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AMAZON.CO.UK FOLK/ROOTS/WORLD 30

May sales from Amazon.co.uk.
  1. BOB DYLAN Together Through Life (Sony)
  2. CHRISTY MOORE Listen (Sony)
  3. GEOFFREY GURRUMUL YUNUPINGU Gurrumul (Skinnyfish)
  4. SEASICK STEVE I Started Out With Nothin’… (Warners)
  5. VARIOUS ARTISTS That’s Proper Folk (Proper)
  6. ROKIA TRAORE Tchamantché (Nonesuch)
  7. BOB DYLAN Modern Times (Columbia)
  8. ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS Raising Sand (Rounder)
  9. VARIOUS ARTISTS O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Mercury)
  10. SEASICK STEVE Dog House Music (Bronzerat)
  11. VARIOUS ARTISTS Essential Bluegrass Anthology (Not Now Music)
  12. OUMOU SANGARE Seya (World Circuit)
  13. VARIOUS ARTISTS American Folk Anthology (Not Now Music)
  14. BOB DYLAN Blood On The Tracks (Columbia)
  15. THE GIPSY KINGS The Best Of… (Sony)
  16. CARA DILLON Hill Of Thieves (Charcoal)
  17. MULATU ASTATKE/THE HELIOCENTRICS Inspiration Information Vol. 3 (Strut)
  18. OJOS DE BRUJO Aocana (Warners)
  19. STAFF BENDA BILILI Très Très Fort (Crammed)
  20. AMADOU & MARIAM Welcome To Mali (Because)
  21. THE CHIEFTAINS Long Black Veil (RCA Victor)
  22. SETH LAKEMAN Poor Man’s Heaven (Relentless)
  23. JOHN LEE HOOKER The Best Of John Lee Hooker (Commercial Marketing)
  24. SEASICK STEVE & THE LEVEL DEVILS Cheap (Bronzerat)
  25. VARIOUS ARTISTS The Best Of British Folk (Not Now Music)
  26. BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB Buena Vista Social Club (World Circuit)
  27. MUDDY WATERS Essential Collection (Spectrum)
  28. FAIRPORT CONVENTION Liege And Lief (Commercial Marketing)
  29. VARIOUS ARTISTS A Celebration Of Great British Folk (Not Now Music)
  30. KATE RUSBY Awkward Annie (Pure)

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STERN'S AFRICAN RECORD SHOP 15

May’s best sellers at Stern's African Record Shop,
74/75 Warren Street, London W1P 5PA (Shop entrance 293 Euston Rd)

  1. RAIL BAND Belle Epoque Vol. 3: Dioba (Stern’s)
  2. OUMOU SANGARE Seya (World Circuit)
  3. STAFF BENDA BILILI Très Très Fort (Crammed)
  4. VARIOUS ARTISTS Hawa Sur Un Air De Rumba (Cantos)
  5. FRANCO & LE TPOK JAZZ Francophonic Vol. 1 1953-1980 (Stern’s)
  6. ROKIA TRAORE Tchamantché (Nonesuch)
  7. VARIOUS ARTISTS African Pearls: Senegal 70 (Syllart)
  8. KASSY MADE DIABATE Manden Djeli Kan (Universal France)
  9. VARIOUS ARTISTS African Pearls: Guinée 70 (Syllart)
  10. VARIOUS ARTISTS African Pearls: Congo 70 (Syllart)
  11. VARIOUS ARTISTS African Pearls: Mali 70 (Syllart)
  12. AMADOU & MARIAM Welcome To Mali (Because)
  13. MBILIA BEL Bel Canto (Stern’s Africa)
  14. JUSTIN ADAMS & JULDEH CAMARA Tell No Lies (Real World)
  15. MAFIKIZOLO Six Mabone (Kalawa-Jazmee)

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WORLD MUSIC EUROPEAN AIRPLAY 20

May’s most played world music albums, compiled from returns from radio DJs all over Europe World Music Charts Europe
  1. STAFF BENDA BILILI Très Très Fort (Crammed)
  2. OUMOU SANGARE Seya (World Circuit)
  3. MARA ARANDA & SOLATGE Deria (Galileo)
  4. JUSTIN ADAMS & JULDEH CAMARA Tell No Lies (Real World)
  5. DVA Fonok (Indies)
  6. DEOLINDA Cancao Ao Lado (World Connection)
  7. LURA Eclipse (Lusafrica)
  8. DUOUD Ping Kong (World Village)
  9. RADIO KIJADA Nuevo Sonidos Afro-Peruvian (Wrasse)
  10. BAABA MAAL Television (Palm)
  11. ALAMAAILMAN VASARAT Huuro Kolkko (Nordic Notes)
  12. LA BANDA DEL PEPO Tanto Por Hacer (Galileo)
  13. IMAM BAILDI Imam Baildi (Pasion Turca / Capitol)
  14. VARIOUS ARTISTS The Rough Guide To Afrobeat Revival (WMN)
  15. KOALAS DESPERADOS Koalas Desperados (Rootdown)
  16. SISTER FA Sarabah (Piranha)
  17. BLICK BASSY Leman (World Connection)
  18. KING KORA Mandinga (Nation)
  19. TONY ALLEN Secret Agent (World Circuit)
  20. BA CISSOKO Seno (Stern’s)
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