Ihor Cymbrows'kyj

Ihor Cymbrows'kyj - Przyjdź aniele (1996, Ukraine)
avant-folk / singer-songwriter / poetry
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Totó la Momposina

Totó la Momposina - La Candela Viva (1993, Colombia)
bullerengue / cumbia
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DakhaBrakha

 DakhaBrakha - Na Dobranich (2005, Ukraine)
 ukrainian folk

DakhaBrakha - Ягудки (2007)
ukrainian folk / psych folk / freak folk

DakhaBrakha - Na Mezhi (2009)

DakhaBrakha - Light (2010)

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Neun Welten

Neun Welten - Destrunken (2009, Germany)
dark folk / neofolk
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Thierry Robin

Thierry Robin - Gitans (1993, France)
romani folk / flamenco nuevo
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Erkut Özkan

Erkut Özkan - Kara Yerler (2014, Turkey)
turkish folk
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Kolinda

Kolinda - Kolinda (1976, Hungary)
hungarian folk / progressive folk / neo-medieval folk

Kolinda - Kolinda 2 (1977)

Kolinda - 1514 (1979)

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Migala

Migala - Arde (2000, Spain)
slowcore / post rock
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Repetitor

Repetitor - Sve što vidim je prvi put (2008, Serbia)
noise rock / indie rock
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Passo Torto

Passo Torto - Passo Torto (2011, Brazil)
MPB / samba / vanguarda paulista
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Passo Torto - Passo Elétrico (2013)
vanguarda paulista / experimental rock / math rock

Kim Doo Soo

Kim Doo Soo - Evening River (2010, South Korea)
psych folk
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Dunja Knebl

Dunja Knebl - Cetiri Frtalji (2000, Croatia)
croatian folk
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Dunja Knebl & Kololira - Tamo Doli (2013)
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Ecstatic Music of the Jemaa El Fna

Various Artists - Ecstatic Music of the Jemaa El Fna (2010, Morocco)
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Signor Benedick the Moor

Signor Benedick the Moor - El Negro (2013, USA)
experimental hip hop / abstract hip hop
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Lemchaheb

Lemchaheb - Lemchaheb '78 (1978, Morocco)
arabic folk

Jessica93

Jessica93 - Who Cares (2013, France)
post-punk / shoegaze

Naná Vasconcelos

Naná Vasconcelos - Saudades (1980, Brazil)
avant-folk / modern classical / brazilian music

Naná Vasconcelos - 4 Elementos (2013)
brazilian music / avant-folk / jazz fusion

Candeia

Candeia - Axé! (1978, Brazil)
samba

Toto Bissainthe

Toto Bissainthe - Chante Haiti (1977, Haiti)
haitian folk

Mendelson

Mendelson - Personne ne le fera pour nous (2007, France)
experimental rock / dream pop / slowcore / nouvelle chanson francaise

Mendelson - Mendelson (2013)
experimental rock / spoken word / post rock

Disciplina Kicme

Disciplina Kicme - Zeleni Zub Na Planeti Dosade (1989, Yugoslavia/Serbia)
experimental rock

Ossian

Ossian - Księga chmur (1979, Poland)
avant folk / jazz fusion

Aziza Brahim

Aziza Brahim - Soutak (2014, Western Sahara / Algeria)
sahrawi / tishoumaren

Epos

Epos - Ilya (1989, Russia)
progressive folk / Russian folk

Yanka Dyagileva

Yanka Dyagileva - Anhedonia (1989, Russia)
post punk / noise rock / singer-songwriter

L' Arpeggiata / Christina Pluhar

L' Arpeggiata / Christina Pluhar / Lucilla Galeazzi / Marco Beasley - La Tarantella - Antidotum Tarantulae (2002, Italy / France)
baroque music / italian folk

Mostar Sevdah Reunion

Mostar Sevdah Reunion - Cafe Sevdah (2007, Bosnia & Herzegovina)
sevdah

Tartit

Tartit: Ichichila: Original Desert Blues From the Malian Tuareg (Burkina Faso / Mali)
tuareg music / tishoumaren
 

Za!

Za! - Macumba o Muerte (2009, Spain)
experimental rock / brutal prog
 

Sarband

Sarband - Sephardic Songs (1997, Germany)
Sephardic music / neo-medieval folk
 

Latcho Drom

Various Artists - Latcho Drom (1993)
Romani Folk

Altaikai

Altaikai - XXI Century (2006, Altai Republic, Russia)
Mongolian throat singing

Best of 2015

1. Terakaft - Alone (Mali)

Tishoumaren

2. Susanne Sundfor - Ten Love Songs (Norway) - no link

art pop / synthpop

3. Fedorov & Kruzenshtern - Взрыв цветов  (Russia)

experimental rock / avant-folk / avant-prog

4. Ibeyi - Ibeyi (Cuba/France) - no link
art pop / alternative r&b / yoruba

4. Nozinja - Nozinja Lodge (South Africa)

Shangaan Electro / Kwaito / ambient dub

5. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Ba Power (Mali)

Mande music / afro-funk

6. Seval Eroglu - Iki Cihan (Turkey)

turkish folk

7. Insanlar - Kime Ne (Turkey)

turkish folk / minimal techno

8. Ghost Bath - Moonlover (USA) - no link

blackgaze / black metal 

9. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (USA) - no link

hip-hop

10. Senyawa - Menjadi (Indonesia)

indonesian folk / psych folk

  

11. Tal National - Zoy Zoy (Niger)

afro-funk

12. Fedorov, Martynov, Volkov, Grindenko, Opus Posth - Элегия  (Russia)

 avant-folk / modern classical

13. Samba Toure - Gandadiko (Mali)

mande music

  

14. Beglomeg - Eurokrjem (Norway)

experimental rock

15. Locrian - Infinite Dissolution

post rock / atmospheric black metal / drone / dark ambient

bonus song: Rundek Cargo Trio - Ima ih (Croatia) - youtube

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