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Global Village Top 40 Albums For December 2017

KMUW | By Chris Heim
Published January 1, 2018 at 9:00 AM CST
  1. Orchestre Les Mangelepa – Last Band Standing (Strut)

 

  1. Boubacar Traore – Dounia Tabolo (LusAfrica)

  1. The Expanders – Old Time Something Come Back Again Vol. 2 (Easy Star)

  1. Various Artists – Andina (Tiger’s Milk)

  1. Various Artists – The Original Sound of Burkina Faso (Mr. Bongo)

  1. Ladama – Ladama (Six Degrees)

  1. Ken Boothe – Inna de Yard (Wagram)

  1. Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band – Bone Reader (Grigri)

  1. Da Cruz – Eco Do Futuro (Boom Jah)

  1. Various – Sweet as Broken Dates (Ostinato)

  1. Ranky Tanky – Ranky Tanky (Ranky Tanky)

  1. Maya Youssef – Syrian Dreams (Harmonia Mundi)

  1. Ross Daly & Kelly Thoma – Lunar (Daly/Thoma)

  1. Efran Lopez, Stelios Petrakis, Bijan Chemirani – Taos (Buda Musique)

  1. Eoin Dillon – Pondelorum (Buda Musique)

  1. Various Artists – Putumayo Presents Indian Groove (Putumayo)

  1. Various – Rough Guide to the Music of West Africa (World Music Network)

  1. ­­­Baraka Moon – Wind Horse (Baraka Moon)

  1. Saeid Shanbehzadeh - Pour-Afrigha (Buda Musique)

  1. Hasa-Mazzotta – Novilunio (Ponderosa)

  1. Canzoniere Grecanico Salentio – Canzoniere (Ponderosa)

  1. Grasslands Ensemble & Daniel Ho – Between the Sky and Prairie (Wind Music)

  1. Raul Rodriguez – La Raiz Electrica (Fol Musica)

  1. ‘Ndiaz – Son’Rod (Paker Prod)

  1. La Misa Negra – La Misa Negra (NAM Entertainment)

  1. The Vampires – Meet Lionel Loueke (Earshift)

  1. Pipo Romero – Folklorico (Sony Music)

  1. Quadro Nuevo & Cairo Steps – Flying Carpet (Fine Music/Justin Time)

  1. Anouar Brahem – Blue Maqams (ECM)

  1. Officina Zoe – Live in India (Kurumuny)

  1. Ruben Blades – Salsa Big Band (Ruben Blades)

  1. Paa Kow – Cookpot (Paa Kow Music)

  1. Musique Noir – Reflections: We Breathe (Musique Noir)

  1. Makan Badje Tounkara – Daba (Buda Musique)

  1. Trio da Kali & Kronos Quartet – Ladilikan (World Circuit)

  1. Debademba – Sanikoya (Dankama)

  1. Songhoy Blues – Reistance (Fat Possum)

  1. Leila Gobi – 2017 (Clermont Music)

  1. Moh! Kouyate – Fe Toki (Foli Son)

40. Hilario Duran – Contumbao (Alma)
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Chris Heim
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.
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