GLOBAL A GO-GO: Top 10 compilations, reissues & historic recordings of 2024

This week on Global A Go-Go (Sunday December 29, 1:00-3:00 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'm wrapping up a 3-week-long look at the top releases of 2024 by playing tracks from my favorite compilations, reissues and historic recordings of the year.

I admit to spending a lot of time keeping up with what's new in the world of world music. At the same time, there's so much older music that I'm still unaware of and that I'd like to know more about. How to work on both simultaneously? That's precisely where compilations, reissues and historic recordings come in. I make sure to pay special attention to this category every year -- it's one of the primary ways I backfill my own musical knowledge.

Without further ado, here are my favorite compilations, reissues and historic recordings of 2024:

Global A Go-Go's Top Ten Compilations, Reissues & Historic Recordings of 2024

1. Wagadu Grooves: The Hypnotic Sound Of Camara 1987-2016 (Mali-Côte D'Ivoire-Guinée Conakry-Mauritania-Senegal-Gambia-France) | Hot Mule

2. África Negra (São Tomé & Príncipe) | Antologia Vol. 2 | Bongo Joe

3. Kampire Presents: A Dancefloor In Ndola (Uganda-Kenya-Zambia-RD Congo-South Africa-Cameroon-Nigeria) | Strut

4. The Albarika Story (Benin) | Acid Jazz

5. Abdallah Oumbadougou (Niger) | Amghar: The Godfather Of Tuareg Music, Vol. 1 | Petaluma

6. Amadou & Mariam (Mali-France) | La Vie Est Belle | Because Music

7. Zanzibara 11 - Congo In Dar: Dance No Sweat; Orchestre Maquis Du Zaire & Orchestre Safari Sound / 1982-1986 (Tanzania-RD Congo) | Buda Musique

8. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Dahomey (Benin) | Le Sato 2 | Acid Jazz

9. Karantamba (Gambia) | Galgi | Teranga Beat

10. Elísio Gomes & Joaquim Varela (Cabo Verde-Portugal) | Chuma Lopes | Arabusta

Honorable Mention

Edmundo Arias (Colombia) | Guepa Je! | Radio Martiko

Black Truth Rhythm Band (Trinidad & Tobago) | Ifetayo | Soundway

Congo Funk! Sound Madness From The Shores Of The Mighty Congo River, Kinshasa-Brazzaville 1969-1982 (RD Congo-R Congo) | Analog Africa

Celia Cruz & Johnny Pacheco (Cuba-Dominican Republic-USA) | Celia & Johnny | Fania

Festival Donso N'goni, Volume 1 (Mali-Côte D'Ivoire-Guinée Conakry-Burkina Faso-Senegal) | Remote

Ghetto Brothers (Puerto Rico USA) | Power-Fuerza | Vampisoul

Tete Mbambisa (South Africa) | African Day | As-Shams / The Sun

Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story Of 1970s Funky Lagos (Nigeria) | Strut

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party (Pakistan) | Chain Of Light | Real World

Super Disco Pirata: De Tepito Para El Mundo 1965-1980 (Mexico-Colombia-Ecuador-Argentina-Peru) | Analog Africa

Global A Go-Go's top 20 compilations, reissues and historic recordings of 2024 are available as a Tidal playlist: bit.ly/3ZXGOXO

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