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Some Of Our Favorite Songs from 2018

So much great music passes through our door every year, and in the magazine and on the radio, I try to sort it out as best as I can, with the help of a very dedicated group of volunteer writers. So this year, with the input of some of those writers, I am presenting a series of radio shows picking out some of our favorite songs from the last year. The following playlists are the songs we choose for their strength and beauty. They are not ranked, simply presented in a mostly uninterrupted hour of music. I hope you enjoy them as much as we do. - CF

RootsWorld Radio #276 & #277 include songs chosen by Cliff Furnald, David Cox, George De Stefano, Tom Orr, Tyran Grillo, Alex Brown and Michael Stone. Links to articles and reviews below.

world music Karine Polwart
"Laws of Motion"
From the album Laws of Motion (Hudson Records)
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world music Ry Cooder
"Gentrification"
The Prodigal Son

world music Cesare Dell’Anna and GirodiBanda
"Opapo"
Guerra
11/8 Records
Read more

world music Suistamon Sähkö
"Humani Hei"
Etkot, ресторан ja etnoteknoa
Kihtinäjärvi
Read more

world music Minyeshu
"Hailo Gaja"
Daa Dee
ARC Music
Read more

world music Philippe El Hage and Youssef Hbeisch
"Asrar"
Asrar (Secrets)
Artist release
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world music Jean-Baptiste Ferré
"Samba Bacanale"
Mambas
In Ouïe
Read more

world music Rinde Eckert
"Bar Fight"
The Natural World
National Sawdust Tracks / Songtone Productions
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world music Monsieur Doumani
"Hey You"
Angathin
Artist release
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world music Doctor Nativo
"Guatemaya"
Guatemaya
Stonetree
Read more

world music SANS
"The Walking Song"
Kulku
Cloud Valley
Read more

world music Ann O'aro
"Lo Shien"
Ann O'aro
Cobalt / Buda Musique
Read more

world music Delgrès
"Mo Jodi"
Mo Jodi
Pias
Read more

world music Accordion Samurai
"Gernika"
Te
Visage
Read more

world music Jowee Omicil
"Rara Demare"
Love Matters
Impulse!
Read more

world music Daniel Kahn & Painted Bird
"Freedom is a Verb"
The Butcher's Share
Oriente

world music Jean-Baptiste Ferre
"La Mamba"
Mambas
In Ouïe
Read more

world music Maarja Nuut & Ruum
"Haned Kadunud"
Muunduuja
130701

world music Ayn Trio
"Checkpoint"
Music of Basel Zayed
artist release
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world music Moira Smiley
"Refugee"
Unzip the Horizon
artist release
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world music Tania Saleh
"Happy About Something"
Intersection
KKV
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world music Giulio Bianco
"Tranieri"
Di zampogne, partenze e poesia
Puglia Sounds
Read more

world music Solju
"Oðða Áigodat"
Oðða Áigodat
Bafe's Factory
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world music John Prine
"Caravan of Fools"
Tree of Forgiveness
Oh Boy

world music John Minton
"New Delia"
Murder in the Cornfield
artist release

world music Monsieur Doumani
"Drinking and Kissing"
Angathin
artist release
Read more


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About RootsWorld: RootsWorld is a world music magazine started in 1993, pretty much at the dawn of the term "world music" as well as the pre-dawn of internet publishing (I suspect this was the first music magazine of any sort published on the www). Our focus is the music of the world: Africa, Asia, Europe, Pacifica and The Americas, the roots of the global musical milieu that has come to be known as world music, be it traditional folk music, jazz, rock or some hybrid. How is that defined? I don't know and don't particularly care at this point: it's music from someplace you aren't, music with roots, music of the world and for the world. OK?

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