The Rough Guide to World: 100 Essential CDs

Published October 2000

1 King Sunny Ade/ Juju Music
2 Afro Celt Sound System / Vol.1 : SOund Magic
3 Mahmoud Ahmed / Almaz
4 Amina Alaoui / Gharnati-Arabo-Andalusian Music of Morocco
5 Altan / Island Angel
6 Ankala / Rhythms of the Outer Core
7 Joe Arroyo / La Noche
8 Eleftheria Arvanitaki / Meno Ektos
9 Ashkabad / City of Love
10 Susana Baca / Eco de Sombras
11 Baka Beyond / Spirít of the Forest
12 The Balfa Brothers / Play Traditional Cajun Music Vols. 1 & 2
13 Asha Bhosle and Ali Akbar Khan / Legacy
14 Vera Bílá / Queen of Romany
15 João Bosco / João Bosco
16 La Bottine Souriante/ En Spectacle
17 Boukman Eksperyans / Libete (Pran Pou Pran'l!)
18 Budowitz / Mother Tongue
19 Buena Vista Social Club / Buena Vista Social Club
20 Camarón / Calle Real
21 Manu Chao / Clandestino
22 Haríprasad Chaurasia and Shirkumar Sharma / Call of the Valley
23 Clifton Chenier / Bogalusa Boogie
24 The Chieftains / Santiago
25 Willie Colon and Ruben Blades / Siembra
26 Toumani Diabate / Djelika
27 Manu Dibango and Cuarteto Patria / CubAfrica
28 Donnisulana / Per Agata
29 Cesaria Evora / Cesaria
30 Mahmoud Fadl / Love Letters from King Tut-Ank-Amen
31 Fania AlI Stars / Live at Yankee Stadium
32 Franco / 20éme Anniversaire
33 Ghazal / Moon Rise Over the Silk Road
34 Gipsy Kings / Gipsy Kings
35 Juan Luís Guerra and 4.40 / Bachata Rosa
36 Hassan Hakmoun /The Fire Within: Gnawa Music of Morocco
37 Ofra Haza / Yemenite Songs
38 Huun-Huur-Tu / The Orphan's Lament
39 Istanbul Oriental Ensemble / Gypsy Rum
40 Jali Musa Jawara / Yasimika
41 Carlo Jones & the Surinam Kaseko Troubadours / Carlo Jones & the Surinam Kaseko Troubadours
42 Kepa Junkera / Bilbao OO:OOh
43 Salif Keita / Soro
44 Khaled / Khaled
45 Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan /Musst Musst
46 The Klezmatics / Rhythm + Jews
47 Euis Komariah & Yus Wiradiredja / The Sound of Sunda
48 Kronos Quartet / Pieces of Africa
49 Fela Kuti / The Best Best of Fela Kutí: The Black President
50 Ladysmith Black Mambazo / The Star and the Wiseman
51 Famille Lela de Permet / Polyphonies vocales et instrumentales d'Albanie
52 Oscar D'Leon / Los Oscares de Oscar
53 Cheikh Lô / Né La Thiass
54 Paco de Lucía / Siroco
55 Baaba Maal / Nomad Soul
56 Miriam Makeba and the Skylarks / The Best of Miriam Makeba and the Skylarks
57 Samba Mapangala and Orchestre Virunga / Virunga Volcano
58 Thomas Mapfumo / The Best of Thomas Mapfumo
59 Maurice EI Médioni / Café Oran
60 Mighty Sparrow / 25th Anniversary
61 Mila Na Utamaduni / Spices of Zanzibar
62 Beny Moré / Cuban Originais - Beny Moré
63 Muzsikás and Márta Sebestyén / Morning Star
64 Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares / Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares
65 Najma / Qareeb
66 Milton Nascimento / Clube da Esquina
67 Youssou N'Dour / The Guide (Wommat)
68 NG La Banda / The Best Of NG La Banda
69 Orchestra Baobab / Pirates Choice
70 Geoffrey Oryema / Exile
71 Orquesta Aragon / Cuban Originais - Orquesta Aragon
72 The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band / The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band
73 Ivo Papasov / Orpheus Ascending
74 Astor Piazzola / Tango: Zero Hour
75 Tito Puente / 50 Years of Swing
76 Purna Das Baul / Bauls of Bengal
77 Ismael Rivera / El Sonero Mayor
78 Abdel Gadir Salim AlI-Stars / The Merdoum Kings Play Songs of Love
79 Nitin Sawhney / Beyond Skin
80 Shakti / The Best of Shakti
81 Ravi Shankar / Live at the Monterey International Pop Festival
82 Shooglenifty / Venus in Tweeds
83 Paul Simon / Graceland
84 Songhai / Songhai
85 Mercedes Sosa /30 Años
86 Rashid Taha / Diwân
87 Taraf de Haïdouks / Honourable Brigands, Magic Horses and Evil Eye
88 Tarika / Son Egal
89 3 Mustaphas 3 / Shopping
90 Totó la Momposina / Pacantó
91 Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder / Talking Timbuktu
92 Transglobal Underground / Dream of 100 Nations
93 Rokia Traoré / Mouneissa
94 Värttinä / Vihma
95 Caetano Veloso / Circuladô Vivo
96 Waterson:Carthy / Waterson:Carthy
97 Papa Wemba / Le Voyageur
98 Zap Mama / Zap Mama
99 Various Artists / The Indestructible Beat of Soweto: Vol.1
100 Various Artists / Road of the Gypsies