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Global Village Top 30 for October 2011

1. Sia Tolno - My Life (LusAfrica)

2. The Funk Ark - From the Rooftops (ESL Music)

3. Various - Bambara Mystic Soul (Analog Africa)

4. Various - Miles EspaƱol (E One)

5. Rene Lopez - E.S.L. (Nat Geo)

6. Tiken Jah Fakoly - African Revolution (Wrasse)

7. Los Destellos - Constelacion (Secret Stash)

8. Various - Playing for Change 2 (Hear Music)

9. Tinariwen - Tassili (Anti-)

10. Ocote Soul Sounds - Taurus (ESL Music)

11. Karl Seglem - Ossicles (Ozella Music)

12. Samba Toure - Crocodile Blues (Riverboat)

13. Poncho Sanchez/Terence Blanchard - Chano Y Dizzy (Concord)

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

15. Cambodian Space Project - 2011: A Space Odyssey (Metal Postcard)

16. Ikebe Shakedown - Ikebe Shakedown (Ubiquity)

17. Various - Red Hot + Rio 2 (E One)

18. Addis Acoustic Project - Tewesta (World Village)

19. Taal Tantra Experience - Sixth Sense (Ozella Music)

20. Talking Drums - Some Day Catch, Some Day Down (Innova)

21. Sharon Isbin and Friends - Guitar Passions (Sony Masterworks)

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

23. Various - Highlife Time 2 (Vampi Soul)

24. Antonio Adolfo - Chora Baiao (AAM)

25. Various - Luso Noir (Piranha)

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

27. Bio Ritmo - Verdad (Electric Cowbell)

28. Mike Marshall - An Adventure: 1999-2009 (Adventure Music)

29. Sultans of String - Move (Sultans of String)

30. Ahmad Zahir - Hip 70s Afghan Beats (Guerssen)

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