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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 Souljazz Orchestra - Solidarity (Strut)
  13. The Funk Ark - High Noon (ESL Music)
  14. Pancho Alvarez - Sonche Atlantico (Fol Musica)
  15. Hamilton de Holanda - Brasilianos 3 (Adventure Music)
  16. Bester Quartet - Metamorphoses (Tzadik)
  17. The Spy from Cairo - Arabadub (Wonder Wheel)
  18. Angelique Kidjo - Spirit Rising (Razor & Tie)
  19. Various - Cumbia Beat Vol. 2 (Vampi Soul)
  20. Ablaye Ndiaye Thiossane - Thiossane (Sterns Music)
  21. Various - Songs for Desert Refugees (Glitterhouse)
  22. Ablaye Cissoko/Volker Goetze - Amanke Dionti (Motema)
  23. New York Gypsy All Stars - Romantech (Traditional Crossroads)
  24. Melody Gardot - The Absence (Decca)
  25. Imani Uzuri - The Gypsy Diaries (Imani Uzuri)
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.