Best Albums of 2006

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Roots & Wings Best of 2006

Well, here it is, a completely arbitrary list of what I liked and listened to in 2006.

There are no numbers on this list. The offerings are way too "apples and oranges" to force into numerical order. I figure the top 5 or 6 titles are all tied for "best", and the next 5 or 6 or so are close behind in second place and all the rest are damn fine listening too.

ENJOY!

ARTIST "Album Title" Label (Distributor and code) Country of Origin

TOM ZE "Estudando o Pagode" Trama, Luaka Bop (Sony BMG 68989-90062-2) Brazil

ALI FARKA TOURE "Savane", World Circuit-Nonesuch (Warner 79965-2) Mali

L'HAM DE FOC "Cor de Porc" Justin Time-Galileo (Fusion 3 JTR 8519-2) Spain

DENGUE FEVER "Escape from Dragon House" Web of Mimicry (Birdman WOM12) Cambodia / USA

REFUGEE ALL STARS "Living Like a Refugee" Anti- (Epitaph 86837-2) Sierra Leone

LILA DOWNS "La Cantina" EMI (EMI 009463-46460 2-4) Mexico/USA

CHEIKH LO "Lamp Fall", World Circuit-Nonesuch (Warner 79938-2) Senegal

AFRICAN GUITAR SUMMIT "African Guitar Summit II" CBC Records (CBC Records TRCD-3016) Various-Africa/Canada

SARA TAVARES "Balance" Times Square (Fusion TSQCD 9054) Angola/Portugal

KAL "Kal" Asphalt Tango (Fusion 3 ATR 0906) Serbia

TANDAVA "Tandava" Tandava (indie TAN 2006) Canada

BOLE 2 HARLEM "Bole 2 Harlem Vol 1" Sounds of the Mushroom (indie V.1) Ethiopia/USA

SON DE LA FRONTERA "Son de la Frontera" World Village (Fusion 3 468059) Spain

NURU KANE "Sigil" Riverboat (Fusion 3 TUGCD 1041) Senegal

THE MCDADES "Bloom" Free Radio (indie FR 005) Canada

IDAN RAICHEL "The Idan Raichel Project" Cumbancha (Koch CMB CD2) Israel

TOUMANI DIABATE'S SYMMETRIC ORCHESTRA "Boulevard de l'Independence", World Circuit-Nonesuch (Warner 79953-2) Mali

OLIVER SCHROER "Camino" Big Dog (indie BD 0601) Canada

GIGI "Gold & Wax" Palm (Palm PALM 2128) Ethiopia/USA

MADRIGAIA "Pleiades" indie (indie PBRM 159 ) Canada

FIAMMA FUMANA "Onda" Omnium (Omnium 2043) Italy

BADI ASSAD "Wonderland" Edge (Deutche Grammaphon Universal 4776113) Brazil

ECCODEK "Voices Have Eyes" indie (indie) Canada

SUI VESAN "Merging with the Brook" World Village (Fusion 3 468060) Slovakia

KALA RAMNATH AND YASHILA "Drive East" Sense World Music (Sense UK SENSE 084) India

LUBO ALEXANDROV "Kaba Horo" Justin Time, Enya (Fusion 3 JENJ 3322-2) Canada

MICHAEL MCGOLDRICK "Wired" Compass (Koch 7 4424 2) Ireland

POLEMIL BAZAR "Avale Ta Montre" Tacca (Select TACD 4537) Canada

LOS AMIGOS INVISIBLES "Super Pop Venezuela" Gozadera (EMI Gozadera 003) Venezuela

AFRODIZZ "Froots" C4, DEP (Universal CPR 22194) Canada


Compilations or re-issues

VARIOUS: "Congotronics 2, Buzz & Rumble from the Urban Jungle" Crammed (Fusion 3 CRAW 29) Congo

VARIOUS: "Tales of Mocambique, Marrabenta and More" Sheer Sound (Fusion 3 SLCD 099) Mozambique

VARIOUS: "The Rough Guide to Yodel" World Network (Fusion 3 RGNET 1174) various

VARIOUS: "Silencio = Muerte, Red Hot and Latin Redux" Nacional (ADA Warner) various

VARIOUS: "Electric Gypsyland 2" Crammed (Fusion 3 CRAW 37) various

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