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Global Village Top 40 – July 2025

  1. Poncho Sanchez – Live at the Belly Up Tavern (Regime Music)
  2. Fanfare Ciocarlia/Adrian Raso – The Devil Rides Again (Asphalt Tango)
  3. Kadialy Kouyate – Tona (ARC Music)
  4. Femi Kuti – Journey Through Life (Partisan)
  5. Dave Sharp Worlds Quartet & Elden Kelly – Catalyst (Cold Plunge)
  6. Spoket I Koket – Grannlat (Gammalthea)
  7. Radio Tutti – Twang Club (Inouie)
  8. Constantinople – Nordic Lights in Persian Sky (Glossa)
  9. Culture – Africa Stand Alone (VP)
  10. Various – Salsa de la Bahia Vol. 3: Renegade Queens (Patois)
  11. Damily & Toliara Tsapiky Band – Fikisa (Damily)
  12. Madalisto Band – Ma Gitala (Bongo Joe)
  13. Kaaba Kouyate – Tribute to Kandia (Buda Musique)
  14. Pachyman – Another Place (ATO)
  15. Warsaw Afrobeat Orchestra – Nagana (Soliton)
  16. Ra Di Spina – Vocazioni (Audio Image)
  17. Dancas Ocultas – Inspirar (Galileo)
  18. La Banda Chuska – Basic Bichos (La Banda Chuska)
  19. Nidia Gongola – Pacifico Maravilla (Positivo)
  20. Etienne de la Sayette – Wild Horses Orchestra (Muju)
  21. Amamere – Man Shall Be Free (Afro Urban Project)
  22. Ladom Ensemble – Sofreh Tisch (Lula World)
  23. Entre Ilhas – Macaronesia Vol. 1 (Entre Ilhas)
  24. Charneux-LeLeux-Puma – Cinquieme Saison (Homerecords)
  25. Santrofi – Making Moves (Out Here)
  26. Varttina – Kyly (Rockadillo)
  27. Mario Palmas & Giacomo Vardeu – Sighida (Mare E Miniere)
  28. Trio da Kali – Bagola (One World Records)
  29. Palo! – Celebrando 20 Anos (Rolling Pin Music)
  30. Estrellas de Buena Vista – Live in Havana (One World)
  31. Schmaltz & Pepper – Schmaltz & Pepper (Schmaltz & Pepper)
  32. Oktopus – Brahms, Balkans and Bagels (Oktopus)
  33. Piers Faccini & Ballake Cissoko – Our Calling (No Format)
  34. Broes – Belgica (Xango Music)
  35. Kankou Kouyate - N’Darila (One World)
  36. Various – The Original Sound of Mali 2 (Mr. Bongo)
  37. Aboubakar Traore & Balima – Sabadu (Zephyrus)
  38. Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek – Yarin Yoksa (Big Crown)
  39. Aboubakar Traore & Balima – Sababu (Zephyrus)
  40. Frigg – Dreamscapes (Bafe’s Factory)
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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.