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Global Village Top 40 Albums For January 2017

1. Barcelona Gipsy Balkan Orchestra – Del Ebro Al Danubio (BGKO/Diggers Music)

2. Bollywood Brass Band – Carnatic Connection (Bollywood Brass Band)

3. Anda Union – Homeland (Hohot)

4. Clinton Fearon – This Morning (Boogie Brown Productions)

5. Le Tout-Puissant Orchestre Poly-Rythmo – Madjafalao (Because Music)

6. Damakase – Gunfan Yellem! (Captain Pouch)

7. Orkesta Mendoza - Vamos a Guarachar (Glitterbeat)

8. Various artists – Mr. Bongo Record Club Volume One (Mr. Bongo)

9. Various artists – Space Echo (Analog Africa)

10. Gypsy Cuban Project – Havana Night Sessions at Abdala Studios (Universal Music Romania)

11. Tiken Jah Fakoly – Racines (Barclay)

12. Vaudou Game – Kidayo (Hot Casa)

13. Abou Diarra – Koya (Mix Metisse)

14. Brian Marsalla’s Imaginarium – The Clocks Have Gone Mad (Marseland Music)

15. Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad – Make It Better (Root Fire Cooperative)

16. Eljuri – La Lucha (Manovill)

17. Takuya Kuroda – Zigzagger (Concord)

18. Dawda Jobarteh – Transitional Times (Sterns Music)

19. Bitori – The Forbidden Music of Cape Verde (Analog Africa)

20. Bonga – Recados de Fora (LusAfrica)

21. Mei Han & Red Chamber – Classical and Contemporary Chinese Music (ARC Music)

22. Michel Camilo & Tomatito – Spain Forever (Verve)

23. The Olympians – The Olympians (Daptone)

24. The Frightnrs – Nothing More to Say (Daptone)

25. Kepa Junkera & Sorginak – Maletak (Fol Musica)

26. Various artists – Urgent Jumping! (Sterns Music)

27. Palo! – Yo Quiero Guarachar (Rolling Pin)

28. Roberto Fonseca – Abuc (Impulse)

29. Bahama Soul Club – Havana ’58 (Buyu)

30. Bacao Rhythm and Steel Band – 55 (Big Crown)

31. Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis – Nyn (Riverboat)

32. Yishak Banjaw – Love Songs Vol. 2 (Teranga Beat)

33. Otros Aires – Perfect Tango (Galileo)

34. Kottarashky & the Rain Dogs – Cats, Dogs and Ghosts (Asphalt Tango)

35. Okra Playground – Turmio (Nordic Notes)

36. The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc – Deliverance (Nordic Fiddlers Bloc)

37. Tom Teasley – Eastern Journey (T2)

38. David Nesselhauf – Afrokraut (Legere)

39. Lorraine Klaasen - Nouvelle Journee (Justin Time)

40. Dzambo Agusevi Orchestra – Brass Like It Hot (ARC Music)

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.