WorldBeat 8th November 2026
Garry filling in for Rick this week. Featuring the album So Much Sky Still Wanting More by Ukranian group Yagody. New music from Thailand (Khun Narins Electric Phin Band, Salin) and Finland (Antti Paalanen, Melkutus Party). Something from the new albums by Vesna (Czechia) and Kal (Serbia). New singles from the Wagakki Band's Beni Ninigawa (Japan) and Otyken (Siberia). More from the other recent world music releases, and from the Songlines magazine covermount CD for the December (#223) issue.
Garry filling in for Rick this week. Featuring the album So Much Sky Still Wanting More by Ukranian group Yagody. New music from Thailand (Khun Narins Electric Phin Band, Salin) and Finland (Antti Paalanen, Melkutus Party). Something from the new albums by Vesna (Czechia) and Kal (Serbia). New singles from the Wagakki Band's Beni Ninigawa (Japan) and Otyken (Siberia). More from the other recent world music releases, and from the Songlines magazine covermount CD for the December (#223) issue.
Ukrainian 4-piece all-female group
UK-based group. From Songlines magazine covermount CD for the December issue
New single from Senegalese star, featuring Jamaican reggae performer Kabaka Pyramid
Drummer from Thailand based in Canada. New track from a Thai movie soundtrack
French-based group featuring Mongolian singer
Rrobin is a French electronic music producer, and les Mamans du Congo are a Congolese collective led by singer Gladys Samba. This is their second collaboration after a self-titled album in 2020
Grooves from a hiphopkid with a Ghana soul
Kora player from Gambia joined by guitarist Habib Koite
Rézeleje Fanfárosok is a Budapest-based 7-piece brass band formed in 2020 that plays a vibrant mix of Moldovan Csángó melodies, Romanian muzică populară, Hungarian folk tunes, and Balkan dance music.
Serbian group who made their name internationally with their debut album in 2006, much played on World Beat.
The difference in numbering between Psalm 50 in the Septuagint (LXX) and Psalm 51 in the Masoretic Text refers to the famous Psalm of Repentance ("Have mercy upon me, O God...") attributed to King David
Ukrainian 4-piece all-female group
live recording from Craiceann Bodhran Festival 2016
Clara is a vocalist, composer, songwriter and pianist based in London from Spanish, Catalan and Cuban heritage.
Mexican marimba-punks
Duo from Belgium and Jordan
Musicians from Haiti
Remon Nakanishi is a Japanese singer, Suzumeno Tears, based in Tokyo, is a Japanese traditional folk duo
Finnish musician combining accordion, techno and throat singing.
Melkutus Party started as a solo project of Jenni Venäläinen (kantele, vocals), a Finnish kantele-player.
The single by the musical collaboration Zerzura (featuring Egyptian singer Hend Elrawy and the band Mazalda),
Singer from Mali in the mande griot tradition
Ukrainian 4-piece all-female group
Sudanese singer