Yatrika Shah-Rais – Best Albums of 2018
Best Releases of 2018 chosen by Yatrika Shah-Rais
Wednesday host of KPFKs Global Village (11am to 1pm)
Her show brings an eclectic mix of global, jazz, indigenous, folk, ambient and classical sounds, making musical connections between geographical and diverse musical cultures.
The following lists are playlists of songs from albums that she presented at the end of 2018 summarizing the best music of the year.
Email: yatrikashahrais@gmail.com
Website: www.worldonanote.com
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Wednesday, December 26, 2018 PART I
| ARTIST | SONG TITLE | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catrin Finch Seckou Keita (UK (Wales), Senegal) |
Listen To The Grass Grow | Soar | Bendigedige/ARC Music Productions |
| Catrin Finch Seckou Keita (UK (Wales), Senegal) |
Teranga-Bah | Soar | Bendigedige/ARC Music Productions |
| Fatoumata Diawara (Mali) | Fenfo | Fenfo | Shanachie |
| Ibrahim Maalouf (Lebanon) | Waiting | 14.12.16 Live In Paris | Universal France |
| Justin Kauflin (USA) | Coming Home | Coming Home | Qwest Records |
| The Breath (UK) | Will You Wait | Let The Cards Fall | Real World |
| Stephan Micus (Germany) | Nuria | Inland Sea | ECM Records |
| Moulay Ahmed El Hassani (Morocco) |
Li Nssak Nssah | Atlas Electric | Hive Mind Records |
| Koum Tara (France, Algeria) | Mazel Khatmi | Koum Tara | Odradek Records |
| Dhafer Youssef (Tunisia) | Chakkaradaar | Sounds of Mirrors | Anteprima Productions |
| Dhafer Youssef (Tunisia) | Al Wadood | Sounds of Mirrors | Anteprima Productions |
| Jon Batiste (USA) | What A Wonderful World | Hollywood Africans | Verve/Universal |
| Alfredo Rodriguez (Cuba) | Silver Rain | The Little Dream | Mack Avenue |
| White Sun (USA) | Tithai Too | White Sun III | Be Why Records |
| L’Alba (France (Corsica) |
Dolce Senu | A Parulluccia | Ma Case Records |
| Elena Ledda (Italy (Sardinia)) | Nora | Lantias | S’ARD Music |
| The Turbans (multinational from UK) |
Aman | The Turbans | Six Degrees Productions |
| El Naan (Spain) | La llamada de Afroiberia | La Danza de las Semillas | El Naan |
| Chucho Valdés (Cuba) | Chucho’s Mood | Jazz Batá 2 | Mack Avenue |
| Elina Duni – (Swiss Albanian) | Je Ne Sais Pas | Partir | ECM Records |
| Kymata (France, Greece, Romania) |
Sombre Dimanche/Thlimmeni Kyriaki | Kymata | Buda Musique |
| Minyeshu (Ethiopia) | Yetal | Daa Dee | ARC Music |
| Bokanté + Metropole Orkest | Maison en Feu | What Heat | Real World |
| Monsieur Doumani (Cyprus) | Antics | Angathin | Monsieur Doumani Records |
| Malagasy Guitar Masters (Madagascar) | Tsakorarake | Volo Hazo | Buda Musique |
Wednesday, January 2, 2019 PART II
| ARTIST | SONG TITLE | ALBUM | LABEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Island Big Song (Various – Indian and Pacific Ocean southern hemisphere) |
Semasemai a Mapuljat | Small Island Big Song | Small Island Big Song |
| Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet (USA) | Gongs and Bells Sing | Landfall | Nonesuch |
| Rinde Eckert (USA) | Time Is Our Own | The Natural World | National Sawdust Tracks |
| Marianne Faithfull (UK) | The Gypsy Faerie Queen | Negative Capability | Panta Rei/BMG |
| Small Island Big Song (Various – Indian and Pacific Ocean southern hemisphere) |
Manu Koroki | Small Island Big Song | Small Island Big Song |
| Toko Telo (Madagascar) | Zay Gni Raha | Diavola | Anio Records |
| Small Island Big Song (Various – Indian and Pacific Ocean southern hemisphere) |
Dewi Sri | Small Island Big Song | Small Island Big Song |
| Zanmari Baré (Reunion) | Voun | Voun | Buda Musique |
| Shooglenifty and Dhun Dhora (UK (Scotland), India (Rajasthan)) | Dhoriye | Written in Water | Shoogleniffty |
| Afro Celt Sound System (UK, Guinea, multinational) | Rippling | Flight | ECC Records |
| André Abujambra (Brazil) | Lagrimar | Ominda | Tratore |
| Toto Bona Lokua (France, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo) |
Naleki | Bondeko | No Format! |
| Anandi Bhattacharya (India) | Maya’s Dream | Joys Abound | Riverboat Records |
| Toto Bona Lokua (France, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo) |
Love Train | Bondeko | No Fornat! |
| Hermeto Pascoal (Brazil) | Agora eu quero instrumental | Hermeto Pascoal e sua Visão Original do Forró | Scubidu Music |
| Harold López-Nussa (Cuba) | Cimarrón | Un Día Cualquiera | Mack Avenue |
| Various (Puerto Rico) | “Brujerias” by Johnny Albino y su Trio San Juan | Nostalgique Porto Rico | Buda Musique |
| Various (Puerto Rico) | “Todo Acaba” by Johnny Albino y su Trio San Juan | Nostalgique Porto Rico | Buda Musique |
| Elements (US, India, Netherland) | To The Light | The Alchemy | Earth Brother CD |
| Okonkolo (Puerto Rico) | Ochun | Cantos | Big Crown Records |
| Gabacho Maroc (France, Algeria, Morocco) |
Baraka | Tawassol | Crystal Records/Sony Music |
| Omar Sosa & NDR Bigband (Cuba, Germany) | Sad Meeting | Essensual | Otá Records |
| Tord Gustavsen Trio (Norway) | The Other Side | The Other Side | ECM Records |
| Belonoga (Bulgaria) | Stona’s Path | Through the Eyes of the Earth | Narrator Records |
| Mimmo Epifani (Italy) | Lucutemenè | Putiferio | Finisterre |
