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

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

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

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