October 1, 2025

Charts September 22-28, 2025

WRIR World's NACC Top Ten
1 MEKLIT | A Piece Of Infinity | Smithsonian Folkways
2 BONGO DISTRICT | Motelito Flores [EP] | 90DB
3 COCHEMEA | Vol. III: Ancestros Futuros | Daptone
4 MULATU ASTATKE | Mulatu Plays Mulatu | Strut
5 IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE | Anyone Like You [EP] | Merge
6 UMUT ADAN AND ZEBANIS | "Bogota" [Single] | Six Degrees
7 ME AND MY FRIENDS | "Tell Me" [Single] | Split Shift
8 ANTIBALAS | "La Ceiba" [Single] | Daptone
9 AFRICAN STEEL | various artists  | Olvido
10 AMADOU AND MARIAM | "Sonfo" feat. Fally Ipupa [Single] | Because
 
 
WRIR World's NACC Adds
1 AFRODREAM | Guiss Guiss | Rubik
2 CLUB COCO: NEW DIMENSIONS IN LATIN MUSIC | various artists | Club Coco
3 EL BAILADOR DE LA ESQUINA | various artists | Vampisoul
4 QAIS ESSAR AND SONNY SINGH | Sangat | Ghost Songs
5 AMIRA KHEIR | Black Diamonds | Contro Cultura/Sterns
6 LANGENDORF UNITED | Undercover Beast | Sing a Song Fighter
7 MEKLIT | A Piece Of Infinity | Smithsonian Folkways
8 AYALAW MESFIN | Hasabe: My Worries | Vampisoul/Now-Again
9 TENOR SAW | "Ring the Alarm" [Single] | Techniques
10 TRIO MOCOTO | Muita Zorra! | Vampisoul
 
 
New & Recommended at WRIR World
2015-2025 Les Disques Bongo Joe: 10 Years of Sonic Explorations | (various artists) | Bongo Joe
Adan, Umut & Zebanis | "Bogota" | Six Degrees
Afrodream | Guiss Guiss | Rubik Music
Amadou & Mariam | "Sonfo" (feat. Fally Ipupa) | Because Music
Antibalas | "La Ceiba" | Daptone
Astatke, Mulatu | Mulatu Plays Mulatu | Strut
Campbell, Al | "Declaration of Rights" | 17 North Parade
Eje Eje | "Oyun Corbasi" | Batov
El Bailador de la Esquina | (various artists) | Vampisoul
Good Ones, The | Rwanda Sings with Strings | Glitterbeat
Laitinen, Jaakko & Vaara Raha | "Lapis Philosophorum" | Playground Music
Marley, Skip | "In Our Sight" | Tuff Gong International / Def Jam
Me and My Friends | "Tell Me" | Split Shift
Meklit | "Abebayehosh" | Smithsonian Folkways
Mesfin, Ayalew | Hasabe: My Worries | Vampisoul / Now-Again
Middea, Leo | "Sulamerica" | Agogo
Orchestra Gold | Dakan | self-released
Q.A.P. Band aka Swin Batuka | "La Picosa (Remix)" | Club Coco
Ranil y su Conjunto Tropical | Sonido Amazonico | Vampisoul
Terror/Cactus | "La Pantera" | Names You Can Trust
Trio Ternura | "A Gira" | Vampisoul
Yalla Miku | "Alemuye" | Bongo Joe
 
 
WRIR World Digs
African Steel | (various artists) | Olvido
Balimaya Project meets Discos Pacifico Allstars | Calima | Jazz Re:freshed / Discos Pacifico
Bandejas Espaciales | Sesiones Macarena EP | MamboNegro
Bongo District | Motelito Flores EP | 90DB
Champeta: El Ritmo de la Tierra (Banda Sonora Original) | (various artists) | Walt Disney
Chiva Rumbera | Ida y Vuelta | MaAuLa
Cochemea | Vol. III: Ancestros Futuros | Daptone
Dalt, Lucrecia | A Danger to Ourselves | RVNG Intl.
Echoes of the Snowland Cuckoo EP | (various artists) | See See
Frimpong, K. & His Cubano Fiestas | Blue Album | Soundway
Group Inerane | Marjahan Bianou | Sublime Frequencies
Habibi Funk 031: A Selection of Music from Libyan Tapes | (various artists) | Habibi Funk
Ibibio Sound Machine | Anyone Like You EP | Merge
Islamabad Discipline | Complex Zero Point Faizabad | Radio Khiyaban
Juniore | Un Peu D'Histoire | Le Phonographe
Kouyate, Ousmane | Ousmane Kouyate (Analog Africa Limited Dance Edition No. 18) | Analog Africa
Mahotella Queens | Buya Buya: Come Back | Umsakazo
Mande Sila | Live @ Levon Helm Studios | Contre-Jour
Martinez, Edna Presents Pico: Sound System Culture From the Colombian Caribbean | (various artists) | Strut
Meeks, Carl | Legendary | Big Bout Ya
Music For a Revolution, Vol. 1: Guinea's Syliphone Recording Label (1967-1973) | (various artists) | Radio Martiko
Nali, Gasper | Chule Chule Iwe | Spare Dog
Nana Benz du Togo | Se Nam | Komos
Nkhata, Alick | Radio Lusaka | Mississippi
Olivares, Fito y su Grupo | Pa' Bailar | self-released
Orchestra Fuego | Mambo Mania | self-released
Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou-Benin, T.P. | Tidiani Kone et le T.P. Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou-Benin | Acid Jazz
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, T.P. | Trop Parler C'est Maladie | Acid Jazz
Portuando, Omara | Eternamente Omara | Warner Spain
Scientist & Dubiterian feat. Joseph Cotton | Signed and Sealed | Scientist
Singh, Laura Ann with Rosette | Crumb of Me | Bem Te Vi
Sister Nancy | Armageddon | Ariwa
Sorcerers, The | Other Worlds and Habitats | ATA
Sounds of Abkhazia | (various artists) | Ored
Star Feminine Band | Jusqu'au Bout du Monde | Born Bad
Stone, Abijah | Ashes in the Offering | From Babylon to Zion
Terauchi, Takeshi & Blue Jeans | Let's Go Eleki Bushi | 180g
Trio Kazanchis + 1 | Sheger | 121234
Trio Mokili | Trio Mokili | Nsango Nini
Wade, Alune | New African Orleans | Enja / Yellowbird
Werrason | Depart Unique | self-released
Xavier, Carlos | Levantate | self-released
 
 
Latest Arrivals at WRIR World
Afrodream | Guiss Guiss | Rubik Music
Babo Moreno | Babo Moreno | Matsuka
Campodonico, Juan | Todo Esto Tampoco Soy Yo | Altafonte
Club Coco: New Dimensions in Latin Music | (various artists) | Club Coco
El Bailador de la Esquina | (various artists) | Vampisoul
Essar, Qais & Sonny Singh | Sangat | Ghost Songs
Foster, Chuck | Chill Out Dub | Catch Me Time
Inuit Music: From Thule to the Bering Strait | (various artists) | Ocora Radio France
Kheir, Amira | Black Diamonds | Sterns Music / Contro Cultura Music
Langendorf United | Undercover Beast | Sing a Song Fighter
Lasar, Mars | Grand Canyon | Sound Manipulations
Meklit | A Piece of Infinity | Smithsonian Folkways
Mesfin, Ayalew | Hasabe: My Worries | Vampisoul / Now-Again
Muito Kaballa | Tomorrow a Flower | Batov
Panteon Rococo | Sonoro | Compañeros Musicales S. De R. L. De C.V.
Ras Teo | Deh Pon Dem | Forward Bound
Rius, La Marta | L'Endema | Microscopi
Selva, Joao | Onda Remix EP | Underdog
Tenor Saw | "Ring the Alarm" | Techniques
Trio Mocoto | Muita Zorra! | Vampisoul
Villavecchia, Max | Entre Mar i Roca | Microscopi
Wau y Los Arrghs!!! | Viven!!! | Munster
Yano, Akiko | 7 O'Clock in Tokyo | Wewantsounds
 
 
Current Releases at WRIR World
Afro-Portuguesa | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery
Agudello, Oscar y el Combo Moderno | Pa' Mi Muneca | Vampisoul
Alice | Chateaux Faibles | Bongo Joe
Al-Saadi, Hamid | Maqam Al-Iraq | Maqam
Amato, Gino | Latin Crossroads 2 | Ovation
Antrobus, Raymond & Evelyn Glennie | Aloud | Toy Gun Murder
Ashtech | Walkin' Target | Dubmission
Babo Moreno | Babo Moreno | Matsuka
Balkan Taksim | Acide Balkanique | Buda Musique
Banda Chuska, La | Basic Bichos | self-released
Bardentreffen 2025 | (various artists) | Folk Galore
BEATrio | BEATrio | Thirty Tigers
Bio Ritmo | "Largos Caminos" | Locutor
Blanco Teta | La Debacle de las Divas | Bongo Joe
BOC | Devers ses Dues Torres | Microscopi
Caligaris, Los Autenticos Decadentes & Banda El Recodo | "Mi Vida Sin Tu Vida" | Altafonte
Campodonico, Juan | Todo Esto Tampoco Soy Yo | Altafonte
Carr, Richard | The Escarpment | Infrequent Seams
Carrizo, Lucrecia | El Impulso del Sol | Microscopi
Children of the Bong | Sirius Versions | Disco Gecko
Chooma, La | Local Spirits | Batov
Club Coco: New Dimensions in Latin Music | (various artists) | Club Coco
Congadar | Aprendi com Meus Antepassados | Forestlab
Da Cruz | Rolexxx EP | Boom Jah
de Faria, Arthur & Pedro Longes | Canciones con Drama EP | YB Music
Diabate, Hawa & Kasse Mady | Toumaro | One World
Diamusk & International Dub Orchestra | Maze + Instrumentals | self-released
Divanhana | Radio Sevdah | CPL-Music
Don Dada | Forward We Continue EP | Ruff Cutt Studio
Don Letts: The Rebel Dread @ Echo Beach | (various artists) | Echo Beach
Dream World | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery
Dubinator presents Sonically Echo Beach: Dubbing & Clubbing | (various artists) | Echo Beach
Eljuri | Asi Es el Mundo | Manovill
Eloise & Co. | Avec Elodie | self-released
Eskorbuto | Anti Todo | Munster
Essar, Qais & Sonny Singh | Sangat | Ghost Songs
Fam, Cheikh Ibra | "Sali" | Cumbancha
Fatbabs | This Love Is Forever | Big Scoop
Flying Vipers | Off World | Easy Star
Fontaine, Brigitte | Brigitte Fontaine Est Folle | Wewantsounds
Foster, Chuck | Chill Out Dub | Catch Me Time
Frankie Paul | Sizzling | 17 North Parade
French Groove | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery
Gao Hong & Baluji Shrivastan | Neelam | ARC
Gio Chamba | "La Danza de los Mirlos" | Mixto
Gollehon, Mac & the Hispanic Mechanics | Pistoleros | WFO Music
Grupo Amigos | Paloma Mensajera | Munster
Grupo Pilon | Nu Sta Li | El Palmas
Hamdan, Yasmine | I Remember I Forget | Crammed
Holden, Holly | Al Andar | self-released
Hwang, Jason Kao | Myths of Origin for Imrovising String Orchestra and Drum Set | True Sound
Inner Echo & Wends | Higher Grounds EP | EchoPlex
Instrumental Odyssey | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery
Inuit Music: From Thule to the Bering Strait | (various artists) | Ocora Radio France
Jobim, Marcos | Singelinha | self-released
Joropop: Psych Pop & Folk in Venezuela, 1968-1976 | (various artists) | Vampisoul
Junior Murvin | Cool Down the Heat | Greensleeves / Jammy's
Karioudja, Luc Moindranze | Mon Balo | Compagnie 4000
Kheir, Amira | Black Diamonds | Sterns Music / Contro Cultura Music
Kokoroko | Tuff Times Never Last | Brownswood
Kourtesis, Sofia | Volver EP | Ninja Tune
Krakowski, Sergio | Boca do Tempo | Rocinante
Kuti, Femi | Journey Through Life | Partisan
Langendorf United | Undercover Beast | Sing a Song Fighter
L'Antidote | L'Antidote | Ponderosa
Lasar, Mars | Grand Canyon | Sound Manipulations
Latin Chill | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery
Levy, Barrington | Sweet Reggae Music 2.0 | 17 North Parade
Madalitso Band | Ma Gitala | Bongo Joe
Maher, Ashley | Tree to Tree | Spin Wild
Marti, Biel | La Verema | Microscopi
Mattos, Livia | "Caucaia" | YB Music
Mayen, Sofi | Normal | Altafonte
mcthfg | Direct Action EP | Dubmission
Meeks, Carl | Weh Dem Fah | 17 North Parade
Meklit | A Piece of Infinity | Smithsonian Folkways
Momes, Peki | Peki Momes | Mocambo
Mother Tongue | Mother Tongue | Makkum / De Platenbakkerij / Astral Spirits
Muito Kaballa | Tomorrow a Flower | Batov
Mukhtar, Ahmed & Ignacio Lusardi Monteverdi | Al-hambra | ARC
Nevala, Andy | El Rumbon (The Party) | Zoho
Noiseshaper | Welcome the Unknown | Echo Beach
Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp | "Revenant du Nord" / "Siilent" | Bongo Joe
Orquesta La Muralla | Como Me La Pida | Hyperopia
Orua | "Deus-Dara" | K
Panteon Rococo | Sonoro | Compañeros Musicales S. De R. L. De C.V.
Peyoti For President | Your Comfort Zone | Sordid Soup
Pink Martini | Bella Ciao EP | Heinz
Quesada, Adrian | Boleros Psicodelicos II | ATO
Radio Tarifa | La Noche | Buda Musique
Rambelli, Fabio & Dirk Wachtelar | The Turning Point | Edgetone
Ras Teo | Deh Pon Dem | Forward Bound
Riba, Pau | Electroccid Accid Alquimistic Xoc | Munster
Rius, La Marta | L'Endema | Microscopi
Romus, Rent & Tatsuya Nakatani | Uplift | Edgetone
Royal, Jesse | No Place Like Home | Easy Star
Rumbo Tumba | Cordillera Latiendo EP | self-released
Sababa 5 | Nadir | Batov
Saha Gnawa | Saha Gnawa | Pique-nique
Salvador, Dom, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad | Dom Salvador JID024 | Jazz Is Dead
Santiago Motorizado | El Retorno | Nacional
Schmutz, Samantha & Adrian Younge | Samantha e Adrian | Linear Labs
Selva, Joao | Onda Remix EP | Underdog
Sonora Dinamita, La | Cumbia Sin Fronteras | Altafonte
Soul Sugar meets Dub Shepherds | Blue House Rockin' | Gee
Stewart, Valeria | Raices | Roots | Antidotesounds
Subset | Feeding the Anatoki EP | The Dub Factory
Szymanski, Morgan & Tommy Perman | Songs for the Mist Forest | Blackford Hill
Tandon, Chandrika | Soul Ecstacy | Soul Chants
Tenor Saw | "Ring the Alarm" | Techniques
Time Bomb Riddim | (various artists) | Small Axe Entertainment / Rebel Sound
Tor.ma in Dub | Full Circle EP | Dubmission
Trio Mocoto | Muita Zorra! | Vampisoul
Vazquez, Edna | Te Esperaba | Heinz
Villavecchia, Max | Entre Mar i Roca | Microscopi
Wakyu | Selva Selva | Buh
Wau y Los Arrghs!!! | Viven!!! | Munster
Woodlands Backafall | Traditional Colours | Kakafon
World Beach Party | (various artists) | Putumayo Discovery
Yano, Akiko | 7 O'Clock in Tokyo | Wewantsounds
Zheros, Los | Psychedelic Cumbia Party | Vampisoul / Rey
 
 
Global A Go-Go Tracklist, September 28
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
Nongomo Trio | South Africa | Guga Mzimba | Zulu Guitar Blues: Cowboys, Troubadours and Jilted Lovers 1950-1965 | Matsuli Music | 2025-1954
Michael Majozi | South Africa | Sengihambile | Bulawayo Blue Yodel | Olvido / Mississippi | 2019-1954
M. Kabenga and Party | Uganda | Omwagalwa | African Steel | Olvido | 2025-1957
Alick Nkhata | Zambia | Nalikwebele Sonka | Radio Lusaka | Mississippi | 2025-1949
Joseph Eluka & Soldiers | DR Congo | Soko Olingi Na-Boma | Listen All Around: The Golden Age Of Central And East African Music | Dust-to-Digital | 2018-1952
Yeison Landero | Colombia | Catricumbia | Catricumbia - Single | self-released | 2024
Yeison Landero | Colombia | Cumbia Mexicana | Landero Vive | Chambacú | 2018
Bongo District | DC USA-El Salvador | Bongo Bong | Modelito Flores EP | 90DB | 2025
Bongo District | DC USA-El Salvador | Africano | Modelito Flores EP | 90DB | 2025
Bandejas Espaciales | Colombia | Gaita Mambo | Sesiones Macarena EP | Mambo Negro | 2025
Colectro | Colombia | Caribeño (feat. Papayebrass) | Caribeño (feat. Papayebrass) - Single | Tambora | 2025
La Mambanegra | Colombia | Me Parece Perfecto | El Callegueso Y Su Malamana | Movimientos | 2015
Umut Adan | Turkey-Italy | Şeytanın Aklını Çeldim | Bahar | Riverboat | 2019
Cem Karaca & Kardaşlar | Turkey | Kara Sevda | Cem Karaca / Kardaşlar | Türkofon | 1973
Erkin Koray | Turkey | Cümbür Cemaat | Cümbür Cemaat / Sevdiğim | Kervan Plakçılık | 1976
Umut Adan & Zebânis | Turkey-Italy | Bogotà | Bogotà - Single | Six Degrees | 2025
Antibalas | USA | Hypocrite | Talkatif | Ninja Tune | 2002
Antibalas | USA | Blood and Dirt | Liberation Afro Beat Vol. 1 | Afrosound | 2000
Antibalas | USA | La Ceiba | La Ceiba - Single | Daptone | 2025
Me and My Friends | England UK | Tell Me | Tell Me - Single | Split Shift | 2025
Pat Thomas | Ghana | Mewo Akoma | In Action - Asante Kotoko | Kapa | 1982
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