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Global Village Top 40 For February 2019

  1. Manhu – Voices of the Sani (Riverboat)
  2. Custodio Castelo – Amalia Classics on Portuguese Guitar (ARC Music)
  3. Various – Leve Leve (Bongo Joe)
  4. Various – Soul Sega Sa, Vol. 2 (Bongo Joe)
  5. Mamadou Kelly – Les Bateaux (Clermont Music)
  6. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley - 11th Street, Sekondi (Agogo)
  7. Antibalas – Fu Chronicles (Daptone)
  8. Petri Hakala/Markku Lepisto – Nordic Route (Hakala & Lepisto)
  9. Purna Loka Ensemble – Metaraga (Origin)
  10. Café Loti – In taberna (Materiali Sonori)
  11. Les Amazones d’Afrique – Amazones Power (RealWorld)
  12. Bantou Mentale – Bantou Mentale (Giltterbeat)
  13. Bossacucanova – Bossa Got the Blues (Six Degrees)
  14. Lakou Mizik – Haitianola (Cumbancha)
  15. Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band – Obia?a! (Strut)
  16. Third World – More Work to Do (Ghetto Youths International)
  17. Los Wembler’s de Iquitos – Vision del Ayahuasca (Barbes)
  18. Various Artists – Pour Me a Grog (Ostinato)
  19. Various Artists – Rough Guide to a World of Guitar (World Music Network)
  20. Garifuna Collective – Aban (Stone Tree)
  21. Clinton Fearon – History Say (Kool Yu Foot/Brown Boogie)
  22. Los Pirañas – Historia Natural (Glitterbeat)
  23. Roberto Fonseca – Yesun (Mack Avenue)
  24. Kiki Valera - Vivencias en Clave Cubana (Origin)
  25. Wuta Mayi – La Face Cachee (Wuta Mayi)
  26. Blato Zlato – In the Wake (Blato Zlato)
  27. Various Artists – Red Gold Green & Blue (Trojan Jamaica)
  28. Otava Yo – Do You Love (ARC Music)
  29. Roberto Lopez – Kaleido Stropico (Curura Musique)
  30. Angelique Kidjo – Celia (Verve)
  31. The Bongo Hop - Satingarona Part 2 (Underdog)
  32. Rafiki Jazz - Saraba Sufiyana (Koni Music)
  33. Ombra - Posidonian Poetry (Ombra)
  34. Mah Damba – Hakili Kele (Buda Musique)
  35. Habib Koite – Kharifa (Contre Jour)
  36. Monty Alexander – Wareika Hill Rastamonk Vibrations (MACD)
  37. Rasgueo – Echo (Galileo)
  38. Hope Masike – The Exorcism of A Spinster (Riverboat)
  39. Lajko Felix & Volosi – Lajko Felix & Volosi (Fono)
  40. Parno Grost – Rolling Back (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.