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Top 40 Albums August 2012

KMUW | By Chris Heim
Published September 6, 2012 at 12:48 PM CDT
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  1. Antibalas - Antibalas (Daptone)
  2. Ba Cissoko - Nimissa (Cristal)
  3. Bibi Tanga and the Selenites - 40° of Sunshine (Nat Geo)
  4. Sori Kandia Kouyate - La Voix de La Revolution (Sterns Music)
  5. Cassandra Wilson - Another Country (E One)
  6. Manuel Galban - Blue Cha Cha (Concord Picante)
  7. Melody Gardot - The Absence (Decca)
  8. Ablaye Cissoko/Volker Goetze - Amanke Dionti (Motema)
  9. Ablaye Ndiaye Thiossane - Thiossane (Sterns Music)
  10. The Spy from Cairo - Arabadub (Wonder Wheel)
  11. Anoushka Shankar - Traveller (Deutsche Gramophon)
  12. Paul Simon - Graceland (Legacy)
  13. Pancho Alvarez - Sonche Atlantico (Fol Musica)
  14. Enzo Avitable - Black Tarantella (CNI Music)
  15. Sidi Toure - Koima (Thrill Jockey)
  16. Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang - En Yey Sah (Luaka Bop)
  17. Reorient - Undiscovered Time (Arc Music)
  18. Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth (Sunpower)
  19. Samite - Trust (Samite)
  20. Calibro 35 - Any Resemblance to Real Persons Or Actual Facts (NuBlu)
  21. KonKoma - KonKoma (Soundway)
  22. English Beat - Keep the Beat (Shout! Factory)
  23. Project Trio - Random Roads Collection (Tummy Touch)
  24. Ravi Shankar - The Very Best of Ravi Shankar (EMI Classics)
  25. Various - Radio Beirut (Galileo)
  26. Debo Band - Debo Band (Next Ambiance)
  27. Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars - Radio Salome (Cumbancha)
  28. The Funk Ark - High Noon (ESL Music)
  29. Various - Arabic Beat (Putumayo)
  30. Imani Uzuri - The Gypsy Diaries (Imani Izuri)
  31. The Archives - The Archives (ESL Music)
  32. Varttina - Utu (Westpark)
  33. Tom Teasley - All The World's A Stage (T&T Music)
  34. Hamilton de Holanda - Brasilianos 3 (Adventure Music)
  35. Various - Long Live Boogaloo (Secret Stash)
  36. Staff Benda Bilili - Bouger Le Monde (Crammed Discs)
  37. Carol Saboya - Belezas (AAM)
  38. Kottarashky and the Rain Dogs - Demoni (Asphalt Tango)
  39. Dr. John - Locked Down (Nonesuch)
  40. Paco de Lucia - En Vivo (Decca)
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Chris Heim
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.
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