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Global Village Top 40 For April 2020

  1. El Amir – Andalucia (Galileo)
  2. Seamus Egan – Early Bright (THL)
  3. Manhu – Voices of the Sani (Riverboat)
  4. V.A. – 12 Bombazos Bailables (Vampi Soul)
  5. V.A. – Uzelli Elektro Saz (Uzelli)
  6. V.A. – Leve Leve (Bongo Joe)
  7. Quintet Bumbac – Miroirs (Collectif Çok Malko)
  8. Yorkston/Thorne/Khan – Navarasa: Nine Emotions (Domino)
  9. Zal Sissokho – Kora Flamenca (Analekta)
  10. Dzambo Agusevi Orchestra – Brasses for the Masses (Asphalt Tango)
  11. Gao Hong/Issam Rafea – From Our World To Yours (ARC Music)
  12. Bossacucanova – Bossa Got the Blues (Six Degrees)
  13. Jon Hassell/Farafina – Flash of the Spirit (Tak-ti)
  14. Purna Loka Ensemble – Metaraga (Origin)
  15. John McLaughlin – Is That So? (Abstract Logix)
  16. Purna Loka Ensemble – Metaraga (Origin)
  17. Awale Jant Band – Yewoulen (ARC Music)
  18. Les Amazones d’Afrique – Amazones Power (RealWorld)
  19. NCCP – Napoli 1534 (Squilibri)
  20. Xabi Aburruzaga – Bost (Xabi Aburruzaga)
  21. Anoushka Shankar – Love Letters (Mercury)
  22. Various – Soul Sega Sa, Vol. 2 (Bongo Joe)
  23. Erlend Viken – Sastrugi (Grappa)
  24. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley - 11th Street, Sekondi (Agogo)
  25. Yukihiro Atsumi – Kachofugetsu (Nippon Notes)
  26. Vedan Kolod – Wild Games (CPKL Music)
  27. Mahala – Californeasca (Mahala)
  28. Blato Zlato – In the Wake (Blato Zlato)
  29. Parno Grost – Rolling Back (Fono)
  30. Sam Lee – Old Wow (Cooking Vinyl)
  31. Black Market Brass – Undying Thirst (Colemine)
  32. Trilok Gurtu – God Is a Drummer (Jazzline)
  33. Custodio Castelo – Amalia Classics on Portuguese Guitar (ARC Music)
  34. Mamadou Kelly – Les Bateaux (Clermont Music)
  35. Antibalas – Fu Chronicles (Daptone)
  36. Los Pirañas – Historia Natural (Glitterbeat)
  37. Kiki Valera - Vivencias en Clave Cubana (Origin)
  38. Rafiki Jazz - Saraba Sufiyana (Koni Music)
  39. Hope Masike – The Exorcism of A Spinster (Riverboat)
  40. Lajko Felix & Volosi – Lajko Felix & Volosi (Fono)
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.