World Music Top 10, September 2008

Yikes - I've got a big backlog of things I want to post, so I'll keep this brief. Here's the SoundRoots / Spin The Globe Top 10 World Music Albums chart for September 2008. The Brazil-meets-Klezmer album Legends of the Preacher hits #1 this week, followed closely by Chicago-based Bollywood-meets-funk band Funkadesi, who I gladly but belatedly discovered in recent months. For more on any album (sound samples, where to buy) click the title).

1. Nation Beat: Legends of the Preacher
2. Funkadesi: Yo Baba
3. Mounira Mitchala: Talou Lena
4. Afrissippi: Alliance
5. various artists: The Rough Guide to Romanian Gypsies
6. Neco Novellas: New Dawn/ Ku Khata
7. Delhi 2 Dublin: Delhi 2 Dublin
8. DeLeon: DeLeon
9. Sidestepper: Buena Vibra Sound System
10. Niyaz: Nine Heavens