In the latest Transglobal World Music Chart this year, French-Algerian singer Souad Massi’s “Sequana” took the top spot.
Sequana is the tenth album from the Franco-Algerian singer-songwriter Souad Massi. If her music was previously coloured with folk and chaabi, the sound palette broadens here as far as the Sahel, the Caribbean and Brazil, and on some tracks ventures into rock. Souad Massi has completely renewed her musical team, opening a new chapter in a career that began in the 1990’s and was marked by her departure from Algeria for France.
With Justin Adams (Rachid Taha, Tinariwen, Robert Plant…) on production, accompanied on some tracks by the likes of Piers Faccini and Naïssam Jalal, Souad Massi continues on her path as a committed, liberated woman. She is a woman of her time, who sings like never before about the causes close to her heart.
You can read a more detailed article about her new album at: https://www.newmodelradio.sk/en/souad-massi-melancholic-songs-of-peace-on-the-album-sequana/
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Top albums December 2022:
- Souad Massi · Sequana · Backingtrack Production [3]
- Gaye Su Akyol · Anadolu Ejderi · Glitterbeat [-]
- Antonis Antoniou · Throisma · Ajabu! [1]
- Liraz · Roya · Glitterbeat [4]
- Constantinople, Kiya Tabassian & Ghalia Benali · In the Footsteps of Rumi · Glossa [11]
- Al-Qasar · Who Are We · Glitterbeat [2]
- Eliades Ochoa · Vamos a Bailar un Son (Special Edition) · World Circuit / BMG [8]
- Angélique Kidjo & Ibrahim Maalouf · Queen of Sheba · Mister Ibé [7]
- Wesli · Tradisyon · Cumbancha [5]
- Baul Meets Saz · Banjara · Uren Production [-]
- Eneida Marta · Family · Azziz Music [17]
- Majid Bekkas · Joudour · Igloo [25]
- Purbayan Chatterjee & Rakesh Chaurasia · Saath saath · Purbayan Chatterjee / Believe [13]
- Okra Playground · Itku · Nordic Notes [19]
- VRï · Islais a Genir · Bendigedig [20]
- Montparnasse Musique · Archeology · Real World [-]
- Vieux Farka Touré et Khruangbin · Ali · Dead Oceans [37]
- Batida · Neon Colonialismo · Crammed Discs [-]
- Lorraine Klaasen & Mongezi Ntaka · Ukubonga / Gratitude · Justin Time [39]
- Solju · Uvjamuohta / Powder Snow · Bafe’s Factory [12]
- Electric Vocuhila · Kiteky · Another Record / Capsul [-]
- Rachele Andrioli · Leuca · Finisterre [23]
- Maya Youssef · Finding Home · Seven Gates [6]
- Ali Doğan Gönültaş · Kiğı / Gexî / Kegui · Ali Doğan Gönültaş [14]
- Dawda Jobarteh · Do You Know a Place Called Flekkerøy? · Ajabu! [36]
- Meral Polat Trio · Ez Kî Me · Meral Polat / AudioMaze [-]
- Vieux Farka Touré · Les Racines · World Circuit / BMG [10]
- Cimarrón · La Recia · Cimarrón Music [26]
- Kottarashky & The Rain Dogs · Doghouse · Asphalt Tango [-]
- DjClick & Masha Natanson · Violins Against Bombs · No Fridge [28]
- Adédèjì · Yoruba Odyssey · One World [9]
- Momi Maiga · Nio · Segell Microscopi [27]
- Simon Shaheen · The Music Of Mohamed Abdel Wahab · Zehra [22]
- Retimbrar · Levantar do Chão · Revolução d’ Alegria [-]
- Ko Shin Moon · Miniature I & II · Total Totem [-]
- Maison Bélier · Las Cosas del Querer · Ventilador Music [-]
- Minyeshu · Netsa · ARC Music [29]
- Oumou Sangaré · Timbuktu · World Circuit / BMG [16]
- Denez · Ur Mor a Zaeloù · Arsenal Productions [31]
- Jake Blount · The New Faith · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings [-]
Founder members and administrators Transglobal World Music Chart:
Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES)
Current active members:
Alexis Herrería (MX), Rosângela Britto (BR), Ula Nowak (PL), Liana Cisneros (PE), Banning Eyre (US), Magda Tejchma (PL), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Nigel Wood (IE), Dore Stein (US), Roger Holdsworth (AU), Madan Rao (IN), Gil Medovoy (US), Chris Heim (US), Ciro De Rosa (IT), Scott Stevens (US), Hendrick T S Foh (MY), Cliff Furnald (US), Rob Weisberg (US), Toni Polo (FR/ES), Nicolás Falcoff (AR), Masakazu Kitanaka (JP), Jordi Demésenllà (ES), Rafael Mieses (DO/US), Luís Rei (PT), Jean Trouillet (DE), Evangeline Kim (US), Willi Klopottek (LU/DE), Alejandro López (ES), Jon Kertzer (US), Ken Stowar (CA), Jiří Moravčík (CZ), Mu Qian (CN), Carlos Ferreira (PT), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN/US), Kutay Derin Kuğay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (BE), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR), Daryana Antipova (RU), Mika Kauhanen (FI), Luisa Piñeros (CO), Toni Pennacchia (US), Chen Hanzi (CN), Takuya “Salam” Unagami (JP), Janaína Ávila (BR), Roger Short (UK), Ankur Malhotra (IN)
More at: https://www.transglobalwmc.com/
