PopMatters' 10 Best Global Music Albums of 2024

In 2024's best global music, celebrations of culture abound, with performers playing with sounds of home and family from the Caribbean to Tanzania and beyond.

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# 1

Maisha by The Zawose Queens

Album • Jun 07 / 2024

# 2

Funeral for Justice by Mdou Moctar

Album • May 03 / 2024 Tishoumaren Psychedelic Rock

# 3

Musow Danse by Les Amazones d'Afrique

Album • Feb 16 / 2024 Mande Music Electropop

# 4

Sonido Cósmico by Hermanos Gutiérrez

Album • Jun 14 / 2024 Ambient Americana

# 5

Tähdet palaavat paikoilleen by Joose Keskitalo + The Mystic Revelation of Teppo Repo

Album • Oct 04 / 2024

# 6

Promis Le Ciel by Delgres

Album • Feb 16 / 2024

# 7

Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996 by Various Artists

Album • Oct 18 / 2024

# 8

mute by El Khat

Album • Sep 13 / 2024

# 9

Harvest by BALTHVS

Album • Jul 19 / 2024

# 10

Milton + esperanza by Milton Nascimento + Esperanza Spalding

Album • Aug 09 / 2024 Chamber Jazz MPB Jazz Fusion