Best of 2024 – John Bates
By Folk Department
John Bates co-hosts World Turning, heard each Friday afternoon from 12-2 (eastern).
Artist(s)/Album/Label
Les Amazones d’Afrique/Musow Danse/Real World
Bab L’Bluz/Swaken/Real World
Ibibio Sound Machine/Pull the Rope/Merge
Dayme Arocena/Alkemi/Brownswood
6hunesseq/Ma olen maa peal v66ras/Nordic Notes
Gordan/Gordan/Glitterbeat
Dobranotch/Vander Ikh Mir Lustik/CPL-Music
Vedan Kolod/Birds/CPL-Music
Hermanos Gutierrez/Sonido Cosmico/Easy Eye Sound
Orquesta Akokan/Caracoles/Daptone
The Zawose Queens/Maisha/Real World
Tidiane Thiam/Africa Yontii/Sahel Sounds
Fink-Marxer-Tian/From China to Appalachia/Community Music Inc.
Meridian Brothers/Mi Latinoamerica Sufre/Ansonia Records
Nascimento-spalding/Milton + esperanza/Concord
Los Bitchos/Talkie Talkie/City Slang
Manu Chao/Viva Tu/Because Music
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party/Chain of Light/Real World
Afro Celt Sound System/Ova/Six Degrees Seun Kuti & Egypt 80/Heavier Yet (Lays the Crownless Head)/Record Kicks