[FA Worldmusic] Afropop Worldwide's Top Ten CDs of 2007

[Sean Barlow]

Afropop Worldwide is pleased to announce our picks for the Afropop Worldwide
Top Ten CDs of 2007.  The link below will take you to the media-rich APWW Top
Ten feature that includes full reviews by Afropop's Banning Eyre, YouTube
videos, the artists' own web sites, opportunities to buy disc etc.



www.afropop.org/multi/feature/ID/772




STOCKING STUFFERS
Afropop Worldwide's Top Ten Discs for 2007

Congratulations to all the artists and to their record labels for winning
recognition as one of the ten Afropop Worldwide CDs of the year. (In order to
be considered, an album must be released in the in 2007.) Below the Top Ten
list here you will see additional "Highly Recommended" 2007 titles as well as
our selections of the best of the many compilations of historic material that
came out in 2007.

We hope that you as a music lover buy some of these titles, both for your own
pleasure and to support the artists. Media outlets are welcome to publish our
list. It must be credited as "published by www.afropop.org
<http://www.afropop.org/>   ) 2007"
More information at www.afropop.org <http://www.afropop.org/>

Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective "Watina" (Cumbancha) (Belize)
Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni ba "Segu Blue" (Out There Records) (Mali)
Caetano Veloso "Cj" (Nonesuch) (Brazil)
Dee Dee Bridgewater "Red Earth" (Emarcy) (USA)
Erol Josui "Rigliman" (High Times Records/Mi5 Productions) (Haiti)
Puerto Plata "Mujer de Cabaret" (iASO Records) (Dominican Republic)
Ricardo Lemvo "Isabela" (Mobiato Music) (Congo)
Sergio and Odair Assad "Jardim abandonado" (Nonesuch) (Brazil)
Vusi Mahlasela, "Guiding Star" (ATO Records) (South Africa)
Youssou N'Dour, "Rokku Mi Rokka (Give and Take)" (Nonesuch) (Senegal)