Hear a song from each of the ten best new world music CDs this week. Plus other global music — new and old — in hour 2.
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Hour 1
#10 Barcelona Gipsy balKan Orchestra-Betlem-Avo Kanto
#9 La Riippa Group-Weed-Dirty Work
#8 Cimbalom Brothers-Dobrudzha Echo-Testvériség
#7 Vivalda Dula-Karolina (feat. Angelo Boss)-Dula
#6 Thabang Tabane-Freedom Station-Matjale
#5 Kobo Town-When Jonas Saw the Light-Where the Galleon Sank
Sam Evans-Tremor (feat. Stephen Magnusson, Debasis Chakroborty & Robert Burke)-The Tabla Project
#4 Bokanté-Fanm-What Heat
#3 Alba Griot Ensemble-Horonia-The Darkness Between the Leaves
#2 Doctor Nativo-Kandela-Guatemaya
Hour 2
#1 Minyeshu-Hailo Gaja-Daa Dee
Bodh’aktan-Ride Out the Storm-Ride out the Storm
Delgres-Respecte Nou-Mo Jodi
Jaune Toujours-Refugees Welcome-Europeana
Electric Kulintang-Dialects 1-Dialects
Sekou Bah-Planete-Soukabbe Mali
Yesu Omubezi Atabula-Come Unto the Lord-The Music of Kiwoko
Orquestra Brasileira de Musica Jamaicana-Atlântida-Putumayo Presents Ska Around the World
Brave Combo-Hosa Dyna-Polkas for a Gloomy World
Marcos Valle-Bahia Blue-Nova Bossa Nova
Catarina dos Santos-Ninita-Rádio Kriola: Reflections on Portuguese Identity
Brenda Navarrete-Caravana (feat. Hilario Durán, Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernandez, Michel Salazar Delgado & Elain Pérez)-Mi Mundo
Shazalakazoo-Hava Nagila (feat. Edi Partizani)-Metanational
BKO Quintet-Kononale-Bamako Today