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Join us weeknights at 7 p.m. for a musical journey with Global Village. Host Chris Heim explores a wide range of music from around the world, along with jazz, rock and other styles and artists inspired by global sounds.

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Global Village Best of 2011

1. Ballake Sissoko/Vincent Segal - Chamber Music (Six Degrees)

2. Various - Miles EspaƱol: New Sketches of Spain (E One)

3. Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 - From Africa with Fury: Rise (Knitting Factory)

4. Kiran Ahluwalia - Aam Zameen: Common Ground (Avokado)

5. Le Trio Joubran - AsFar (World Village)

6. Sia Tolno - My Life (LusAfrica)

7. Addis Acoustic Project - Tewesta (World Village)

8. Terakaft - Aratan N Azawad (World Village)

9. Various - Bambara Mystic Soul (Analog Africa)

10. Ebo Taylor - Life Stories (Strut)

11. Aurelio - Laru Beya (Next Ambiance/Sub Pop)

12. Boban and Marko Markovic/Fanfare Ciocarlia - Balkan Brass Battle (Asphalt Tango)

13. Femi Kuti - Africa for Africa (Knitting Factory)

14. Ocote Soul Sounds - Taurus (ESL Music)

15. Miguel Zenon - Alma Adentro (Marsalis Music)

16. Karl Seglem - Ossicles (Ozella)

17. Susana Baca - Afrodiaspora (Luaka Bop)

18. Taal Tantra Experience - Sixth Sense (Ozella)

19. Vieux Farka Toure - The Secret (Six Degrees)

20. Vijay Iyer - Tirtha (Act Music + Vision)

21. Bill Frisell/Vinicius Cantuaria - Lagrimas Mexicanas (E One)

22. Various - From the Kasbah/Tunis to Tahrir Square/Cairo and Back (Network)

23. Monserrat Figueras/Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall - La Sublime Porte (Alia Vox)

24. Rene Lopez - ESL (Nat Geo)

25. Nguyen Le - Songs of Freedom (Act Music + Vision)