Global A Go-Go's three-week look at the best world music recordings of 2013; this week, the best new releases of the year
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Song | Artist (Country) | Recording | Label | Year
Separation | Oliver Lake (USA) | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997 Global A Go-Go | Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK) | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001
Gamo | Mulatu Astatke (Ethiopia) | Sketches Of Ethiopia | Jazz Village | 2013 Aya Hayou | Aziz Sahmaoui (Morocco-France-Senegal) | University Of Gnawa | General Pattern SARL | 2013 Aman | Bombino (Niger) | Nomad | Nonesuch | 2013 Djanegh Etoumast | Tamikrest (Mali) | Chatma | Glitterbeat | 2013
Lost Innocent World | Gogol Bordello (USA) | Pura Vida Conspiracy | ATO | 2013 Menjam Se | Kal (Serbia) | Romology | ARC | 2013 Divlij Konj | Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra (Serbia) | Gipsy Manifesto | Piranha | 2013 Azad Azad | Red Baraat (USA) | Shruggy Ji | Sinj | 2013
The World Is Changing | Femi Kuti (Nigeria) | No Place For My Dream | Knitting Factory | 2013 Cairo Uprising | The Liberators (Australia) | Power Struggle | Record Kicks | 2013
Ruisenora | Andrea Echeverri (Colombia) | Ruisenora | Nacional | 2013 Kame Bawara | The Garifuna Collective (Belize-Honduras-Guatemala) | Ayo | Cumbancha | 2013 Road To Fyzabad | Kobo Town (Canada-Trinidad & Tobago) | Jumbie In The Jukebox | Cumbancha | 2013
Silver & Gold | Fat Freddy's Drop (New Zealand) | Blackbird | The Drop | 2013 La Fiesta De San Benito | Chico Trujillo (Chile) | Gran Pecador | Barbes | 2013 Tukupakata | Systema Solar (Colombia) | La Revancha Del Burro | Sambumbia | 2013
Kouma | Rokia Traore (Mali) | Beautiful Africa | Nonesuch | 2013 Segu Jajiri | Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba (Mali) | Jama Ko | Out|Here | 2013 Y'Alimamy | Sorie Kondi (Sierra Leone) | Thogolobea | Dutty Artz | 2013
Bloody Good Bar Fight Song | Carbon Leaf (RVA USA) | Ghost Dragon Attacks Castle | Constant Ivy | 2013