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Spin The Globe’s Top 10 World Music Albums – August 2010Axum - on JDub Records

  1. AxumAxum
  2. Luisa Maita : Lero-Lero
  3. various artists: Putumayo Presents Tribute to a Reggae Legend
  4. The Budos Band: The Budos Band III
  5. King Sunny Ade: Baba Mo Tunde
  6. Mohsen Namjoo: Oy (Ouch)
  7. various artists: The Rough Guide to Bhangra
  8. Jienat: Mira
  9. Rahim Alhaj: Little Earth
  10. various artists: Roots of OK Jazz-Congo Classics 1955-1956

Spin the Globe’s monthly Top 10 is a highly subjective ranking of recent world music (sometimes including Latin, Native American, & reggae) album releases, based on on-air spins, listener requests, and our own fickle tastes. To have your album considered for airplay and charting, submit it to Spin the Globe – see contact page.


This Week’s KAOS-CMJ New World Music Top 10
# – Artist – Title – Label

1    VARIOUS ARTISTS    Oasis World Volume X #3    Oasis
2    VARIOUS ARTISTS    oasis world sampler vol. 10 #4    Oasis
3    VARIOUS ARTISTS    Afro-Beat Airways: West African Shock Waves (Ghana And Togo 1972-78)    Analog Africa
4    LUISA MAITA    Lero-Lero    Cumbancha
5    TUFF LION    Utterance    Outpost Music Workshop
6    VARIOUS ARTISTS    Putumayo Presents: Tribute To A Reggae Legend    Putumayo
7    VARIOUS ARTISTS    Roots Of O.K. Jazz: Congo Classics 1955-56    Crammed Discs
8    WADADA    the 1st itation    outpost music workshop
9    UNIFIED CULTURE    Better Days    Unknown
10    DJOUMBUSH    self titled

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