Global New Year mp3s

Even though a big chunk of the planet celebrates new year a month from now, in lunar time, today is a good day to clear out the old and look forward to the new. So here are a number of free mp3 links we've uncovered over the past year, collected for your convenience. Most were posted at sister site Spin the Globe over the course of 2005. For goodness' sake, enjoy yourself, and go buy more from the artists you enjoy - this music helps bring sanity to an often-insane world. Happy New Year!

• Gadjo Playboys: "Dos Ambiane"
• Manou Gallo: "Iniyi"
• Uru: "Wrap UP (anti-AIDS anthem)"
• Manou Gallo: "Galere"
• Salam: "Tara"
• Klezmerica: "Blues For Ashkelon"
• KLEZSKA: "Ose Shalom"
• Fantazia: "Mul Sheshe"
• Salam: "Kairo"
• Guy Mendilow: "Simple Gifts"
• Tibetan flute player and singer: unidentified song
• Bembeya Jazz: "Guantanamera Seyni"
• Chango Spasiuk: "Tarefero de mis pagos"
• Juno Reactor: "Song for Ancestors"
• Young Stars Modern Taarab (Zanzibar)
• Kokolo "Democrazy" (more here)
• Antibalas "Government Magic" (more free Antibalas mp3s here)
• Yat-Kha: "Orgasmatron" (Motorhead cover)
• Mukesh & Lata Mangeshkar: "Apni Ulfat Mein" (from the 1964 film Sasural) - for many more old Bollywood mp3s, see indianscreen.com
• Vusi Mahlasela: "When You Come Back"
• Amandla: "Bring Him Back Home"
• Boris Kovac: "Argentina"
• African Show Boyz: "Suffer in Africa"
• Mohamed Wardi: "Bainy"
• Hamed Elrayh: "Sagyah"
• Mahmoud Abdel Aziz: "Lahieb"
• Cuchata: "El Maldito" (more Cuchata here)
• Grupo Fantasma: "Laredo (featuring Baby G)"
  
• Oumou Sangare: "NeBife"
• Gigi: "Guramayle"
• Rhodee: "In Exile"
• Radio Zumbido: "Livingston Buzz"
• Marcelina Ferndandez: "Traditional Garifuna song"
• Udom Silapin na Chiang Mai: "Mon Yok Sop" (more Thai funeral songs here)
• The Jolly Boys: "Woman's Smarter"
• Hamed Kane: "Nekine"
• Fiamma Fumana: "Dance!"
• Old Blind Dogs: "A Wild Rumpus"
• Techung: "Ser Gi Tung Pho (Sacred Offering)"
• JJI Exile Brothers: "Exile"
• Ojos de Brujo: "Ventilador R-80"
• Cambalache: "La Muerte" by Cambalache
• Senor Coconut: "Showroom Dummies"
  
• Senor Coconut: "Beat It"
• Sergent Garcia: "Stop Da War"
• Village Folk Bayaka: "Loposa ya mwindu e uti wap (Where does the black complexion come from?)"
  
• Mercan Dede: "Ab-l Rû"
• Orchid Ensemble: "Harvest Season"
  
• Zanga Zanga: "Bitsu"
  
• Ferus Mustafov: "Orient Cocek"
• Antibalas: "Hypocrite"
  
• Antibalas: "Talkatif"
  
• Alms for Shanti: "Superbowl (Live)"
  
• Anziza Salema: "Majunga"