Charts and Lists
AMAZON.CO.UK FOLK/ROOTS/WORLD 30
May sales from Amazon.co.uk.- BOB DYLAN Together Through Life (Sony)
- CHRISTY MOORE Listen (Sony)
- GEOFFREY GURRUMUL YUNUPINGU Gurrumul (Skinnyfish)
- SEASICK STEVE I Started Out With Nothin’… (Warners)
- VARIOUS ARTISTS That’s Proper Folk (Proper)
- ROKIA TRAORE Tchamantché (Nonesuch)
- BOB DYLAN Modern Times (Columbia)
- ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS Raising Sand (Rounder)
- VARIOUS ARTISTS O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Mercury)
- SEASICK STEVE Dog House Music (Bronzerat)
- VARIOUS ARTISTS Essential Bluegrass Anthology (Not Now Music)
- OUMOU SANGARE Seya (World Circuit)
- VARIOUS ARTISTS American Folk Anthology (Not Now Music)
- BOB DYLAN Blood On The Tracks (Columbia)
- THE GIPSY KINGS The Best Of… (Sony)
- CARA DILLON Hill Of Thieves (Charcoal)
- MULATU ASTATKE/THE HELIOCENTRICS Inspiration Information Vol. 3 (Strut)
- OJOS DE BRUJO Aocana (Warners)
- STAFF BENDA BILILI Très Très Fort (Crammed)
- AMADOU & MARIAM Welcome To Mali (Because)
- THE CHIEFTAINS Long Black Veil (RCA Victor)
- SETH LAKEMAN Poor Man’s Heaven (Relentless)
- JOHN LEE HOOKER The Best Of John Lee Hooker (Commercial Marketing)
- SEASICK STEVE & THE LEVEL DEVILS Cheap (Bronzerat)
- VARIOUS ARTISTS The Best Of British Folk (Not Now Music)
- BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB Buena Vista Social Club (World Circuit)
- MUDDY WATERS Essential Collection (Spectrum)
- FAIRPORT CONVENTION Liege And Lief (Commercial Marketing)
- VARIOUS ARTISTS A Celebration Of Great British Folk (Not Now Music)
- KATE RUSBY Awkward Annie (Pure)
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)
- RAIL BAND Belle Epoque Vol. 3: Dioba (Stern’s)
- OUMOU SANGARE Seya (World Circuit)
- STAFF BENDA BILILI Très Très Fort (Crammed)
- VARIOUS ARTISTS Hawa Sur Un Air De Rumba (Cantos)
- FRANCO & LE TPOK JAZZ Francophonic Vol. 1 1953-1980 (Stern’s)
- ROKIA TRAORE Tchamantché (Nonesuch)
- VARIOUS ARTISTS African Pearls: Senegal 70 (Syllart)
- KASSY MADE DIABATE Manden Djeli Kan (Universal France)
- VARIOUS ARTISTS African Pearls: Guinée 70 (Syllart)
- VARIOUS ARTISTS African Pearls: Congo 70 (Syllart)
- VARIOUS ARTISTS African Pearls: Mali 70 (Syllart)
- AMADOU & MARIAM Welcome To Mali (Because)
- MBILIA BEL Bel Canto (Stern’s Africa)
- JUSTIN ADAMS & JULDEH CAMARA Tell No Lies (Real World)
- MAFIKIZOLO Six Mabone (Kalawa-Jazmee)
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- STAFF BENDA BILILI Très Très Fort (Crammed)
- OUMOU SANGARE Seya (World Circuit)
- MARA ARANDA & SOLATGE Deria (Galileo)
- JUSTIN ADAMS & JULDEH CAMARA Tell No Lies (Real World)
- DVA Fonok (Indies)
- DEOLINDA Cancao Ao Lado (World Connection)
- LURA Eclipse (Lusafrica)
- DUOUD Ping Kong (World Village)
- RADIO KIJADA Nuevo Sonidos Afro-Peruvian (Wrasse)
- BAABA MAAL Television (Palm)
- ALAMAAILMAN VASARAT Huuro Kolkko (Nordic Notes)
- LA BANDA DEL PEPO Tanto Por Hacer (Galileo)
- IMAM BAILDI Imam Baildi (Pasion Turca / Capitol)
- VARIOUS ARTISTS The Rough Guide To Afrobeat Revival (WMN)
- KOALAS DESPERADOS Koalas Desperados (Rootdown)
- SISTER FA Sarabah (Piranha)
- BLICK BASSY Leman (World Connection)
- KING KORA Mandinga (Nation)
- TONY ALLEN Secret Agent (World Circuit)
- BA CISSOKO Seno (Stern’s)
Each issue of fRoots carries a wider list of charts from dealers and radio DJs.