World Music thread

[Max Sterling]

This isn't new, but my tattoo artist introduced me to this band out of Andalusia. I really like them.

 

[Nee Lewman]

my digging into this (not really yet, but learning of it):

The 40 Best Afropop Songs of 2022

The best Afropop songs released this year featuring hits by Asake, Wizkid, Ayra Starr, Uncle Waffles, Kabza De Small, Kizz Daniel, and more

www.rollingstone.com

lead to this discovery:

I stopped checking pan-african-music.com as often as I had been toward the end of last year when their updates started slowing, but I just now noticed they've got a best of 2022 list which I'm about to check out after I drop the link here:

The 50 best albums of 2022

Our 2022 pan-African selection from Spanish Town to Johannesburg, Lagos to Nairobi, featuring the likes of Sampa the Great, Asake, Koffee and more.

pan-african-music.com

Decided it should be shared here.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Also, Uncle Waffles is the best dj name ever.

 

[Nee Lewman]

THIS IS AMAZING!!!!

 

[Nee Lewman]

I've been making an effort to add at least one global listen to my weekly listening playlist every week. I've been working through Realworld's recent releases. This sitar based album is really nice and the one that I had in my list this week:

 

[blenoxsmith]

I've been making an effort to add at least one global listen to my weekly listening playlist every week. I've been working through Realworld's recent releases. This sitar based album is really nice and the one that I had in my list this week:

Realworld is so good, and I'm a big fan of Habibi Funk and Sahel Sounds as my go-to labels to check out artists. All these labels definitely get mentioned a lot here.

If you haven't checked this album out though, one of my favorite albums of recent years. Just as I searched it I'm noticing there are only 6 records left on bandcamp. The vinyl sounds really nice for a quiet album.

 

[avecigrec]

Finally checking this one out for the first time:



It's gorgeous!

 

[YoHabloEspanol]

Kenyan vocals on Brazilian producer beats.

 

[YoHabloEspanol]

This is like Bjork and Yoko Ono had a band in the Arctic

 

[Poly-Rythmo]

A lot of fantastic World compilations out recently. Here are a few that have caught my ear.

Franco - on Planet Ilunga. Congo's greatest on a wonderful album.



Togo Soul 2 - funky compilation from a less focused on country (a few Poly-Rythmo songs on here)



Congo Funk - I know Analog Africa is on many people's radars but this, for me, is their best in a long time



Wagadu Grooves - found this by total chance, and it's so good. Mali sounds and more via 80s Paris



Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia Vol 2 - Vampi Soul is my favourite Colombian reissue label and this is more top stuff

 

[Poly-Rythmo]

More funky West African goodness