Global Village

Weeknights at 7pm

Join us weeknights at 7 p.m. for a musical adventure with Global Village. From classic recordings to the latest new releases, from right around the corner to halfway around the world, host Chris Heim presents a wide range of world music, along with jazz, rock, folk and other styles, artists and songs with world and roots influences. Each month, we also focus on a particular artist, style or theme, going deeper into the music and offering some rare and seldom heard selections. And the first Friday of every month, hear the best new releases with the Global Village Top 30 show. Each night is a different musical journey, with music that is unusual and intriguing, yet still seems very close to home.

"Global Village, hosted on KMUW in Wichita, Kansas and broadcast on stations around the world (as well as online), is one of the finest world music programs on the airwaves. DJ Chris Heim really knows her stuff, and consistently presents a fantastic hour of music, carefully curated around a theme, and peppered with exactly the right amount of chatter and useful information." - Megan Romer, About.com Guide 

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World Music
7:28 am
Thu January 31, 2013

Top 40 Albums January 2013

  1. Rabih Abou-Khalil - Hungry People (World Village)
  2. Terakaft - Kel Tamasheq (World Village)
  3. Various - Cumbia Beat Vol.
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Music
1:50 pm
Mon January 28, 2013

Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz In Revolutionary Times

This Wednesday evening, Chris Heim features one of the artists profiled in Robin D.G. Kelley's book Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz In Revolutionary Times.

Heim's review of the book:

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Music
9:02 am
Fri January 18, 2013

February Feature: Mardi Gras Month - Samba and the Sounds of Brazil

Throughout February, Global Village teams up with Night Train (Louis Armstrong) and Crossroads (New Orleans Blues and R&B) for a month-long Mardi Gras celebration. In the Global Village, we journey to one of the world's carnival hotspots - Brazil.

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World Music
9:23 am
Fri December 28, 2012

Top 40 Albums December 2012

  1. Tim Maia - Nobody Can Live Forever (Luaka Bop)
  2. Tunji Oyelana - A Nigerian Retrospective (Soundway)
  3. Various - Diablos del Ritmo (Analog Africa)
  4. Various - Cumbia Beat Vol.
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Books
12:07 pm
Thu December 13, 2012

Best Books in Music of 2012 - Chris Heim's Picks

1. When I Left Home: My Story by Buddy Guy (DaCapo Press) The newly named Kennedy Center honoree offered a surprisingly readable look back at his life here, including a vivid account of the tough times he faced at first in Chicago and intriguing portraits of some of the blues legends whose paths he crossed on the way to become one himself.

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World Music
2:41 pm
Wed December 12, 2012

Global Village Best of 2012

  1. Ensemble Polaris - Uncharted Waters (Pipistrelle Music)
  2. Anoushka Shankar - Traveller (Deutsche Grammophon)
  3. Rabih Abou-Khalil - Hungry People (World Village)
  4. Terakaft - Kel Tamasheq (World Village)
  5. Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars - Radio Salone (Cumbancha)
  6. Paco de Lucia - En Vivo (Decca)
  7. Enzo Avitabile - Black Tarantella (CNI Music)
  8. Staff Benda Bilili - Bouger Le Monde (Crammed Discs)
  9. The Funkees - Dancing Time (Soundway)
  10. KonKoma - Konkoma (Soundway)
  11. Antibalas - Antibalas (Daptone)
  12. The So
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World Music
11:40 am
Fri December 7, 2012

Top 40 Albums November 2012

1. Various - Diablos del Ritmo (Analog Africa)
2. Terakaft - Kel Tamasheq (World Village)
3. Ensemble Polaris - Uncharted Waters (Pipistrelle Music)
4. Carlos Nunez - Discover (Sony Music)
5. Stefano Saletti & Piccola Banda Ikona - Folkpolitik (Finis Terre)
6. Tito Puente - Quatro (Sony Music/Latin)
7. Various - Cumbia Beat Vol. 2 (Vampi Soul)
8. Mary Jane Lamond/Wendy MacIsaac - Seinn (Turtlemusik)
9. Tim Maia - Nobody Can Live Forever (Luaka Bop)
10. Bester Quartet - Metamorphoses (Tzadik)

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World Music
7:15 am
Mon November 26, 2012

Top 40 Albums October 2012

1. Various - Cumbia Beat Vol. 2 (Vampi Soul)
2. Ensemble Polaris - Uncharted Waters (Pipistrelle Music)
3. Tim Maia - Nobody Can Live Forever (Luaka Bop)
4. Souljazz Orchestra - Solidarity (Strut)
5. Antibalas - Antibalas (Daptone)
6. Quadro Nuevo - Grand Voyage (Justin Time)
7. Various - Songs for Desert Refugees (Glitterhouse)
8. Ablaye Ndiaye Thiossane - Thiossane (Sterns Music)
9. Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth (Sunpower)
10. Fatou Diawara - Fatou (Nonesuch)
11. Los Straitjackets - Jet Set (Yep Rock)

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World Music
9:00 am
Thu November 1, 2012

November Feature: Music of Celtic Spain

Throughout November Global Village highlights the music of Celtic Spain. Tucked into the northwest corner of the country, is the Celtic center of Galicia. It is a hilly and lush region of "a thousand rivers" and a beautiful coast with a corridor to the rest of Spain on one side, and Portugal, the Atlantic, and the Bay of Biscay on the other three. This beautiful and distinctive region has been shaped by a unique Celtic heritage, along with ties to the rest of Spain and, through a long history of seafaring and emigration, to many other parts of the world as well.

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World Music
2:01 pm
Fri October 26, 2012

Top 40 Albums September 2012

  1. Fatou Diawara - Fatou (Nonesuch)
  2. Easy Star All-Stars - Thrillah (Easy Star)
  3. Ba Cissoko - Nimissa (Cristal)
  4. Quadro Nuevo - Grand Voyage (Justin Time)
  5. Bester Quartet - Metamorphoses (Tzadik)
  6. Afro Funk - Body Music (Secret Stash)
  7. Lijadu Sisters - Horizon Unlimited (Knitting Factory)
  8. Various - London's Calling (Culture Clash)
  9. Ensemble Polaris - Uncharted Waters (Pipistrelle Music)
  10. Tim Maia - Nobody Can Live Forever (Luaka Bop)
  11. Various - Songs for Desert Refugees (Glitterhouse)
  12. Debo Band - De
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October 31, 2012

7:00 PM
Nightmare
Artist : Artie Shaw
Album : Self Portrait
Label : Bluebird
7:01 PM
Witches’ Song
Artist : Marianne Faithfull
Album : Broken English
Label : Island
7:05 PM
Zydeco Gris Gris
Artist : Beausoleil
Album : Bayou Deluxe
Label : Rhino
7:09 PM
Monster Mash
Artist : (Various) Bobby Boris Pickett
Album : Elvira Presents Haunted Hits
Label : Rhino
7:12 PM
Vampire Twist
Artist : Brave Combo
Album : Holidays!
Label : DenTone
7:15 PM
Frankenska
Artist : Toasters
Album : Thrill Me Up
Label : Moon Ska
7:20 PM
Big Joe and Phantom 309
Artist : Tom Waits
Album : Nighthawks at the Diner
Label : Asylum
7:27 PM
I Put A Spell On You
Artist : Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Album : Voodoo Jive
Label : Rhino
7:30 PM
Black Magic Woman
Artist : Lila Downs
Album : Shake Away
Label : Manhattan
7:33 PM
Evil Ways
Artist : Willie Bobo
Album : Talkin' Verve
Label : Verve
7:35 PM
I Scare Myself
Artist : Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks
Album : Return to Hicksville
Label : Hip-O
7:43 PM
Death-Calypso
Artist : Bob Brozman
Album : Devil's Slide
Label : Rounder
7:46 PM
Back to Back
Artist : Jolly Boys
Album : Pop 'n' Mento
Label : Rykodisc
7:51 PM
Love In A Cemetery
Artist : Andy Narell and Relator
Album : University of Calypso
Label : Heads Up
7:54 PM
That Old Black Magic
Artist : Louis Prima
Album : Wild Cool and Swingin'
Label : Capitol
7:57 PM
Addams Family
Artist : Blazing Redheads
Album : Crazed Women
Label : Reference Recordings