Global JazzWire
Current top 20 World Music Albums - updated 19
October 2002
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 gets air twice per three two-hour shows (show airs weekly)
|
Artist |
Album Title |
Label |
|
Oliver Mtukudzi |
Vhunze Moto |
Putumayo |
|
Gondwana |
Made In Jamaica |
RAS |
|
Tabla Beat Science |
Live in San Francisco at Stern Grove |
Axiom |
Medium Rotation gets airplay twice in five two-hour shows (show airs weekly)
|
Artist |
Album Title |
Label |
|
Capercaillie |
Live In Concert |
Survival |
|
Hassan Hakmoun |
The Gift |
Triloka |
|
Dave Stringer |
Brink |
Valley Entertainment |
|
Ziroq |
Ziroq |
Triloka |
|
Dr. Hukwe Zawose & Michael Brook |
Assembly |
Realworld |
Light Rotation gets airplay once in four two-hour shows (show airs weekly)
|
Artist |
Album Title |
Label |
|
Youssou N'Dour |
The Rough Guide to Youssou N'Dour & Étoile de Dakar |
RGNet |
|
Puentes Brothers |
Morumba Cubana |
Alma |
|
Trilok Gurtu |
The Beat of Love |
Blue Thumb |
|
Fania |
Sopi |
Tinder |
|
Various Artists |
La Musica della Mafia |
Piasa |
|
Eliades Ochoa |
Estoy Como Nunca |
Higher Octave |
|
Various Artists |
Buena Vista: The Next Generation |
Pimienta |
|
Sonic Tribe |
Spirit Rising |
Soundings of the Planet |
|
Kodo |
Mondo Head |
Red Ink |
|
The Soul Brothers |
The Rough Guide to the Soul Brothers |
RGNet |
|
Various Artists |
The Rough Guide to the Music of India |
RGNet |
|
Various Artists |
Badenya |
Smithsonian Folkways |