Top 10 World Music Albums - December 2008

The December chart has some new entries -- notably the sublime offering by Uxia, the multicultural fun of Kokoura, and the Middle Eastern dancehall stylings of Tomer Yosef (of Balkan Beat Box fame).

SoundRoots / Spin The Globe Top 10 World Music Albums
December 2008

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1. Uxia: Eterno Navegar
2. Ablaye Cissoko and Volker Goetze: Sira
3. Lila Downs: Shake Away
4. Kokoura: Anitie
5. Tomer Yosef: Laughing Underground
6. Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat: I Am Eve
7. MC Yogi: Elephant Power
8. Franco & Le T.P.O.K. Jazz: Francophonic
9. Tara Linda & Luna Nueva: New Moon
10. Tchavolo Schmitt: Miri Familia

Top 10 World Music Albums, October 2008

This month's Top 10 is led off by the funk-meets-Bollywood goodness of Chicago-based Funkadesi, a band that has the good fortune not only to have assembled a first-class group of musicians, but also to have a nice endorsement quote from the candidate now leading the polls in the US presidential race. Tune in to Spin The Globe on Oct. 10 to hear songs from all of these albums, or catch the show archive right here on SoundRoots.

SoundRoots / Spin The Globe Top 10 World Music Albums for October 2008
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1. Funkadesi: Yo Baba
2. various artists: The Rough Guide to Romanian Gypsies
3. Lila Downs: Shake Away
4. Chiwoniso: Rebel Woman
5. MC Yogi: Elephant Power
6. Nation Beat: Legends of the Preacher
7. DeLeon: DeLeon
8. Michael Franti: All Rebel Rockers
9. Terne Chave: More, Love!
10. Afrissippi: Alliance

World Music Top 10 - August 2008 selections

Spin the Globe Playlist for 15 August 2008
Top 10 new releases - August 2008 - as heard on radio KAOS

Selections from our favorite new releases, plus concert previews and other global stuff.

hour 1
10-Hanggai -- My Banjo and I -- Introducing Hanggai
9-Seun Kuti -- Think Afrika -- Seun Kuti & Fela’s Egypt 80
8-Delhi 2 Dublin -- Apples -- Delhi 2 Dublin
7-Niyaz -- Molk-E-Divan -- Nine Heavens
6- Chanchiki -- Yagaefu -- Rough Guide to Japan
5-Nation Beat -- Sobe A Poeira -- Legends of the Preacher
4-Grupo Fantasma -- El Sabio Soy Yo -- Sonidos Gold
-Niyaz -- Hejran -- Nine Heavens
3-Sidestepper -- La Paloma (12” mix, radio edit) -- Buena Vibra Sound System
2-Malouma -- Yarab -- Desert Blues 3
1-Mounira Mitchala -- Zarlie -- Talou Lena
Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex -- Eywat Setanafegagn / See How Much I Miss Her -- Moa Anbessa

hour 2
Andy Palacio & the garifuna Collective -- Watina -- Music Meeting Festival Highlights 2008
Umalali -- Merua -- The Garifuna Women’s Project
Cuchata -- Dia Del Sol -- Cuchata
Gipsy.cz -- Mulin -- Romano Hip Hop
Dem Trio -- Huseyni Taksim -- The Fountain
So Kalmery -- Imane -- Bendera
Kishore Kumar -- Ina Mina Dika -- Doob Doob O’Rama 2
Firedance -- Firedance -- Spirit of the Drum
Cascabulho -- Na Bocasda da Mata / Inside the woods (Acudinhos’ tales) -- Hunger Gives You a Headache
Neco Novellas -- Zula Zula -- New Dawn / Ku Khata
Balkan Beat Box -- Gross feat. Boom Pam -- Balkan Beat Box
Habib Koite -- Muso Ko / Woman -- Muso Ko

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