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Global Village Top 40 Albums For May 2015

1.  FatoumataDiawara & Roberto Fonseca - At Home (Jazz Village)

2.  Buena Vista Social Club - Lost and Found (World Circuit)

3.  Ophelie Gaillard - Alvorada (Aparte)

4.  Taraf de Haidouks - Of Lovers, Gamblers & Parachute Skirts (Crammed Discs)

5.  Samba Toure - Gandadiko (Glitterbeat)

6.  Ludovico Einaudi - Taranta Project (Ponderosa)

7.  Anouar Brahem - Souvenance (ECM)

8.  Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Ba Power (Glitterbeat)

9.  Thomas Mapfumo - Lion Songs (Lion Songs/Thomas Mapfumo)

10.   Hamilton de Holanda - World of Pixinguinha (Adventure Music)

11.   Tipsy Oxcart - Upside Down (Tipsy Oxcart)

12.   Dengue Fever - The Deepest Lake (Tuk Tuk)

13.   Harry Manx - 20 Strings and the Truth (Dog My Cat)

14.   Quitapenas - Quitapenas (Mas Tropical)

15.   Marcus Miller - Afrodeezia (Blue Note)

16.   Federico Britos - Presents Hot Club of the Americas (3 Knocks Entertainment)

17.   Painted Caves - Painted Caves (Amarrass)

18.   Selasee & the Fafa Family - Time for Peace (Selasee)

19.   Kirk Elliott & the Orchestra of Unmitigated Gaul - Widdershins (Pipistrelle Music)

20.   Pedro Soler & Philippe Mourtatoglou - Rumores de la Caleta (Vision Fugitive)

21.   Omar Sosa - Ile (Ota)

22.   Mbongwana Star - From Kinshasa (World Circuit)

23.   Paquito D'Rivera & Quinteto Cimarron - In Aires Tropicales (Sunnyside)

24.   Le Vent du Nord - Tetu (Borealis)

25.   Cesaria Evora - Greatest Hits (LusAfrica)

26.   Rocky Dawuni - Branches of the Same Tree (Cumbancha)

27.   The Skints - FM (Easy Star)

28.   Various - Celtic Cafe (Putumayo)

29.   Slim Ali & the Hodi Boys -70s Pop! (Arc Music)

30.   Yabby You - Dread Prophecy (Shanachie)

31.   Rana Santacruz - Por Ahi (Chicavasco Music)

32.   Cristina Pato - Latina (Sunnyside)

33.   Daniel Weltlinger - Koblenz (Rectify)

34.   Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet - Intents and Purposes (Enja)

35.   Boubacar Traore - Mbalimaou (LusAfrica)

36.   Red Baraat - Gaadi of Truth (Sinj)

37.   Joyce Moreno - Raiz (Far Out)

38.   E.T Mensah  & the Tempos - King of Highlife Anthology (RetroAfric/Sterns Music)

39.   Rebel Tumbao - Rebel Tumbao (Sacred Rhythm Music)

40.   Angelique Kidjo - Sings (429 Records)

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.