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Top 40 Albums October 2013

1.       John Scofield - Uberjam Deux (EmArcy)

2.       Mulatu Astatke - Sketches of Ethiopia (Jazz Village)

3.       Raya Brass Band - This Train Is Now (Raya Brass Band)

4.       Boban & Marko Markovic - Gipsy Manifesto (Piranha)

5.       Juan Carmona - Alchemya (World Village)

6.       Garifuna Collective - Ayo (Cumbancha)

7.       Femi Kuti - No Place for My Dream (Knitting Factory)

8.       Paquito D'Rivera - Song for Maura (Sunnyside)

9.       Silk Road Ensemble - A Playlist Without Borders (Masterworks)

10.   Various - Afrobeat Airways 2 (Analog Africa)

11.   Various - Red Hot + Fela (Knitting Factory)

12.   Jordi Savall - Balkan Spirit (Alia Vox)

13.   Tamikrest - Chaman (Glitterbeat)

14.   Jaipur Kawa Brass Band - Dance of the Cobra (Riverboat)

15.   Stepper - Sly & Robbie Present: Stepper Takes the Taxi (Taxi)

16.   Adam Rudolph Go: Organic Orchestra - Sonic Mandala (Meta)

17.   Roberto Fonseca - Yo (Jazz Village)

18.   Rokia Traore - Beautiful Africa (Nonesuch)

19.   Africando - Viva Africando (Sterns)

20.   Brian Andres & the Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel - San Francisco (Bacalao)

21.   Khaira Arby - Timbuktu Tarab (Clermont Music)

22.   Trilok Gurtu - Spellbound (Sunnyside)

23.   Nashaz - Nashaz (Ziryab)

24.   Gipsy Kings - Savor Flamenco (Knitting Factory)

25.   Chandrika Krishna Murthy Tandon - Soul March (Soul Chants Music)

26.   TriBeCaStan - New Songs from the Old Country (Evergreene Music)

27.   Bombay Dub Orchestra - Tales from the Grand Bazaar (Six Degrees)

28.   Cyril Neville - Magic Honey (Ruf)

29.   Titina - Titina Canta B. Leza (Astral Music/Sterns Africa)

30.   The Clash - The Clash Hits Back (Epic/Legacy)

31.   Cigdem Aslan - Mortissa (Asphalt Tango)

32.   Various - Mento, Not Calpyso! (Fantastic Voyage)

33.   Etienne Charles - Creole Soul (Culture Shock Music)

34.   Chico Trujillo - Gran Pecador (Barbes)

35.   Kobo Town - Jumbie in the Jukebox (Cumbancha)

36.   Mongorama - Baila Que Baila (Saungu)

37.   Newpoli - Tempo Antico (Beartones)

38.   Bester Quartet - The Golden Land (Tzadik)

39.   Jayme Stone - The Other Side of the Air (Jayme Stone)

40.   Various - Rough Guide to Psychedelic Bollywood (World Music Network)

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.