The best of 2011, Global A Go-Go stylee, part 1 of 3 -- the best new releases of the year
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Top Ten New Releases of 2011 1. Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80 | From Africa With Fury: Rise | Knitting Factory 2. The Jolly Boys | Great Expectation | eOne Music 3. Dengue Fever | Cannibal Courtship | Concord 4. Aurelio | Laru Beya | Sub Pop / Next Ambiance 5. Bio Ritmo | La Verdad | Electric Cowbell 6. Tamikrest | Toumastin | Glitterhouse 7. Rene Lopez | E.L.S. | Nat Geo Music 8. Geoff Berner | Victory Party | Mint 9. Foster Manganyi na Tintsumi Ta Tilo | Ndzi Teke Riendzo | Honest Jon's 10. Shaolin Afronauts | Flight Of The Ancients | Freestyle
Honorable Mention Balkan Brass Battle feat. Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra vs. Fanfare Ciocarlia | Asphalt Tango Cambodian Space Project | 2011: A Space Odyssey | Metal Postcard Los Chicharrons | Roots Of Life | Tummy Touch Hazmat Modine | Cicada | Barbes Femi Kuti | Africa For Africa | Knitting Factory Ray Lugo & The Boogaloo Destroyers | Mi Watusi | Freestyle Orchestre Poly-Rythmo | Cotonou Club | Strut Rattlemouth | 5 | self-released June Tabor & Oysterband | Ragged Kingdom | Topic Tinariwen | Tassili | Anti-
Song | Artist (Country) | Recording | Label | Year
Separation | Oliver Lake (USA) | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1996 Global A Go-Go | Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK) | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001
Child Of A Blind Man | Hazmat Modine (USA) | Cicada | Barbes | 2011 Ma Vie | Orchestre Poly-Rythmo (Benin) | Cotonou Club | Strut | 2011 Daloy Politzei | Geoff Berner (Canada) | Victory Party | Mint | 2011 Skin To Skin | The Sway Machinery (USA) | The House Of Friendly Ghosts, Volume 1 | JDub | 2011 James Bond Theme | Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra (Serbia) vs. Fanfare Ciocarlia (Romania) | Balkan Brass Battle | Asphalt Tango | 2011
If My Love Loves Me | June Tabor & Oysterband (UK) | Ragged Kingdom | Topic | 2011 Family Business | Dengue Fever (USA-Cambodia) | Cannibal Courtship | Concord | 2011 Kolos Srey Chaom (Love God) | Cambodian Space Project (Cambodia-Australia) | 2011: A Space Odyssey | Metal Postcard | 2011
Rehab | The Jolly Boys (Jamaica) | Great Expectation | eOne Music | 2011 Caballo Viejo | Rattlemouth (RVA USA) | 5 | self-released | 2011 Yurumei | Aurelio (Honduras) | Laru Beya | Sub Pop / Next Ambiance | 2011
At The Party | Ray Lugo & The Boogaloo Destroyers (USA) | Mi Watusi | Freestyle | 2011 Shing-A-Ling Is What I Bring | Rene Lopez (USA) | E.L.S. | Nat Geo Music | 2011 Carnaval | Bio Ritmo (RVA USA) | La Verdad | Electric Cowbell | 2011
Shira | Shaolin Afronauts (Australia) | Flight Of The Ancients | Freestyle | 2011 For Them Eye | Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80 (Nigeria) | From Africa With Fury: Rise | Knitting Factory | 2011 Can't Buy Me | Femi Kuti (Nigeria) | Africa For Africa | Knitting Factory | 2011
Ndzi To Tiyisela (I Will Keep On Praying) | Foster Manganyi Na Tintsumi Ta Tilo (South Africa) | Ndzi Teke Riendzo (I'm Taking A Journey) | Honest Jon's | 2010
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