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The 10 Best Global Music Albums of 2022

Adriane Pontecorvo / 7 December 2022

The best global music albums demonstrate how much art comes specifically from connections between people and the importance of the places they bring with them.

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Guitarist Vieux Farka Touré Embraces His Roots on ‘Les Racines’

Adriane Pontecorvo / 11 August 2022

On Les Racines, Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Touré looks in many directions at once, and while doing so, shares integral parts of his musical world with us.

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The 15 Best World Music Albums of 2010

Richard Elliott / 27 April 2020

Africa dominated the world music scene in 2010 -- or at least, it dominated Western perceptions of what "world music" might be. That said, the new vinyl archeology could be seen at work in all areas and all eras of recorded music.