Decade's Best World Music and Film

Happy New Year 2010 to all Unieros friends. In appreciation of the past decade's cultural diversity here is a list of the 10 best world music and the best foreign films of the decade. The list of world music and foreign films are based on expert ratings. The foreign films listed represent Unieros friends countries.

Best World Music of the Decade (Times Online, UK)

1.The Radio Tisdas Sessions by Tinariwen

2. Dimanche A Bamako by Amadou & Mariam

3. The Living Road by Lhasa
4. Buena Vista Social Club Presents Cachaito

5. Moffou by Salif Keita

8. Très Très Fort by Staff Benda Bilili
7. Specialist In All Styles by Orchestra Baobab

6. Fado Curvo by Mariza

9. Nothing's In Vain by Youssou N'Dour

10. Made In Medina by Rachid Taha

Some of the best foreign films of the decade from Unieros friends countries

1. Blissfully Yours (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, France/Thailand).
2. Le Fils (Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Belgium/France)
3. Caché (Michael Haneke, France/Austria/Germany/Italy)

4. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, France/USA);
5. The New World (Terrence Malick, U.S.)
6. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, Romania)
7. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu, Romania)
8. Beau travail (Claire Denis, France)
9. Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand)
10. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro, Spain)
11. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain)
12. Rois et reine (Arnaud Desplechin, France)
13. Elephant (Gus Van Sant, U.S.)
14. Star Spangled to Death (Ken Jacobs, U.S.)
15. Café Lumière (Hou Hsiao-hsien, Japan)
16. Gerry (Gus Van Sant, U.S.)
17. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, U.S.);
18. Far From Heaven (Todd Haynes, U.S./France).