For the rest of the year, we'll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2017, leading up to our 2017 Top 90.3 Album Countdown! Voting ends on Friday, December 8th at 6:00 PM PT, so let us know your favorites now, and tune in on Friday, December 15th to hear if your picks made the list!
Darek Mazzone's 2017 Top Ten Albums
| artist | album | label |
| Juana Molina | Halo | Crammed Discs |
| Songhoy Blues | Résistance | Fat Possum |
| Yasmine Hamdan | Al Jamilat | Ipecac/Crammed Discs |
| Tamikrest | Kidal | Glitterbeat |
| Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet | Ladilikan | Nonesuch |
| Emel Mathlouthi | Ensen | Partisan Records |
| Sabrina Malheiros | Clareia | Far Out |
| Shujaat Husain Khan, Katayoun Goudarzi, Tim Reis, Dibyarka Chatterjee, Kevin Hays |
Will You? | Saffron |
| Lula Pena | Archivo Pittoresco | Crammed Disc |
| Ibibio Sound Machine | Uyai | Merge |
Darek Mazzone is the host of Wo’ Pop, on the air Tuesday nights from 6-9PM.
Review by Emily Slider, DJ assistant for Wo'Pop on KEXP
