Global A Go-Go's favorite recordings of 2019, part 1 of a 3 part series: top ten new releases, plus ten more honorable mentions
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Top Ten New Releases Of 2019 1. Umut Adan (Turkey-Italy) | Bahar | Riverboat 2. Aziz Sahmaoui & University Of Gnawa (Morocco-Senegal-France) | Poetic Trance | Blue Line 3. Otava Yo (Russia) | Do You Love | ARC 4. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba (Mali) | Miri | Out Here 5. Boban Markovic Orkestar (Serbia) | Mrak | PGP RTS 6. Lobo Marino (RVA USA) | At Appalachian South Folklife Center | self-released 7. Rachid Taha (Algeria-France) | Je Suis Africain | Believe 8. Wuta Mayi (RD Congo-France) | La Face Cachee | Sterns 9. Mdou Moctar (Niger) | Ilana : The Creator | Sahel Sounds 10. Minyo Crusaders (Japan) | Echoes Of Japan | Mais Um
Honorable Mention The Aggrolites (USA) | Reggae Now! | Pirates Press DJ Dolores (Brazil) | Recife * 19 | Sterns The Garifuna Collective (Belize-Guatemala-Honduras) | Aban | Stonetree Asmaa Hamzaoiu & Bnat Timbouktou (Morocco) | Oulad Lghaba | Ajabu Huntza (Euskadi Spain) | Xilema | Mauka / Gran Sol Locobeach (USA-Venezuela) | Psychedelic Disco Cumbia | Dorsal Fin / Peace & Rhythm Hope Masike (Zimbabwe) | The Exorcism Of A Spinster | Riverboat Omar Souleyman (Syria-Turkey) | Shlon | Mad Decent Dexter Story (USA) | Bahir | Soundway Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band (Ghana-Germany) | Obiaa! | Strut
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
Lobo Marino | RVA USA | Forest In The Kiln / I've Got A Mother Gone To Glory | At Appalachian South Folklife Center | self-released | 2019 Otava Yo | Russia | Sumetskaya | Do You Love | ARC | 2019 Huntza | Euskadi Spain | Lasai, Lasai | Xilema | Mauka / Gran Sol | 2018
DJ Dolores | Brazil | A Casta (feat OSM) | Recife * 19 | Sterns | 2019 Minyo Crusaders | Japan | Hohai Bushi | Echoes Of Japan | Mais Um | 2019 Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band | Ghana-Germany | Yamona | Obiaa! | Strut | 2019
The Garifuna Collective | Belize-Guatemala-Honduras | Magidu | Aban | Stonetree | 2019 The Aggrolites | USA | Why You Rat | Reggae Now! | Pirates Press | 2019 Locobeach | USA-Venezuela | Rata | Psychedelic Disco Cumbia | Dorsal Fin / Peace & Rhythm | 2019 Wuta Mayi | RD Congo-France | Biloko Ya Moto | La Face Cachee | Sterns | 2019 Hope Masike | Zimbabwe | Tonanaira | The Exorcism Of A Spinster | Riverboat | 2019
Dexter Story | USA | Mamdooh | Bahir | Soundway | 2019 Asmaa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou | Morocco | Soudani Mama | Oulad Lghaba | Ajabu | 2019 Aziz Sahmaoui & University Of Gnawa | Morocco-Senegal-France | Gang Sound Of Mbirika | Poetic Trance | Blue Line | 2019
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba | Mali-Morocco | Kanougnon (feat Majid Bekkas) | Miri | Out Here | 2019 Rachid Taha | Algeria-France | Aita | Je Suis Africain | Believe | 2019 Mdou Moctar | Niger | Kamane Tarhanin | Ilana : The Creator | Sahel Sounds | 2019
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