Global A Go-Go's favorite recordings of 2018, part 1 of 3: top ten new releases, plus ten more honorable mentions
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Top Ten New Releases Of 2018
1. Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band (Burkina Faso) | Sira Ba Kele | Sublime Frequencies 2. Angelique Kidjo (Benin-France-USA) | Remain In Light | Kravenworks 3. Vaudou Game (Togo-France) | Otodi | Hot Casa 4. Orquesta Akokan (Cuba-USA) | Orquesta Akokan | Daptone 5. Guy One (Ghana-Germany) | #1 | Philophon 6. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (Nigeria) | Black Times | Strut 7. Newpoli (Italy-Sweden-Finland-USA) | Mediterraneo | Beartones 8. Hailu Mergia (Ethiopia-DC USA-Australia-Germany) | Lala Belu | Awesome Tapes From Africa 9. Jupiter & Okwess (RD Congo) | Kin Sonic | Everloving 10. Imarhan (Algeria) | Temet | City Slang
Honorable Mention
Alba Griot Ensemble (Scotland UK-Mali-Belgium) | The Darkness Between The Leaves | Riverboat Alpheus (England UK) | Light Of Day | Liquidator Barro (Brazil) | Somos | self-released Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba (Senegal-USA) | Routes | Twelve|Eight Drunken Foreigner Band (USA) | White Guy Disease | Electric Cowbell Roberto Lopez (Colombia-Canada) | Criollo Electrik | Stonetree Spanglish Fly (USA) | Ay Que Boogaloo! | Chaco World Superfonicos (USA) | Suelta | Discos Fonicos Sidi Toure (Mali) | Toubalbero | Thrill Jockey Yeni Nostalji (RVA USA) | Yeni Nostalji | Ropeadope
Artist | Country | Song | Recording | Label | Year
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
Jupiter & Okwess | RD Congo | Hello | Kin Sonic | Everloving | 2018 Imarhan | Algeria | Tamudre | Temet | City Slang | 2018
Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band | Burkina Faso | Siraba Kele | Sira Ba Kele | Sublime Frequencies | 2018 Guy One | Ghana-Germany | Everything You Do, You Do For Yourself | #1 | Philophon | 2018
Superfonicos | USA | El Miedo | Suelta | Discos Fonicos | 2018 Vaudou Game | Togo-France | Tata Fatiguee | Otodi | Hot Casa | 2018
Angelique Kidjo | Benin-France-USA | Crosseyed And Painless | Remain In Light | Kravenworks | 2018 Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 | Nigeria | Struggle Sounds | Black Times | Strut | 2018
Newpoli | Italy-Sweden-Finland-USA | Lagr'm' | Mediterraneo | Beartones | 2018 Alba Griot Ensemble | Scotland UK-Mali-Belgium | Long Way Home | The Darkness Between The Leaves | Riverboat | 2018 Yeni Nostalji | RVA USA | Bir Gol Olur | Yeni Nostalji | Ropeadope | 2018
Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba | Senegal-USA | Badima | Routes | Twelve|Eight | 2018 Hailu Mergia | Ethiopia-DC USA-Australia-Germany | Anchihoye Lene | Lala Belu | Awesome Tapes From Africa | 2018
Roberto Lopez | Canada-Colombia | Chambacu | Criollo Electrik | Stonetree | 2017 Orquesta Akokan | Cuba-USA | Otro Nivel | Orquesta Akokan | Daptone | 2018 Spanglish Fly | USA | La Clave 'E Mi Bugalu | Ay Que Boogaloo! | Chaco World | 2018
Drunken Foreigner Band | USA | Akha 1 | White Guy Disease | Electric Cowbell | 2018
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