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The Best of World Music in 2006

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Siddhartha Mitter, WNYC's culture reporter and a contributor to the Boston Globe, reviews the year in World Music.

Siddhartha Mitter's 2006 Picks:

Ali Farka Toure, "Savane"
Kekele, "Kinavana"
Refugee All Stars, "Living like a Refugee"
Chicago Classical Oriental Ensemble, "The Songs of Sheikh Sayyed Darwish - Soul of a People"
V/A, "From Bakabush: The First 10 Years of Stonetree Records"
Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra, "Boulevard de l'Independance"
V/A, "Roots of Rumba Rock"
Nuru Kane, "Sigil"
V/A, "The Rough Guide to the Music of Malaysia"
Tartit, "Abacabok"


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