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Global Village Top 40 Albums For December 2015

  1.       Various - Senegal 70 (Analog Africa)

2.       L'Attirail - La route interieure (Les Chantiers Sonores)

3.       Gregorio Uribe Big Band - Cumbia Universal (Zoho)

4.       Polkaholix - Sex & Drugs & Sauerkraut (Monopol)

5.       Bixiga 70 - III (Glitterbeat)

6.       Tiken Jah Fakoly - Racines (Barclay)

7.       Dieuf-Dieul de Thies - Awsa Yone Vol. 2 (Teranga Beat)

8.       Black Masala - I Love You Madly (Black Masala Music)

9.       Shujaat Husain Khan/Katayoun Goudarzi - Ruby (Shujaat Khan)

10.   Seffarine - De Fez a Jerez (Seffarine Music)

11.   Griselda Sanderson - Radial (Waulk)

12.   St. Germain - St. Germain (Nonesuch)

13.   Vieux Farka Toure/Julia Easterlin - Touristes (Six Degrees)

14.   Lura - Herencia (LusAfrica)

15.   Mamek Khadem - The Road (Innova)

16.   Sahra Halgan Trio - Faransiskiyo Somaliland (Buda Musique)

17.   Carlos Timon - Solar Rapé (Pueblo/Clermont)

18.   Battlefield Band - Beg & Borrow (Temple)

19.   Grupo Fantasma - Problemas (Blue Corn)

20.   Xixa - Shift and Shadow (Barbes)

21.   Amadou Ballake - In Conclusion (Sterns Music)

22.   Buika - Vivir Sin Miedo (Warner Music Latina)

23.   Karavan Sarai - Woven Landscapes (Karavan Sarai)

24.   Shantel - Viva Diaspora (Essay)

25.   Fat Freddy's Drop - Bays (The Drop)

26.   TriBeCaStan - Goddess Polka Dottess (Evergreene Music)

27.   Empresarios - The Vibes (Empresarios Musica)

28.   Elikeh - Kondona (Ropeadope)

29.   Dexter Story - Wondem (Soundway)

30.   Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band  - Pat Thomas (Strut)

31.   Tevaka - Amataga (Warm Earth)

32.   Beppe Gambetta & Tony McManus - Round Trip (Borealis)

33.   SoulJazz Orchestra - Resistance (Strut)

34.   Riccardo Tesi - Bella Ciao (Buda Musique)

35.   Ponk - Postfolklor (Ponk)

36.   Western Standard Time Ska Orchestra - Vol. II (WST Ska Orchestra)

37.   Maria Simoglou Ensemble - Minore Manes (Buda Musique)

38.   Kandia Kouyate - Renascence (Sterns Music)

39.   Youssou N'Dour - Fatteliku (RealWorld)

40.   Gangbe Brass Band - Go Slow to Lagos (Buda Musique)

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.