Global Village Top 40 For March 2020

  1. Various – Soul Sega Sa, Vol. 2 (Bongo Joe)
  2. Various – Leve Leve (Bongo Joe)
  3. Erlend Viken – Sastrugi (Grappa)
  4. Bossacucanova – Bossa Got the Blues (Six Degrees)
  5. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley - 11th Street, Sekondi (Agogo)
  6. Dàibhidh Stiùbhard – An Sionnach Dubh (Wildtune)
  7. Yukihiro Atsumi – Kachofugetsu (Nippon Notes)
  8. V.A. – 12 Bombazos Bailables (Vampi Soul)
  9. Vedan Kolod – Wild Games (CPKL Music)
  10. Mahala – Californeasca (Mahala)
  11. Various Artists – Pour Me a Grog (Ostinato)
  12. Blato Zlato – In the Wake (Blato Zlato)
  13. Parno Grost – Rolling Back (Fono)
  14. Sam Lee – Old Wow (Cooking Vinyl)
  15. Jon Hassell/Farafina – Flash of the Spirit (Tak-ti)
  16. Black Market Brass – Undying Thirst (Colemine)
  17. Asmaa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou - Oulad Lghaba (Ajabu!)
  18. Trilok Gurtu – God Is a Drummer (Jazzline)
  19. Ombra - Posidonian Poetry (Ombra)
  20. Paul Winter Consort & Friends – Everybody Under the Sun (Living Music)
  21. Manhu – Voices of the Sani (Riverboat)
  22. Custodio Castelo – Amalia Classics on Portuguese Guitar (ARC Music)
  23. Mamadou Kelly – Les Bateaux (Clermont Music)
  24. Antibalas – Fu Chronicles (Daptone)
  25. Petri Hakala/Markku Lepisto – Nordic Route (Hakala & Lepisto)
  26. Purna Loka Ensemble – Metaraga (Origin)
  27. Café Loti – In taberna (Materiali Sonori)
  28. Les Amazones d’Afrique – Amazones Power (RealWorld)
  29. Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band – Obiaa! (Strut)
  30. Los Wembler’s de Iquitos – Vision del Ayahuasca (Barbes)
  31. Various Artists – Rough Guide to a World of Guitar (World Music Network)
  32. Garifuna Collective – Aban (Stone Tree)
  33. Los Pirañas – Historia Natural (Glitterbeat)
  34. Roberto Fonseca – Yesun (Mack Avenue)
  35. Kiki Valera - Vivencias en Clave Cubana (Origin)
  36. Wuta Mayi – La Face Cachee (Wuta Mayi)
  37. Angelique Kidjo – Celia (Verve)
  38. Rafiki Jazz - Saraba Sufiyana (Koni Music)
  39. Hope Masike – The Exorcism of A Spinster (Riverboat)
  40. Lajko Felix & Volosi – Lajko Felix & Volosi (Fono)
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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.