feat. Chief Udoh Essiet & Tony Allen) | Afrolectric Music

Cherry Bandora | Back To The Taverna | Rebel Up / Rumi Sounds

Conjunto Guantanamo | "Guitarra, Tabaco Y Ron" | Nganga

Dynamq | "Khamsa Degiga" | River Nile Entertainment

Fakoly, Tiken Jah | Acoustic | Chapter Two

Flores, Marco Y La Jerez | "El Botecito" (feat. Los Hijos Del Pueblo) | Nacional

Flores, Marco Y La Jerez | "Mi Jerez" | Nacional

Forest Law | "Ooo, I" | Bongo Joe / Total Refreshment Centre

Galbi, Sami | "Rruina" | Bongo Joe

Gavrila, Antonio | Tango Suite Buenos Aires | Zoho Music

Gaye, Marvin & Tammi Terrell | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Boomrush Backup Ska Remix) | Boomrush Productions

Ghetto Brothers | Power-Fuerza | Vampisoul

Halgan, Sahra | Hiddo Dhawr | Danaya

Jembaa Groove | "Dabia" | Agogo

Jembaa Groove | "Makoma" | Agogo

Joy, The | "You Complete Me" | Transgressive

Kokoko! | "Mokili" | Transgressive

Leggett, Mark | "Road To Mali" | Earthsonix

London Afrobeat Collective | Esengo | Canopy

Newen Afrobeat | Grietas EP | Lichens Family

Ngwaka Son Systeme | Iboto Ngenge EP | Eck Echo

Otava Yo | Loud And Clear | ARC

Oumbadougou, Abdallah | Amghar: The Godfather Of Tuareg Music, Vol. 1 | Petaluma

ShazaLaKazoo | Chorba | Asphalt Tango

Sissoko, Mama | Live | Mieruba

Thomas, Pat | "Gye Wani" | Soundway

Yalomba, Adama | Tanou | Remote / Studio Mali

The New & Recommended list as a Spotify playlist: spoti.fi/3KqxSkS

WRIR World Digs

AFCON 2023 EP | (various artists) | CAF

African Brothers Band Int. Of Ghana | Locomotive Train (Keteke): Meko Tarkwa! Meko Tarkwa!! Meko Tarkwa!!! | BBE

Afrika Muye Muye! Tanzanian Rumba & Muziki Wa Dansi 1968-1970 | (various artists) | Recordiana

Akae Beka | Living Testament | Before Zero / Trinity Farm

Alpheus | Unify | Liquidator

Amazones D'Afrique, Les | Musow Danse | Real World

Ausecuma Beats | Dakar Bamako | Music In Exile

Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band | BRSB | Big Crown

Black Truth Rhythm Band | Ifetayo | Soundway

Brahim, Aziza | Mawja | Glitterbeat

Campanelli, DJ Ricky | Nos Curamos Con La Rumba | self-released

Candeleros | El Bululu EP | Folcore

De Mar Y Rio | Bailen Y Gocen EP | Palenque

Delgres | Promis Le Ciel | Discograph

Dias Gomes, Ricardo | Muito Sol | Hive Mind

Errebbaa, Mohamed & Tagna Groove | Hali | self-released

Franco Luambo Makiadi | Presents Les Editions Populaires | Planet Ilunga

Gamedze, Asher | Turbulence and Pulse | International Anthem

Hazmat Modine | Bonfire | Geckophonic

Jean-Marie, Patrick | Atika (Live in RFO TV) | Symbole

Kantata | It's High Time Now | BBE

Karaca, Cem | Nem Kaldi? | Turkishvinyl

Lagos Thugs | Chaos | Immensum Music

Layo, Roseline | Elus De Dieu (Deluxe) | Sony Cote D'Ivoire

London, Frank's Klezmer Brass Allstars | Chronika | Borscht Beat

Manco, Baris | Sakla Samani Gelir Zamani | Turkishvinyl

Mapfumo, Thomas & The Blacks Unlimited | Ndikutambire | Chimurenga Music Company

Meklit | Ethio Blue EP | self-released

Merci Yaya Bongo: Les Groupes D'Animation Feminins Du Gabon, 1982-1989 | (various artists) | Secousse

Mexican Institute Of Sound | Algo-Ritmo: Hits 2004-2024 | Soy Sauce

Moweta, Azuka & His Anioma Brothers Band | Nwanne Bu Ife | Odogwu Entertainment / Palenque

Ochoa, Eliades | Guajiro | World Circuit

Okavango African Orchestra | Migration | self-released

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Dahomey, T.P. | Le Sato 2 | Albarika Store

Rancho Aparte | Re-Evolucion | self-released

Sorcerers, The | I Too Am A Stranger | ATA

Souleyman, Omar | Erbil | Mad Decent

Wagadu Grooves: The Hypnotic Sound Of Camara 1987-2016 | (various artists) | Hot Mule

Zepiss | Natibel | Beaumonde

Latest Arrivals at WRIR World

Akae Beka | "Sow And The Reap" | Before Zero

Anue Nahki | "Land And Oil" | Littlerock Sound

AO Music | Otherness | Abbeywood

Black Roots | Roots | Nubian

Ceu | "Gerando Na Alta" (feat. anaiis) | Urban Jungle

Chicano Batman | Notebook Fantasy | ATO

Dynamq | "Khamsa Degiga" | River Nile Entertainment

Eki Shola | Kaeru | self-released

Erez, Itamar & Hamin Honari | Migrant Voices EP | self-released

Erwilian | Cascadia | self-released

Frazier, Eric | That Place: Featuring Return Of The Panther Woman | EFP Productions

Garcia, Angelica | "Color De Dolor" | Partisan

Glass Beams | Mahal EP | Ninja Tune

Global Beat | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery

Halgan, Sahra | Hiddo Dhawr | Danaya

Hartley, Don | Song Of Creation EP | Don Hartley Music

Jah'Mila | "Bad Habit" / "East Coast Family" | self-released

Joy, The | "You Complete Me" | Transgressive

Knutur, Svarar | Ahoy! Side B | Nordic Notes

Newen Afrobeat | Grietas EP | Lichens Family

Olivias | Que Baixi El Cel | Microscopi

Orquesta Akokan | "Con Altura" / "TKN" | Daptone

OvelhaNegra | Raiou | Brasil Discos

Piper Street Sound feat. Andy Bassford | Black Eyed Dub EP | Piper Street Sound

Rahbani, Ziad | Amrak Seedna & Abtal Wa Harameyah | Wewantsounds

Rohingya Refugees | Once We Had A Home | Ian Brennan

Saicobab | Nrtya | Thrill Jockey

Shelly Y Nueva Generacion | Shelly Y Nueva Generacion | Munster

Subatomic Sound System & Screechy Dan | "My Sound Is Heavy" | Subatomic Sound

Sylvaine | Eg Er Framand EP | Season Of Mist

Tono Y Sus Sicodelicos | Mister Boogaloo | Vampisoul

Traffic Sound | Virgin | Munster

Yegros, La | Haz | X-Ray Production

ZA! + Perrate | Jolifanto | Lovemonk

Current Releases at WRIR World

808 Reggae | (various artists) | Slydda Di Wizard Music / Romeich Ent.

A.G.A Trio | Araxes | Riverboat

Abdallah, Tarek & Adel Shams El Din | Ousoul | Buda Musique

Abduredwan, Ramzi & Dal'Ouna Ensemble | Oyoun Al Kalam | Riverboat

aDUBta & The Black Oak Roots Allstars | Baby I Love You So EP (feat. Ammoye) | Echo Beach

Africamore: The Afro-Funk Side Of Italy, 1973-1978 | (various artists) | Four Flies

Africatown, AL | Ancestor Sounds | PM Press / Free Dirt

Afro-Caribbean Jazz Collective, The | Fiesta At Caroga | self-released

Afro-Semitic Experience, The | Our Feet Began To Pray | Reckless DC Music

Aguidavi Do Jeje | Aguidavi Do Jeje | Rocinante

Akae Beka | "Sow And The Reap" | Before Zero

Alpacas Collective | Big Words | Catalpas

Altan | Donegal | Compass

Anue Nahki | "Land And Oil" | Littlerock Sound

AO Music | Otherness | Abbeywood

Arocena, Dayme | Alkemi | Brownswood

AurallaurA | Exetastes | self-released

Bandalus, The | Tell It Like It Is | Badasonic Studio

Batov Records Artists 3 | (various artists) | Batov

Black Roots | Roots | Nubian

Bontempo, Haroldo | Indie Hippie Retro Brasileiro EP | YB Music

Cabra | Vol. 1 | Microscopi

Caribbean Celebration | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery

Ceu | "Gerando Na Alta" (feat. anaiis) | Urban Jungle

Chartrand, Alexis & Cedric Dind-Lavoie | Au Chemin 4 | self-released

Chicano Batman | Notebook Fantasy | ATO

Christos DC | Kung Fu Action Theatre | Honest Music

Coronado, Carlos | Flamenco Mediterraneo | Microscopi

Cotonete | Victoire De La Musique | Heavenly Sweetness

Cuarteto Yemaya | El Tic Tac | Vampisoul

Curtet, Johanni | If Only I Could Hibernate | Buda Musique

Das, Ritesh | To Begin With | self-released

Diaz, Eda | Suave Bruta | Airfono

Diepkloof United Voice | Harmonizing Soweto: Golden City Gospel & Kasi Soul From The New South Africa | Ostinato

Dieuf-Dieul De Thies | Dieuf-Dieul De Thies | Buda Musique

Dina Ogon | Orion | Playground Music Scandinavia

Do-Goodrs, The | Ridiculous Things | Old Age

Dossel | Badoque | Peneira Musical

Eki Shola | Kaeru | self-released

Erez, Itamar & Hamin Honari | Migrant Voices EP | self-released

Erwilian | Cascadia | self-released

Etkin, Oran | Open Arms | GroundUP

Falquet, Yann | Les Secrets Du Ciel | self-released

Fantastic Freeriding: The Journey Continues | (various artists) | Switchstance

Fiesta Latina | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery

Frazier, Eric | That Place: Featuring Return Of The Panther Woman | EFP Productions

Fred Locks | Black Star Liner | 17 North Parade

Freitas, Amaro | Y'Y | Psychic Hotline

Funk Tide: Tokyo Jazz-Funk From Electric Bird 1978-87 | (various artists) | Wewantsounds

Galathea | Sacred Love | Space Echo

Galbi, Sami | "Dakchi Hani" | Bongo Joe

Gao Hong & Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde | Alondra | ARC

Garcia, Angelica | "Color De Dolor" | Partisan

Garza, Leti | Canciones Sobre La Vida Y La Muerte | Garza Azul

Gato Negro, El | Tigre Qui Pleure | X-Ray Production

Gaye, Marvin & Kim Weston | "It Takes Two" (Boomrush Backup remix) | Boomrush Productions

Glass Beams | Mahal EP | Ninja Tune

Global Beat | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery

Gobbo, Jose Trio | Current | self-released

Godal, Hallvard | The Ground (feat. Richard Burgess) | Godal Music

Hartley, Don | Song Of Creation EP | Don Hartley Music

Hazan, Shay | Wusul | Batov

Hilton, Eric | Sound Vagabond | Montserrat House

Ibibio Sound Machine | "Got To Be Who U Are" | Merge

Ibibio Sound Machine | "Pull The Rope" | Merge

Itabashi, Fumio | Watarase | Wewantsounds

Jah'Mila | "Bad Habit" / "East Coast Family" | self-released

Jalmy | Movimento Vol. II EP | self-released

Jar | Rolling Dice | N-Gage Productions

Jimi Tenor | "Love Is The Language" | Philophon

Jimi Tenor | "My Mind" | Philophon

Joachim, Nathalie | Ki Moun Ou Ye | New Amsterdam / Nonesuch

Kaji, Meiko | Ginchou Wataridori | Wewantsounds

Knutur, Svarar | Ahoy! Side B | Nordic Notes

Kolonel Djafaar | "Phil's First Tear" | Batov

Kolonel Djafaar | "Sirens' Glitch" | Batov

Korman, Cliff | Bossas & Ballads | Tiger Turn

Kosmo Sound | "Yomala" (feat. Imane Geumssy) | Zephyrus

Krakowski, Sergio Trio & Jards Macale | Mascarada: Ze Keti | Rocinante

L.A.B | L.A.B VI | Easy Star / Loop

Levitt, Yosef Gutman | The World And Its People | Soul Song

Lobo, Jose | In All Good Hope | Paper Bag

Lodge, JC | "Love Is Blind" | Tad's

Mariachi Los Camperos | Sones De Mariachi | Smithsonian Folkways

Merengue Tipico, Nueva Generacion! | (various artists) | Bongo Joe

Millenium Movie Star Riddim (5 tracks) | (various artists) | Black Cinderella / Yeyex

Moken | An African Island In An American City | Mood Swing

Moradi, Maliheh & Ehsan Matoori | Our Sorrow | ARC

Naaman | "Walk Remix" (feat. Alborosie) | Big Scoop

Natural Vibes Riddim | (various artists) | Reggae Vibes

Naya Rockers | "Higher Education" (feat. Ivan Neville) | Naya / Floki Studios

O'aro, Ann | Bleu | Buda Musique

Okafor, Ben & The Liberators | Politic Yoyo | Beef

Olivias | Que Baixi El Cel | Microscopi

Oluma | "Cooking Time" | One World

Ona K | Full, New, Luna | self-released

Orgone | Chimera | 3 Palm

Orkestar Kriminal | Originali | CPL

Orquesta 24 Cuadros | Whale Waltzes EP | self-released

Orquesta Akokan | "Con Altura" / "TKN" | Daptone

Ortiz, Carola | Cantareras | Microscopi

OvelhaNegra | Raiou | Brasil Discos

Paco El Lobo & Sangitananda | Memoria De Los Cantes Flamencos , Vol. 1 | Buda Musique

Passover Riddim Chapter II | (various artists) | Greezzly

Peiro Aznar, Joan | Amor Nomada | Microscopi

Piper Street Sound feat. Andy Bassford | Black Eyed Dub EP | Piper Street Sound

Prudencio, Cergio | Antologia 1: Obras Para La Orquesta Experimental De Instrumentos Nativos | Buh

Rahbani, Ziad | Amrak Seedna & Abtal Wa Harameyah | Wewantsounds

Rogers, Natascha | Onaida | No Format

Rohingya Refugees | Once We Had A Home | Ian Brennan

Rootz Radicals | Together As One | self-released

Saicobab | Nrtya | Thrill Jockey

Samory I | Strength | Overstand Entertainment / Easy Star

San Lucas Band, The | La Voz De Las Cumbres (Music Of Guatemala) | Bongo Joe

Saramaccan Sound | Where The River Bends Is Only The Beginning | Glitterbeat

Schnieke | Hediye | Asphalt Tango

Schumacher, Dave & Cubeye | Smoke In The Sky | Cellar Music

Shelly Y Nueva Generacion | Shelly Y Nueva Generacion | Munster

Shugorei | The Sounds Of Chow Gar | 4000

Skeewiff | Something Like That? | Jalapeno

Skogstad, Hakon | 8 Concepts Of Tango | Ora Fonogram

Sole | Elos | CPL

Soul Sugar | Just A Little Talk | Gee

Soweto Gospel Choir + Groove Terminator | Good Life (Impilo Emnande) Remixes | Transient

Subatomic Sound System & Screechy Dan | "My Sound Is Heavy" | Subatomic Sound

Subset | Decoded EP | Dubmission

Super Biton De Segou | Afro.Jazz.Folk Collection Vol. 2 | Mieruba

Sylvaine | Eg Er Framand EP | Season Of Mist

Tijoux, Ana | Vida | Victoria Producciones

Tinto Tango | Alma: Tinto Tango Plays Piazzolla | Nacional

Toco | "Carnaval Primeiro" | Schema

Tono Y Sus Sicodelicos | Mister Boogaloo | Vampisoul

Traffic Sound | Virgin | Munster

Tropical Party | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery

Ulyap Songs: Beyond Circassian Tradition | (various artists) | Flee

Utopians, The | Look Around You | Badasonic Studio

Veggie Tales Collection | (various artists) | Little Beat More

Viu-Viu, La | Flexus | Microscopi

Wahch Yah Wahch Yah Riddim | (various artists) | Small Axe Entertainment

Women Of The World | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery

World Love Songs | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery

Yegros, La | Haz | X-Ray Production

Yirinda | Yirinda | Chapter

ZA! + Perrate | Jolifanto | Lovemonk

Zea | Wat Ik Dacht Toen Ik Lag (The Dub Remix Album) | Krachladen Dub / Makkun

Zion Head & Macka B | "Praise To Jah" | Z2diz Music Production

Zion Train | Dissident Sounds Remix EP | Universal Egg

Global A Go-Go Tracklist, March 31

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