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Music hosts Jedd Beaudoin, Chris Heim, Carla Eckels and Bill Pearce run down the year's best music, including world, rock, local music, jazz, R&B, gospel, blues, and books about music.Join KMUW's music hosts on Global Village, Strange Currency, Night Train, Crossroads, Soulsations & Straight No Chaser as they highlight their favorites. See show pages for upcoming show information or to listen to past shows through the streaming archive.Enjoy.

Global Village | Best of 2017

  1. Sabil - Zabad, l'écume des nuits . Zabad, Twilight Tide (Harmonia Mundi)
  2. Girma Beyene & Akale Wube - Ethiopiques 30: Mistakes On Purpose (Buda Musique)
  3. L’ Orchestre Afrisa International – Melanie (Colomotion)
  4. Matthieu Saglio & Jose “El Piru” – Petit à petit (Saglio & Piru)
  5. Avi Avital & Omer Avital – Avital Meets Avital (Deutsche Grammophon)
  6. Trio da Kali & Kronos Quartet – Ladilikan (World Circuit)
  7. Orchestre Les Mangelepa - Last Band Standing (Strut)
  8. Boubacar Traore – Dounia Tabolo (LusAfrica)
  9. Tamikrest – Kidal (Glitterbeat)
  10. Biflats - Catalan Fanfare! (Picap)
  11. Songhoy Blues – Resistance (Fat Possum)
  12. Trio Tekke & Dave de Rose – Zivo (Trio Tekke)
  13. Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita - Transparent Water (Ota)
  14. Ray Mantilla – High Voltage (Savant)
  15. Amine & Hamza - Fertile Paradoxes (ARC Music)
  16. Quadro Nuevo & Cairo Steps – Flying Carpet (Justin Time)
  17. Ramon Goose – Long Road to Tiznit (Riverboat)
  18. Lila Downs - Salón Lágrimas y Deseo (Sony)
  19. Aurelio – Darandi (RealWorld)
  20. The Grasslands Ensemble and Daniel Ho - Between the Sky and Prairie (Wind Music)
  21. Ozomatli - Non-Stop: Mexico to Jamaica (Cleopatra)
  22. Officina Zoe – Live in India (Kurumuny)
  23. Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues - Different Voices (Dawnserly)
  24. Maya Youssef - Syrian Dreams (Harmonia Mundi)
  25. Redi Hasa & Maria Mazzotta – Novilunio (Ponderosa)

REISSUES

  1. Various artists – Lost in China (Riverboat) 
  2. Various artists – Sweet as Broken Dates (Ostinato)
  3. Alash – Achai (Smithsonian Folkways)
  4. Various artists – Zaire 74: The African Artists (Wrasse)
  5. Various artists – Andina: The Sound of The Peruvian Andes 1968-1978 (Tiger’s Milk)
Chris Heim produces and hosts Global Village, a nationally and internationally distributed world music show; the nightly jazz show Night Train, and Crossroads, KMUW’s twice-weekly blues and R&B show. Chris is also a critic and freelance writer whose work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Utne, Global Rhythm, Dirty Linen, and Option, among others.