WTJU Best of 2021 – John Bates
John Bates co-hosts World Turning, heard each Friday afternoon from 12-2 (eastern).
Artist(s)/Album/Label
Moira Smiley/In Our Voices/Moira Smiley Music
Afrika Mamas/Ilanga(The Sun)/ARC
David Walters/Nocturne/Six Degrees
Fely Tchaco/Yita (Deep Water)/Fely Productions
Sakili/Creole Sounds from the Indian Ocean/ARC
Omar Sosa/And East African Journey/OTA
Star Feminine Band/S/T/Born Bad Records
Bill Frisell & Skuli Sverrissen/Strata/Newvelle
Ruben Blades/SALSWING!/Ruben Blades Productions
Innov Gnawa/Lila/Daptone
Samba Toure/Binga/Glitterbeat
Jupiter and Okwess/Na Kozonga/Everloving
Various/World Cafe/Putumayo
Dobet Gnahore/Couleur/Cumbancha
Kasai Allstars/Black Ants Always Fly Together/Crammed Discs
Namgar/Nayan Navaa/ARC
Les Filles de Illighadad/At Pioneer Works/Sahel Sounds
Boubacar ‘Badian’ Diabate/Mande Guitar/Lion Songs
Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita/SUBA/bendigedig
Lakou Mizik & Joseph Ray/Leave The Bones/Anjunadeep
Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek/DOST 1/Bongo Joe
Sarah Aroeste/Monastir/Aroeste Music
Opium Moon/Night + Day/Six Degrees
Shujaat Husain Khan/This Pale/Lycopod
Susana Baca/Palabras Urgentes/Real World
