Best of 2025 – John Bates

By Folk Department

John Bates co-hosts World Turning, heard each Friday afternoon from 12-2 (eastern).


Artist(s)/Album/Label
The Good Ones/Rawanda Sings with Strings/Glitterbeat

Divanhana/Radio Sevdah/CPL-Music

Noura Mint Seymali/Yenbett/Glitterbeat

Meklit/A Piece of Infinity/Smithsonian Folkways

Brighde Chaimbeul/Sunwise/Glitterbeat

Trio Da Kali/Bagola/One World

Estrellas de Buena Vista/Live in Havana/One World

Orchestra Gold/Dakan/Orchestra Gold

WITCH/Sogolo/Partisan

Tidiane Thiam/Africa Yontii/Sahel Sounds

Ute Lemper/Pirate Jenny/The Audiophile Society

Songhoy Blues/Heritage/Transgressive

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan/Chain of Light/Real World

6hunesseq/Ma olen maa peel v66ras/Nordic Notes Zawose Queens/Maisha/Real World

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