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Global Village Top 40 – December 2023

  1. Amin Al Aiedy – Shams (Musiques en Balade / InOuïe Distribution) 
  2. Negarit Band – Origins (Buda Musique) 
  3. Bobby Rozario – Spellbound (Origin World) 
  4. Creation Rebel – Hostile Environment (On U Sound) 
  5. Aga Khan Master Musicians – Nowruz (Smithsonian Folkways) 
  6. Batsukh Dorj – Ogbelerim: Music for My Ancestors (Buda Musique) 
  7. Los Cenzontles – Son Con Son (Los Cenzontles) 
  8. RUUT – Kirikuut (Nordic Notes) 
  9. Frander II (Nordic Notes) 
  10. The Blassics – Sounding Times (Odd Funk) 
  11. Conjunto Tierra Linda – Conjunto Tierra Linda (Tierra Linda) 
  12.  AySay – Koy (No Bounds Music) 
  13. Kavita Shah – Cape Verdean Blues (Folklist) 
  14. Rubim de Toledo – The Drip (Rubin de Toledo) 
  15. Luigi Cinque, Stefano Saletti, Urna Chahar-Tugshi – Persephone (Materiali Sonori) 
  16. Various artists – Lost in Tajikistan (Riverboat) 
  17. Bahama Soul Club – Sundub Society (Buyu) 
  18. Genticorum – Au Coeur de L’Aube (Genticorum) 
  19. Cal Tjader – Catch the Groove (Jazz Detective) 
  20. Valeria Matzner – Tamborilero (Lula World) 
  21. Catrin Finch/Aoife Ni Bhriain – Double You (Bendigedig) 
  22. Bixiga 70 – Vapor (Glitterbeat) 
  23. Leon Keita – Leon Keita (Analog Africa) 
  24. Frigg – Perinto (Bafe’s Factory) 
  25. Sahkopaimen – Hamara (Nordic Notes) 
  26. Bombino – Sahel (Partisan) 
  27. Roberto Menescal – Nos E O Mar (Jasmin) 
  28. Lenhart Tapes – Dens (Glitterbeat) 
  29. Mokoomba – Tusona (Out/Here) 
  30. Ana Carla Maza – Caribe (Persona Editorial) 
  31. Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band – Vox Humana (Jazzheads) 
  32. Jan Wouter Oostenrijk – Traveling East (Mountain) 
  33. Alfredo Rodriguez – Coral Way (Mack Avenue) 
  34. Matthieu Saglio – Voices (ACT Music) 
  35. Shakti – This Moment (Abstract Logix) 
  36. Shono – Kolkhozoy Traktor (CPL-Music) 
  37. Antonio Adolfo – Bossa 65 (AAM) 
  38. Gafieira Rio Miami – Bring Back Samba (Gafieira Rio Miami) 
  39. Pedro Rosa – Midnight Alvorada (Ajabu) 
  40. Idrissa Soumaoro – Dire (Mieruba) 
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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.