WTJU Best of 2019 – John Bates
By WTJU
John Bates co-hosts World Turning, heard each Friday afternoon from 12-2 (eastern).
ARTIST – ALBUM – LABEL
Nobunto – Obabes Bembube – 10th District Music
Making Movies – ameri’kana – 3/2 Recordings
Mary Ann Kennedy – Glaschu – ARC
Tuuletar – Rajatila – Bafe’s Factory
Rachid Taha – Je Suis Africain – Believe
AKA Trio – Joy – Bendigedig
Madalitso Band – Wasalala – Bongo Joe
Cimarron – Orinoco – Cimarron Music
Oumar Konate – I Love You Inna – Clermont
Lakou Milzik – HaitiaNola – Cumbancha
Tinariwen – Amadjar – Epitaph
Kel Assouf – Black Tenere – Glitterbeat
Aziza Brahim – Sahari – Glitterbeat
Snarky Puppy – Immigrance – Ground Up Music
Ballake Sissoko & Baba Sissoko – Sissoko & Sissoko – Home Records
Martin Hayes & Brooklyn Rider – The Butterfly – In a Circle
Salif Keita – Un Autre Blanc – Naive
The Gloaming – 3 – Real World
O Raghallaigh/Bartlett – S/T – Real World
Mdou Moctar – Ilana: The Creator – Sahel Sounds
Taina Asili – Resiliencia – Taina Aslli
Debashish Bhattacharya – Joy!Guru – Unzipped Fly
Kronos Quartet/M&M Vahdat – Placeless – Valley Entertainment
Villalobos Brothers – Somos – Villalobos Brothers
