Global Village Best of 2009
Best of 2009
1. Erstazmusika - Songs Unrecantable (Asphalt Tango)
2. Anouar Brahem -The Astounding Eyes of Rita (ECM)
3. Dee Alexander - Wild Is the Wind (Blujazz)
4. Babatunde Lea - Umbo Weti: A Tribute to Leon Thomas (Motema)
5. Oran Etkin - Kelenia (Motema)
6. Shantel - Planet Paprika (Crammed Disc)
7. Baaba Maal - Television (Palm Pictures)
8. Etienne Charles - Folklore (Etienne Charles)
9. Novalima - Coba Coba (Cumbancha)
10. Renato Borghetti - Fandango (Felmay)
11. Cecilia Noel - A Gozar! (Compass)
12. Doug Cox and Salil Bhatt - Slide to Freedom 2 (Northern Blues)
13. Tiempo Libre Bach in Havana (Sony Classics)
14. Omar Sosa - Across the Divide: A Tale of Rhythm and Ancestry (Half Note)
15. Bobby Sanabria - Kenya Revisited Live!!! (Jazzheads)
16. Amsterdam Klezmer Band - Zaraza (Essay Recordings)
17. Jane Bunnett - Embracing Voices (Sunnyside)
18. Forro in the Dark - Light a Candle (National Geographic Music)
19. Eva Ayllon - Kimba Fa (Four Quarters/Times Square)
20. Oumou Sangare - Seya (Nonesuch)
21. Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow, Antonio Sanchez - Quartet Live (Concord)
22. Fareed Haque and the Flat Earth Ensemble - Flat Planet (Owl Studios)
23. Tinariwen - Imidiwan: Companions (World Village)
24. Andy Narell and Relator - University of Calypso (Heads Up)
25. Julian Lage - Sounding Point (Emarcy)
26. Easy Star All Stars - Easy Star Lonely Hearts Dub Band (Easy Star)
27. Cyro Baptista’s Banquet of the Spirits - Infinito (Tzadik)
28. Orquestra Arab de Barcelona - Maktub (World Village)
29. Fool’s Gold - Fool’s Gold (Iamsound)
30. Mamadou Barry - Niyo (World Village)
Best Reissues
1. Various - Gozalo! Bugalu Tropical Vol. 3 (Vampi Soul)
2. Various - Nigeria 70 (Strut)
3. Various - Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds and Ghanaian Blues 1968-81 (Soundway)
4. Various - Panama! 2 (Soundway)
5. Richard Thompson - Walking on a Wire (Shout! Factory)
6. Keletigui Et Ses Tambourinis - The Syliphone Years (Sterns Music)
7. Various - Francophonic ,Vol. 2: 1980-1989 (Stern’s Music)
8. Mulatu Astatke - From New York City to Addis Ababa (Strut)
9. Various - Rough Guide to Afrobeat Revolution (World Music Network)
10. Olatunji - Drums of Passion (Sony Legacy)
11. Various - Zanzibara 5 (Buda Musique)
12.King Sunny Ade - Seven Degrees North (Mesa/Bluemoon)
