Global A Go-Go's favorite recordings of 2016, part 1 of 3: top ten new releases, plus ten more honorable mentions
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Top Ten New Releases Of 2016
1. Vaudou Game (Togo-France) | Kidayu | Hot Casa 2. Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis (Greece) | NYN | Riverboat 3. The Frightnrs (USA) | Nothing More To Say | Daptone 4. Dubioza Kolektiv (Bosnia & Herzegovina) | Happy Machine | Koolarrow 5. Sidestepper (Colombia-England UK) | Supernatural Love | Real World 6. Kottarashky & The Rain Dogs (Bulgaria) | Cats, Dogs And Ghosts | Asphalt Tango 7. Noura Mint Seymali (Mauritania) | Arbina | Glitterbeat 8. Orkesta Mendoza (USA-Mexico) | Vamos A Guarachar! | Glitterbeat 9. Dzambo Agusevi Orchestra (Macedonia) | Brass Like It Hot | ARC 10. Anthony Joseph (Trinidad & Tobago-England UK) | Caribbean Roots | Heavenly Sweetness / Strut
Honorable Mention
Bamba Wassoulou Groove (Mali) | Farima | Label Bleu Aziza Brahim (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) | Abbar El Hamada | Glitterbeat Fanfare Ciocarlia (Romania) | Onwards To Mars! | Asphalt Tango Gabriella Ghermandi (Ethiopia-Italy) | Ethiopia: Celebrating Emperor Tewodros II | ARC Miramar (RVA USA) | Dedication To Sylvia Rexach | Barbes Moussu T E Lei Jovents (France) | Navega! | Manivette RAM (Haiti) | 6: Manman M Se Ginen | self-released Los Terrificos (USA) | Go South: Vaya Pa'l Sur | Peace & Rhythm TisDass (Niger) | Yamedan | Sahelsounds Yeni Nostalji (RVA USA) | 2016 EP demo (final mix) | unreleased
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
Yeni Nostalji (RVA USA) | Hem Bal Hem Aci | 2016 EP demo (final mix) | unreleased | 2016 Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis (Greece) | Ouden Oida (I Know Nothing) | NYN | Riverboat | 2016
Dubioza Kolektiv (Bosnia & Herzegovina) | Free MP3 (The Pirate Bay Song) | Happy Machine | Koolarrow | 2016 Dzambo Agusevi Orchestra (Macedonia) | Ajmo | Brass Like It Hot | ARC | 2016 Fanfare Ciocarlia (Romania) | Mista Lobaloba | Onwards To Mars! | Asphalt Tango | 2016
Miramar (RVA USA) | Sin Ti | Dedication To Slyvia Rexach | Barbes | 2016 Sidestepper (Colombia-UK) | Come See Us Play | Supernatural Love | Real World | 2016 Los Terrificos (USA) | Aqui Ya No Hay Ley | Go South: Vaya Pa'l Sur | Peace & Rhythm | 2016
Orkesta Mendoza (USA-Mexico) | Shadows Of The Mind | Vamos A Guarachar! | Glitterbeat | 2016 RAM (Haiti) | Kolibri Met Bwa | 6: Manman M Se Ginen | self-released | 2016
Moussu T E Lei Jovents (France) | Tretze Nuechs Ambe Mise | Navega! | Manivette | 2016 Noura Mint Seymali (Mauritania) | Ghlana | Arbina | Glitterbeat | 2016
The Frightnrs (USA) | All My Tears | Nothing More To Say | Daptone | 2016 Bamba Wassoulou Groove (Mali) | Farima | Farima | Label Bleu | 2015 Vaudou Game (Togo-France) | Natural Vaudou | Kidayu | Hot Casa | 2016 Anthony Joseph (Trinidad & Tobago-England UK) | Slinger | Caribbean Roots | Heavenly Sweetness / Strut | 2016
Kottarashky & The Rain Dogs (Bulgaria) | Maze | Cats, Dogs And Ghosts | Asphalt Tango | 2016
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