Best World Music Albums of 2021

Best World Music Albums of 2021


World Music Central presents the Best World Music Albums of 2021 selected by its editors and contributors.

Daryana Antipova (Russia)

San Salvador – La Grande Folie – La Grande Folie / Pagans / MDC
Mahsa Vahdat – Enlighten the Night – Kirkelig Kulturverksted
Staritsa – Klyukva – CPL-music
Khöömei Beat – Changys Baglaash – ARC Music
Various Artists – Henna: Young Female Voices from Palestine – Kirkelig Kulturverksted
Witch Camp (Ghana) – I’ve Forgotten Who I Used to Be – Six Degrees
Danyèl Waro – Tinn Tout – Cobalt / Buda Musique
Dalinda – Átjárók – Fonó
Vedan Kolod – Gorodische – CPL-music
Tania Saleh – 10 A.D. – Kirkelig Kulturverksted

These albums made this year special for me: some of them I was listening to in the hospital waiting for delivery, some of them helped me to get through the first 3 months with the new born Yaroslav, some I reviewed and received a lot of positive feedback and some are just great!” – Daryana.

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Madanmohan Rao (India)

Samba Touré – Binga – Glitterbeat
Shujaat Husain Khan, Katayoun Goudarzi, Shaho Andalibi & Shariq Mustafa – This Pale – Lycopod
Various Artists – Cameroon Garage Funk – Analog Africa
Angelique Kidjo – Mother Nature – Decca
Femi Kuti & Made Kuti – Legacy + – Partisan
Las Lloronas – Soaked – Muziekpublique
Various Artists – Henna: Young Female Voices from Palestine – Kirkelig Kulturverksted
Baba Sissoko with Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Madou Sidiki Diabate, Lansiné Kouyaté – Griot Jazz – Caligola
Natacha Atlas – The Inner & The Outer – Wise Music Publishing
Antonis Antoniou – Kkismettin – Ajabu!

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Angel Romero (USA)

Khöömei Beat – Changys Baglaash – ARC Music
Rafiki Jazz – Nduggu Dust – Konimusic
Rubén Blades & The Roberto Delgado Orquesta – Salswing! – Ruben Blades Productions
Namgar – Nayan Navaa – ARC Music
Shujaat Husain Khan, Katayoun Goudarzi, Shaho Andalibi, & Shariq Mustafa – This Pale – Lycopod Records
Ogún Afrobeat – Unite – Ogun Afrobeat
Orquestra Afrosinfônica – Orin, a língua dos anjos – Máquina de Louco
Rachel Magoola – Resilience – Songs of Uganda – ARC Music
Petrona Martínez – Ancestras – Chaco World Music
Transglobal Underground – A Gathering of Strangers 2021 – Mule 20

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Author: World Music Central News Department

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