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Global Village Top 40 Albums For January 2015

1.     William Onyeabor - William Onyeabor Box (Luaka Bop)

2.     Tony Allen - Film of Life (Jazz Village)

3.     Korrontzi - Tradition 2.1 (Arc Music)

4.     Robert Plant - Lullabye and...the Ceaseless Roar (Nonesuch)

5.     Various - RealWorld25 (RealWorld)

6.     Jamie Dubberly & Orquesta Dharma - La Clave del Gumbo (Jamie Dubberly)

7.     Djessou Mory Kante - River Strings (Sterns Music)

8.     Various - The Afro Sound of Colombia Vol. 2 (Vampi Soul)

9.     Alma Afrobeat Ensemble - Life Get No Dublicate (Slow Walk Music)

10.   Ensemble Iberica - Colonia (Tzigane)

11.   Afro Social Club - Sittin' On a Bomb (Afro Social Club)

12.   Verckys et L'Orchestra Veve - Congolese Funk, Afrobeat & Psychedelic Rumba 1969-1978 (Analog Africa)

13.   Grand Fatilla - Global Shuffle (Grand Fatilla)

14.   Various - Glitterbeat Dubs and Versions ( Glitterbeat)

15.   Yusef(Cat Stevens) - Tell 'Em I'm Gone (Cat-O-Log/Legacy)

16.   Serenata Guayanesa - Canta Con Venezuela (Smithsonian Folkways)

17.   Tom Teasley - The Love of the Nightingale (Tom Teasley)

18.   Jose Antonio Escobar - Guitar Music of Colombia (Naxos)

19.   Various - Algo Salvaje (Vampi Soul)

20.   Paa Kow - Ask (Paa Kow Music)

21.   SpokFrevo Orquestra - Ninho de Vespa (Motema)

22.   Monty Alexander - Rass! (MPS)

23.   Hailu Mergia & the Walias - Tche Belew (Awesome Tapes from Africa)

24.   Orlando Julius & the Heliocentrics - Jaiyede Afro (Strut)

25.   Somi - The Lagos Music Salon (OKeh)

26.   Hossam Ramzy - The Best of Hossam Ramzy Vol. III (Arc Music)

27.   Captain Planet - Esperanto Slang (Bastard Jazz)

28.   Arun Ramamurthy Trio - Jazz Carnatica (Arun Ramamurthy)

29.   Toure - Raichel Collective - The Paris Session (Cumbancha)

30.   Aurelio - Landini (RealWorld)

31.   Cocek! Brass Band - Here Comes Shlomo (Cocek! Brass Band)

32.   Strunz & Farah - Moods and Visions (Selva)

33.   Dexter Johnson - Live at L'Etoile (Teranga Beat)

34.   Wu Man/Luis Conte/Daniel Ho - Our World in Song (Wind Music)

35.   Sia Tolno - African Woman (LusAfrica)

36.   Bobby Matos Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble - Rimto & Blues (Cafe Con Bagels Music)

37.   Candido - The Master (Chesky)

38.   Kiran Ahluwalia - Sanata: Stillness (Kiran Music)

39.   Matuto - The African Suite (Motema)

40.   Khun Narin Electric Phin Band - Khun Narin Electric Phin Band (Innovative Leisure)

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.