The best reggae songs I heard this summer; when Meklit says "I want to sing for them all," who's she talking about?; a beautiful new recording from Mali's Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet; cumbia, now more than ever
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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
Alborosie | Italy | Living Dread | single | Baco | 2017 Pablo Moses | Jamaica | Living In Babylon | The Itinuation | HS Roots | 2017 Emeterians | Spain-England UK | Smile Powers | The Magic Touch | Stingray | 2017
Macka B | England UK | Wha Me Eat | Health Is Wealth | Greensleeves | 2017 King Schascha feat Neville Staple | Trinidad & Tobago-Jamaica-USA-England UK | Rudeboy Skankin | Rudeboy Skankin EP | Trini-West | 2017
Aster Aweke | Ethiopia-USA | Menew | Aster's Ballads | Kabu | 2004 Meklit | Ethiopia-USA | You Got Me | When The People Move The Music Moves Too | Six Degrees | 2017
Mahmoud Ahmed | Ethiopia-USA | Ere Mela Mela | Ethiopiques 7: Ere Mela Mela | Buda Musique | 1975 Mulatu Astatke | Ethiopia | Yekatit | Ethiopiques 4: Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale | Buda Musique | 1974 Meklit | Ethiopia-USA | I Want To Sing For Them All | When The People Move The Music Moves Too | Six Degrees | 2017
Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet | Mali-USA | Tita | Ladilikan | World Circuit | 2017 Kasse Mady Diabate | Mali | Eh Ya Ye | Kassi Kasse | Narada | 2002
Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra | Mali-Senegal-Burkina Faso-Guinee Conakry | Tapha Niang | Boulevard De L'Independance | World Circuit | 2006 Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba | Mali | Segu Jajiri | Jama Ko | Out|Here | 2013
Lucho Bermudez Y Su Orquesta | Colombia | Fiesta De Negritos | single | Silver | 1956 Crescencio Salcedo Con L. Bermudez Y Su Orquesta | Colombia | Me Quedo Con El Viejo | The Original Sound Of Cumbia: The History Of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By The Phonograph 1948-79 | Soundway | 195x Puerto Rico Y Su Combo | Colombia | La Cumbia Del Pescador | Myriam | Philips | 1971 La Misa Negra | USA | Acosadora | La Misa Negra | NAM Entertainment | 2017 Chico Trujillo | Chile | La Cura Del Espanto | Reina De Todas Las Fiestas | Barbes | 2015
Mexican Institute Of Sound | Mexico | Para No Vivir Desesperado | Pinata | Nacional | 2007