The 10 best global albums of 2022

The 10 best global albums of 2022

Horace Andy, Lucrecia Dalt and Sélène Saint-Aimé.
A world to discover … Horace Andy, Lucrecia Dalt and Sélène Saint-Aimé. Composite: Michael Moodie/ Aina Climent / Nicolas Derné

Musicians mixed the old and the new, with vocals from Indigenous American tribes and flute music from the ancient Mayan courts among the year’s album highlights

Sound artist Liew Niyomkarn’s latest album wove poignant field recordings from her rural birthplace in northern Thailand with pulsing synths and plucked lyres to create a meditative reimagining of home. Recorded between Thailand and her current base in Antwerp, the album plays like a nostalgic blur of memory music.

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