Global JazzWire

Current top 20 World Music Albums - updated 18 March 2000
Please note that album position within the three categories is in no particular order.
In essence, all three Heavy Rotation albums are tied for #1, Mediums are tied for #4, etc.


Heavy Rotation

Heavy Rotation gets air twice per three two-hour shows (show airs weekly)
Artist
Album Title
Label
weeks
high
Salif Keita "Papa" Metro Blue(Capitol) 30 H
Alioune Kassé "Exsina" Tinder 33 H
Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers "Spirit of Music" Elektra 29 H

Medium Rotation

Medium Rotation gets airplay twice in five two-hour shows (show airs weekly)
Artist
Album Title
Label
weeks
high
Israel Vibration "Pay The Piper" RAS 34 M
Gondwana "Together" RAS 32 M
Oliver Mtukudzi "Tuku Music" Putumayo 30 M
Afro Celt Sound System "Release" RealWorld 32 H
Touré Touré "Laddé" Tinder 9 M

Light Rotation

Light Rotation gets airplay once in four two-hour shows (show airs weekly)
Artist
Album Title
Label
weeks
high
Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca "São Salvador" Putumayo 1 L
Ali Farka Toure "Niafunké" Hannibal 30 M
Ekova "Heaven's Dust" Six Degrees 1 L
Gipsyland "Viva La Musica" Hollywood 1 L
Various Artists "Brasiliero" Putumayo 21 L
Habib Koite and Bamada "Ma Ya" Putumayo 36 H
Jimmy Cliff "Humanitarian" RAS 29 L
Various Artists "Caravan Cubana" Rhino 1 L
AR Rahman "Vande Mataram" Columbia 47 H
Capercaillie "Beautiful Wasteland" Survival/Rykodisc 31 L
Various Artists "Africa" Putumayo 29 L
William Cepeda & Afrorican Jazz "My Roots & Beyond" Metro Blue 1 L