MY FAVOURITE NEW ALBUMS OF 2009

Abdoulaye "Djoss" Diabaté - Sara
Amina Alaoui - Gharnati En Concert
Anouar Brahem - The Astounding Eyes of Rita
Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba - I Speak Fula
Blue Asia - Sketches of Myahk
Dave Rawlings Machine - A Friend of a Friend
Dead Weather - Horehound
Dizzee Rascal - Tongue 'n' Cheek
Jay-Z - Blueprint 3
Khaled - Liberté
Márta Sebéstyen - I Can See the Gates of Heaven
Oumou Sangaré - Seya
Radiokijada - Nuevos Sonidos Afro Peruanos
Teitur - The Singer
Wilco - Wilco

MY FAVOURITE NEW ALBUMS OF 2008

Natacha Atlas - Ana Hina
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One
Eliza Carthy - Dreams of Breathing Underwater
Chiwoniso - Rebel Woman
Devotchka - A Mad & Faithful Telling
Mamadou Diabaté - Douga Mansa
Etran Finatawa - Desert Crossroads
The Garifuna Women's Project - Umalali
Kasai All-Stars - In the 7th Moon, the Chief Turned Into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of His Enemy
Ivo Papasov - Dance of the Falcon
Rajery, Ballaké Sissoko, Driss El Maloumi - 3MA
The Roots - Rising Down
Taksim Trio - Taksim Trio
Huong Thanh - Fragile Beauty
Rokia Traoré - Tchamantché