Global A Go-Go's favorite recordings of 2017, part 1 of 3: top ten new releases, plus ten more honorable mentions
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Top Ten New Releases Of 2017
1. Systema Solar (Colombia) | Rumbo A Tierra | Nacional 2. Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino (Italy) | Canzoniere | Ponderosa 3. Afro-Zen Allstars (RVA USA) | Greatest Hits | self-released 4. Meklit (USA-Ethiopia) | When The People Move, The Music Moves Too | Six Degrees 5. Son Palenque (Colombia) | Kutu Prieta Pa Saranguia | Palenque 6. Offa Rex (USA-England UK) | The Queen Of Hearts | Nonesuch 7. Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet (Mali-USA) | Ladilikan | World Circuit 8. La Misa Negra (USA) | La Misa Negra | NAM Entertainment 9. Professor Wouassa (Switzerland) | Grow Yes Yes! | Matasuna 10. Omar Souleyman (Syria) | To Syria, With Love | Mad Decent
Honorable Mention
Aurelio (Honduras) | Darandi | Real World Girma Beyene & Akale Wube (Ethiopia-France) | Ethiopiques 30: Mistakes On Purpose | Buda Musique The Bongo Hop (France-Colombia) | Satingarona Pt. 1 | Underdog The Expanders (USA) | Old Time Something Come Back Again, Vol. 2 | Easy Star Kries (Croatia) | Selo Na Okuke / Village Tracks | Riverboat Jaakko Laitinen & Vaara Raha (Finland) | Naennianen | Playground Music Meta & The Cornerstones (Senegal-Israel-Algeria-Japan-Cote D'Ivoire-Jamaica-USA) | Hira | Metarize Ondatropica (Colombia-England UK) | Baile Bucanero | Soundway Rumput (RVA USA) | Rumput | self-released Tinariwen (Mali) | Elwan | Anti-
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
Kries | Croatia | Ivo Se Sece | Selo Na Okuke / Village Tracks | Riverboat | 2017 Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino | Italy | Lu Giustacofane | Canzoniere | Ponderosa | 2017
The Expanders | USA | Band Your Belly | Old Time Something Come Back Again, Vol. 2 | Easy Star | 2017 Meta & The Cornerstones | Senegal-Israel-Algeria-Japan-Cote D'Ivoire-Jamaica-USA | Bilal | Hira | Metarize | 2017 Aurelio | Honduras | Sielpa | Darandi | Real World | 2017
Afro-Zen Allstars | RVA USA | Orisha | Greatest Hits | self-released | 2017 Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet | Mali-USA | Ladilikan | Ladilikan | World Circuit | 2017
Systema Solar | Colombia | Champe Tabluo | Rumbo A Tierra | Nacional | 2017 Son Palenque | Colombia | Luca Mini | Kutu Prieta Pa Saranguia | Palenque | 2017 La Misa Negra | USA | Sancocho | La Misa Negra | NAM Entertainment | 2017
Rumput | USA | How Come That Blood | Rumput | self-released | 2017 Offa Rex | USA-England UK | Bonny May | The Queen Of Hearts | Nonesuch | 2017
Tinariwen | Mali | Sastanaqqam | Elwan | Anti- | 2017 Girma Beyene & Akale Wube | Ethiopia-France | Enken Yelelebesh | Ethiopiques 30: Mistakes On Purpose | Buda Musique | 2017 Meklit | USA-Ethiopia | You Are My Luck | When The People Move, The Music Moves Too | Six Degrees | 2017
Jaakko Laitinen & Vaara Raha | Finland | Aman Aman | Naennainen | Playground Music | 2017 Omar Souleyman | Syria | Aenta Lhabbeytak | To Syria, With Love | Mad Decent | 2017
Professor Wouassa | Switzerland | Doumadem | Gow Yes Yes! | Matasuna | 2017 The Bongo Hop | France-Colombia | Nos Coje La Tarde | Satingarona Pt. 1 | Underdog | 2016
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