Fifteen excellent new releases from current artists:

Ali Farka Toure : Savane / Nonesuch. 

Bole 2 Harlem : Volume 1 / Sounds of the Mushroom.

Extra Golden : Ok-Oyot System / Thrill Jockey.

Julieta Venegas : Limon y Sal / Sony.

KAL : KAL / Asphalt Tango.   

Krakauer and Socalled: Bubbemeises / Label Bleu.   

La Cumbiamba Eneye : Marioneta / Chonta.   

Mariana Sadovska : Borderland / EVOE.   

Maurice el Medioni with Roberto Rodriguez : Descarga Oriental / Piranha.

Patriarcas de la Rumba : Cosa Nostra / K Industria.   

Rachid Taha : Diwan 2 / Wrasse.

Sally Nyolo and the Original Bands of Yaounde / Riverboat.   

Source : Tonight's African Jazz Band / Completely Nuts.   

Think of One :  Trafico / Crammed.   

Zemog el Gallo Bueno : Cama de la Conga / Aagoo.   

Top NYC Live World Music Happenings, when everyone who was anyone was there:

Culture Musical Club of Zanzibar at Makor

Goran Bregovic Wedding and Funeral Orchestra at Lincoln Center Avery Fisher Hall

Monumental reissue event:  Fania label cds.

Personal celebrity interview of the year:   Goran Bregovic (wfmu.org/playlists/shows/19260)

See all WFMU 2006 top 10 lists here!