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Global Village Top 40 – April 2025

  1. Warsaw Village Band – Sploty/Twines (Karrot Kommando)
  2. Charneux-LeLeux-Puma – Cinquieme Saison (Homerecords)
  3. Ablaye Cissoko & Cyrille Brotto – Djiyo (Absilone)
  4. Tiken Jah Fakoly – Live Salle Pleyel (Wagram Music)
  5. Santrofi – Making Moves (Out/Here)
  6. Broes – Belgica (Xango Music)
  7. Various – The Albarika Story (Acid Jazz)
  8. Various – Salsa de la Bahia Vol. 3: Renegade Queens (Patois)
  9. Celia Wa – Fasade (Heavenly Sweetness)
  10. Piers Faccini & Ballake Cissoko – Our Calling (No Format)
  11. Salif Keita – So Knono (No Format)
  12. Frigg – Dreamscapes (Bafe’s Factory)
  13. Jacco Muller & Victor Ghannam – Alhambra By Night (Jacco Muller)
  14. Anna Murtola & Joonas Widenius – Estrella Del Norte (Joonas Widenius & Anna Murtola)
  15. L’Alba – Grilli (Buda Musique)
  16. F.Y.A.H. – Free Your Authentic Heart (VP Reggae)
  17. Ebo Taylor – JID 22 (Jazz Is Dead)
  18. Magari – Diumenge (Segell Microscopi)
  19. Tako Toki – Hirsutes Farfelus (Muju)
  20. Soolmaan Kashgul (Zephyrus)
  21. Gnonnas Pedro & His Abdjes Band – Roi De L’Agbadja Moderne (Analog Africa)
  22. Flook – Sanju (Flatfish)
  23. Melon Jimenez/Lara Wong – Confluencias (Galileo)
  24. Mauro Durante/Justin Adams – Sweet Release (Ponderosa)
  25. Mathias Duplessy & the Violins of the World – The Road With You (Absilone)
  26. Aboubakar Traore & Balima – Sabadu (Zephyrus)
  27. PulciPerla – Tatekieto (Prado)
  28. The Bongo Hop – La Pata Coja (Underdog)
  29. Novalima – La Danza Deluxe Edition (Six Degrees)
  30. Ruben Blades – Fotografias (Ruben Blades Productions)
  31. Meybahar – Meybahar (Fono)
  32. Assu - Luohteniegut (Nordic Notes)
  33. Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra – Tension (Batov)
  34. Various – Zanzibara 11: Congo in Dar (Buda Musique)
  35. 17 Hippies – Clowns & Angels (Hipster)
  36. Lucibela – Amoda Antiga (LusAfrica)
  37. Chucho Valdes – Cuba and Beyond (Inner Cat)
  38. Markku Lepisto – Duos (Rapusaari)
  39. Seun Kuti – Heavier Yet (Record Kicks)
  40. Various – Super Disco Pirata (Analog Africa)
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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.