Global JazzWire
Current top 20 World Music Albums - updated 12
October 2008
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 |
|
Jamshied Sharifi |
One |
Ceres |
|
Rosa Passos |
Romance |
Telarc |
|
Habib Koité & Bamada |
Afriki |
Cumbancha |
Medium Rotation gets airplay twice in five two-hour shows (show airs weekly)
|
Artist |
Album Title |
Label |
|
Youssou N'Dour |
Rokku Mi Rokka |
Nonesuch |
|
Chicago Afrobeat Project |
(A) Move to Silent Unrest |
CAbP |
|
Orchestre Baobab |
Made in Dakar |
World Circuit |
|
Vieux Farka Toure |
Vieux Farka Toure |
Modiba |
| Chiwoniso | Rebel Woman |
Cumbancha |
Light Rotation gets airplay once in four two-hour shows (show airs weekly)
|
Artist |
Album Title |
Label |
|
Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra |
Boulevard de l'Independance |
World Circuit |
|
Katchafire |
Slow Burning |
Katchafire |
|
Tinariwen |
Aman Iman |
World Village |
|
Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective |
Watina |
Cumbancha |
| Gipsy Kings | Pasajero |
Nonesuch |
|
Lura |
Di Korpu ku Alma |
Lusafrica/Escondido |
|
Toumast |
Ishumar |
Realworld |
| Dobet Gnahore |
Na Afriki |
Cumbancha |
| Randy Brecker | Randy in Brasil |
MAMA |
|
Toumani Diabate |
The Mandé Variations |
World Circuit |
|
Lazaro Valdes |
De tal Pato ... tal Valdes |
Pimienta |
| Roberto Fonseca |
Zamazu |
Justin Time |