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Global Village Top 40 for May

1. Mahlathini & the Mahotella Queens – Music Inferno (Umsakazo)

2. Kimi Djabate – Dindin (Cumbancha)

3. Plena Libre – Cuatro Esquinas (GN Musica)

4. Ireke – Tropikadelic (Underdog)

5. Ali Farka Toure – Voyageur (World Circuit)

6. Aziz Sahmaoui & Eric Longsworth - Il fera beau demain matin jusqu'à midi (Passé Minuit en Accords)

7. Dur Dur Band Int. – The Berlin Session (Out/Here)

8. Jiraan – Sirto (Zephyrus)

9. Meral Polat Trio – Ez Ki Me (Amarte)

10. Solomane Doumbia – Segou to Lagos (Mieruba)

11. Sissoko Segal Parisien Peirani – Les Egares (No Format)

12. Various – Ecuatoriana (Analog Africa)

13. Alhaji Waziri Oshomah – Vols. 1-5 1978-1984 (Luaka Bop)

14. Paco de Lucia – The Montreux Years (BMG)

15. Damir Imamovic – The World and All It Holds (Smithsonian Folkways)

16. Sheikhs Shikhats & Bnet Chaabi - Sheikhs Shikhats & Bnet Chaabi (Zephyrus)

17. Moonlight Benjamin – Wayo (Ma Case)

18. Rachele Andrioli – Leuca (Finisterre)

19. Groupa – Kind of Folk Vol. 4 Iberia (All Ice)

20. Tjango – Puhjantahti (Tjango)

21. El Muro Tango – Manifiesto (Sony Music Argentina)

22. Kune – Universal Echoes (Kune)

23. Grupo Compay Segundo – Vivelo (ANZN)

24. Gao Hong/Kadialy Kouyate – Terri Kunda (ARC Music)

25. Luis de la Carrasca – Baro Drom (Adami)

26. Altin Gun – Ask (Glitterbeat)

27. Driss El Maloumi – Aswat (Contre Jour)

28. Vasen – Melliken (Olov Johansson Musik)

29. Faith I Branko – Duhovi (World Music Network)

30. King Ayisoba – Work Hard (Glitterbeat)

31. Karkum Project – Sahira (Karkum Project)

32. Roberta Roman – Le Petite Naples (Vol. 2) Operation Sultan (Entourage Contempo)

33. of Tropique – Buster Goes West (Electric Cowbell)

34. Taraf Syriana – Taraf Syriana (LulaWorld)

35. Gaye Su Akyol – Anadolu Ejderi (Glitterbeat)

36. Marcus Gad – Ready for Battle (Balo Music)

37. Mwezi WaQ. – Le Blues des Sourds-Muets (Buda Musique)

38. Orchestra Gold – Medicine (Orchestra Gold)

39. Gang Jah Mind – Refugees (Believe)

40. Mostar Sevdah Reunion – Lady Sings the Balkan Blues (Snail)

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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.