Global Village host Chris Heim has curated the top albums in world music for the month of May 2017.
- Vocal Sampling – Asi de Sampling! (Zig Zag World)
- Orchestra Baobab – Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng (World Circuit)
- Various – Togo Soul 70 (Hot Casa)
- Quadro Nuevo & Cairo Steps – Flying Carpet (Fine Music)
- Girme Beyene & Akale Wube – Mistakes on Purpose/Ethiopiques 30 (Buda Musique)
- Corky Siegel’s Chamber Blues – Different Voices (Dawnserly)
- L’Orchestre Afrisa International – Melanie (Colomotion)
- Vieux Farka Toure – Samba (Six Degrees)
- Tamikrest – Kidal (Glitterbeat)
- Aurelio – Darandi (RealWorld)
- Various artists – Lost in China (Riverboat)
- Mamud Band – Dynamite on Stage (Felmay)
- Steve Khan – Backlog (Tone Center)
- Systema Solar – Rumbo a Tierra (Nacional)
- Debashish Bhattacharya – Hawaii to Calcutta (Riverboat)
- Various Artists – Synthesize the Soul (Ostinato)
- Skatalites – Foundation Ska (Studio One/Yep Roc)
- Rakkatak – Small Pieces (Rakkatak)
- Amine & Hamza – Fertile Paradoxes (ARC Music)
- Jerez Texas – Clar de Lluna (Jerez Texas)
- Tarek Yamani – Peninsular (Edict)
- Maria Kalaniemi & Eero Grundstrom – Svalan (Akero)
- Teija Niku – Memento (Teija Niku)
- Les Amazones d’Afrique – Republique Amazone (Real World)
- Maes/Martin/Gruel – Feule Caracal (Buda Musique)
- Andrea Pancur Alpen Klezmer – Zum Meer (Galileo)
- Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ – TajMo (Concord)
- Ray Mantilla – High Voltage (Savant)
- Duene Libre – Duende Libre (Duende Libre)
- Elida Almeida – Djunta Kudjer (LusAfrica)
- Forro in the Dark – Sandcastle (Nacional)
- Ibibio Sound Machine – Uyai (Merge)
- Various artists – Pop Makossa (Analog Africa)
- Quercus – Nightfall (ECM)
- Red Baraat – Bhangra Pirates (Sinj)
- Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita – Transparent Water (Ota)
- Ethio Stars/Tukul Band featuring Mulatu Astatke – Addis 1988 (Piranha)
- Various – Uzelli Psychedelic Anadalou (Uzelli)
- Bargou 08 – Targ (Glitterbeat)
- Mokoomba – Luyando (Out/Here)
