Your Guide to Stocking Stuffers 2016

Blog December 8, 2016

Here are reviews of the albums featured in Afropop Worldwide's new <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/33137/stocking-stuffers-2016/" target="_blank">Stocking Stuffers 2016</a> program. There are also concert reviews, as many of the artists performed songs from their new releases this year. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see a complete list of the artists, songs and albums from the show. <h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/29085/interview-debo-bands-danny-mekonnen/" target="_blank">The Call of the Lionhearted: A Chat With Debo Band's Danny Mekonnen</a></h3> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/29085/interview-debo-bands-danny-mekonnen/" target="_blank"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-33141" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2016/12/ere-gobez-300x239.jpg" alt="ere-gobez" width="540" height="430"></a> <h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/31421/florent-mazzoleni-on-bobo-dioulassos-golden-age-of-music/" target="_blank">Florent Mazzoleni on Bobo-Dioulasso's Golden Age of Music</a></h3> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/31421/florent-mazzoleni-on-bobo-dioulassos-golden-age-of-music/" target="_blank"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-33142" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2016/12/BoboYeye_FEATURE.jpg" alt="boboyeye_feature" width="540" height="430"></a> <h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/32182/urgent-jumping-east-african-musiki-wa-dansi-classics/" target="_blank">Urgent Jumping! East African Musiki wa Dansi Classics</a></h3> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/32182/urgent-jumping-east-african-musiki-wa-dansi-classics/" target="_blank"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-33143" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2016/12/jumping.jpg" alt="jumping" width="540" height="540"></a> <h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/32440/madjafalao/" target="_blank">Madjafalao</a></h3> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/32440/madjafalao/" target="_blank"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-33144" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2016/12/PolyRythmo_Madjafalao_Oct28-768x768.jpg" alt="polyrythmo_madjafalao_oct28-768x768" width="540" height="540"></a> <h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/32072/kidayu/" target="_blank">Kidayú</a></h3> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/32072/kidayu/" target="_blank"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-33145" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2016/12/vaudou.jpg" alt="vaudou" width="540" height="540"></a> <h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/28751/dois-amigos-um-seculo-de-musica/" target="_blank">Concert Review: Gil and Veloso--Dois Amigos, Um Século de Música</a></h3> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/28751/dois-amigos-um-seculo-de-musica/" target="_blank"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-33146" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2016/12/dois-amigos.jpg" alt="Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso" width="640" height="427"></a> <h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/27857/bambulaye/" target="_blank">Bambulaye</a><a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/27857/bambulaye/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-33147" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2016/12/los-hacheros-bambulaye-cover.jpg" alt="los-hacheros-bambulaye-cover" width="640" height="642"></a></h3> <h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/33040/tiken-jah-fakoly-shares-message-of-african-unity/" target="_blank">Tiken Jah Fakoly Shares Message of African Unity</a></h3> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/33040/tiken-jah-fakoly-shares-message-of-african-unity/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-33049" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2016/12/IMG_6116.jpg" alt="img_6116" width="640" height="611"></a> <h3 style="text-align: center;"><a title="Arbina" href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/32379/arbina/" target="_blank">Arbina</a></h3> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/32379/arbina/" target="_blank"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-33148" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2016/12/noura.jpg" alt="noura" width="640" height="640"></a> <h3 style="text-align: center;"><a title="Heritage" href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/33035/heritage/" target="_blank">Heritage</a></h3> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/33035/heritage/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-33036 size-large" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2016/12/22906-Richard_20Bona_20-_20Heritage_20-_20Artwork-1024x1024.jpg" alt="22906-richard_20bona_20-_20heritage_20-_20artwork" width="640" height="640"></a> The complete list of this year's recommended records, and where to find them: Bitori, <a href="https://analogafrica.bandcamp.com/album/legend-of-funana-the-forbidden-music-of-the-cape-verde-islands" target="_blank">Legend of Funaná: The Forbidden Music of the Cape Verde Islands</a> (Analog Africa) Elage Diouf,<a href="http://www.elagediouf.com/EN/store.html" target="_blank"> Melokàane</a> (DEP) Tiwa Savage, <a href="https://mavinrecords.com/M/albums/red/" target="_blank">R.E.D. (</a>Mavin) Bisa Kdei, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/break-through/id1071132410" target="_blank">Break Through</a> (BLMC) Yishak Banjaw, <a href="https://terangabeat.bandcamp.com/album/love-songs-vol-2" target="_blank">Love Songs Vol. 2</a> (Terenga Beat) Debo Band, <a href="http://www.deboband.com/music/ere-gobez/" target="_blank">Ere Gobez</a> (FPE) Various Artists, <a href="http://www.numerogroup.com/products/bobo-yy-belle-poque-in-upper-volta" target="_blank">Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque in Upper Volta</a> (Numero Group) Various Artists, <a href="http://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/va-urgent-jumping-east-african-musiki-wa-dansi-classics-2cd/STCD.3067.68CD.html" target="_blank">Urgent Jumping! East African Musiki Wa Dansi Classics</a> (Sterns Africa) Le Tout-Puissant Orchestre Poly-Rythmo,<a href="http://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/le-tout-puissant-orchestre-poly-rythmo-madjafalao-lp-cd/BEC.5156647.html" target="_blank"> Madjafalao</a> (Because Music) Vaudou Game,<a href="https://hotcasarecords.bandcamp.com/album/vaudou-game-kidayu" target="_blank"> Kidayu</a> (Hot Casa) Bossacucanova <a href="http://www.sixdegreesrecords.com/bossacucanova-best-of/">The Best of Bossacucanova</a> (Six Degrees) Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, <a href="http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/dois-amigos" target="_blank">Dois Amigos: Um Século de Música (Ao Vivo)</a> (Nonesuch) Elza Soares, <a href="https://elzasoares.bandcamp.com/album/the-woman-at-the-end-of-the-world-a-mulher-do-fim-do-mundo" target="_blank">A Mulher do Fim do Mundo</a> (Mais Um Discos) Los Hacheros, <a href="http://www.chulorecords.com/shop/los-hacheros-bambulaye-physical-copy-pre-sale" target="_blank">Bambulaye</a> (Chulo) Ibrahim Maalouf, <a href="https://www.ibrahimmaalouf.com/js_albums/red-black-light/" target="_blank">Black Light</a> (Impulse) Tiken Jah Fakoly, <a href="http://www.universalmusic.fr/artiste/7313-tiken-jah-fakoly/" target="_blank">Racines</a> (Universal) Vieux Kanté, <a href="http://www.sternsmusic.com/disk_info.php?id=STCD1127" target="_blank">The Young Man's Harp</a> (Sterns Africa) Bombino, <a href="http://www.bombinomusic.com/home/" target="_blank">Azel</a> (Partisan) Noura Mint Seymali, Noura Mint Seymali, <a href="https://noura-mint-seymali.bandcamp.com/album/arbina" target="_blank">Arbina</a> (Glitterbeat) Mohamed Abozekry, <a href="http://smarturl.it/MAbozekryKarkade" target="_blank">Karkadé</a> (Jazz Village/Harmonia Mundi) Osei Korankye, <a href="https://oseikorankye.bandcamp.com/album/seperewa-of-ghana-3mmer3-nhyina-ns3" target="_blank">Seperewa of Ghana: Emmere Nhyina Nse</a> (Akwaaba Music) Richard Bona, <a href="http://www.richard-bona.com/" target="_blank">Heritage</a> (Qwest) The Pedrito Martinez Group and Román Díaz, <a href="http://pedritomartinezmusic.com/splash/" target="_blank">Habana Dreams </a>(Motema Music) Harold Lopez-Nussa, <a href="http://www.mackavenue.com/artists/harold-lopez-nussa" target="_blank">El Viaje</a> (Mack Avenue) Zomba Prison Project, <a href="https://zombaprisonproject.bandcamp.com/album/i-will-not-stop-singing" target="_blank">I Will Not Stop Singing</a> (Six Degrees) Fatou Seidi Ghali & Alamnou Akrouni, <a href="https://sahelsounds.bandcamp.com/album/les-filles-de-illighadad">Les Filles de Illighadad</a> (Sahel Sounds) Sahra Halgan Trio, <a href="https://sahrahalgantrio.bandcamp.com/releases" target="_blank">Faransiskiyo Somaliland </a>(Buda Music) Aziza Brahim, <a href="https://azizabrahim.bandcamp.com/album/abbar-el-hamada" target="_blank">Abbar el Hamada</a> (Glitterbeat) Rocky Marsiano, <a href="https://rockymarsiano.bandcamp.com/album/meu-kamba-2" target="_blank">Meu Kamba Vol. Dois</a> (Akwaaba) Graveola E O Lixo Polifônico, <a href="http://graveola.com.br/camaleao/" target="_blank">Camaleão Borboleta</a> (Mais Um Discos) La Yegros, <a href="https://www.soundwayrecords.com/Shop/DownloadDetails?rid=SWR_RE_32" target="_blank">Magnetismo</a> (Soundways)