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World Beat Canada TOP 30

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January 2009

	ARTIST	SONG	ALBUM	LABEL
1	Amadou & Mariam	Africa (w/K’naan)	Welcome To Mali	Because
2	Thievery Corporation	Vampires (w/Femi Kuti)	Radio Retaliation	ESL Music
3	Dub Colossus	Azmari Dub	A Town Called Addis	Real World
4	KAL	Turkish Blues	Radio Romanista	Asphalt Tango
5	Daby Toure	Baye	Stereo Spirit	Real World
6	Sonantes	Defenestrando	Sonantes	Six Degrees
7	Zuco 103	Beija A Mim (Saudade)	After The Carnaval	Six Degrees
8	Plastilina Mosh	Pervert Pop Song	All You Need Is Mosh	Nacional
9	Calexico	Victor Jara’s Hands	Carried To Dust	Quarterstick
10	Asian Dub Foundation	Speed Of Light	Punkara	Rinse It Out
11	Lila Downs	Little Man	Shake Away	Manhattan
12	A Filial	Brown Suéter	$1,99	Verge
13	Nortec Collective	Brown Bike	Bostich + Fussible	Nacional
14	El Guincho	Palmitos Park	Alegranza	XL Recordings
15	Michael Franti & Spearhead	A Little Bit Of Riddim	All Rebel Rockers	Anti-
16	Aterciopelados	Rio	Rio	Nacional
17	Rossy	Jijy	Big Blue Ball	Real World
18	Swami	Ching	Equalize	Desi Rock/Cigale
19	Eric Bobo	Fiesta	Meeting Of The Minds	Nacional
20	Brazilian Girls	Internacional	New York City	Verve Forecast
21	Monareta	Domingo Loving Style	Picotero	Nacional
22	Xavier Rudd	Edge Of The Moon	Darker Shades Of Blue	Anti-
23	Toumast	Dounia	Ishumar	Real World
24	Chiwoniso	Gomo	Rebel Woman	Cumbancha
25	Pistolera	Un Momento	En Este Camino	Luchadora
26	Gilberto Gil	Banda Larga Cordel	Maquina De Ritmo	Warner
27	Sergio Mendes	Odo-ya	Encanto	Concord
28	CSS	Left Behind	Donkey	Sub Pop
29	Monkey	Monkey’s World	Journey To The West	XL Recordings
30	Manu Chao	Triteza Maleza	La Radiolina	Radio Bemba

* bold type indicates a new addition to the chart

Worldbeat to Watch For!

Artist	Album	Label
MUMIY TROLL	“Comrade Ambassador”	Independent
CHOPTEETH	“Afrofunk Big Band”	Grigri Discs
LORRAINE KLAASEN	“Africa Calling”	Justin Time
MISHKA	“Above The Bones”	j.k. livin
ADRIAN SHERWOOD	“Becoming a Cliché”	Real World
ROKIA TRAORĖ	“Tchamantché”	Nonesuch
RUSS HEWITT	“Bajo el Sol”	Saulitomusic

WORLD.BEATS TOP 5 VIDEOS

CSS	Move It	Donkey	Sub Pop
The Pinker Tones	Sexy Robot	Wild Animals	Nacional
Calexico	Two Silver Trees	Carried To Dust	Quarterstick
Alex Cuba	Agua del Pozo	Agua del Pozo	Caracol
El Guincho	Palmitos Park	Alegranza	XL Recordings

CALCOPYRITE O CANADA TOP 3 ALBUMS

1	eccodek	Shivaboom	White Swan
2	Café Fuego	Volume 1	Sphere Musique
3	Delhi 2 Dublin	Remixed	Independent

CALCOPYRITE ALBUM PICK OF THE MONTH - Dub Colossus – A Town Called Addis (Real World)

WORLD.BEATS TOP 5 VIDEOS

CSS
Move It
Donkey
Sub Pop

The Pinker Tones
Sexy Robot
Wild Animals
Nacional

Calexico

Two Silver Trees

Carried to Dust

Quarterstick

M.I.A.

Paper Planes

Kala

XL Recordings

El Guincho

Palmitos Park

Alegranza

XL Recordings

CALCOPYRITE O CANADA TOP 3 ALBUMS

1

eccodek

Shivaboom

White Swan

2

Café Fuego

Volume 1

Sphere Musique

3

Lubo & Kaba Horo

Contrabanda

Latchco Boogie

CALCOPYRITE ALBUM PICK OF THE MONTH - Amadou & Mariam -- Welcome to Mali (Because)