Al Andaluz Project’s “The Songs of Iman Kandoussi” has climbed to the top position on the February Transglobal World Music Chart.

Al Andaluz Project began with the exploration and interpretation of music from three religions. Musicians from Germany, Spain and Morocco combine the different styles to create an extraordinary project that realises the vision of the peaceful coexistence of the three dominant cultures of our time with musical brilliance at the highest technical level. group was formed in 2005 after the musicians of Estampie attended a concert by the Spanish band Aman Aman as part of the Jewish Culture Days in Munich. With the aim of reviving the music of the Jewish-Sephardic, Christian and Arabo-Andalusian cultures, as they were in Moorish-ruled Spain in peaceful and mutually beneficial coexistence, the band recorded four studio and one live album between 2006 and 2013 and played numerous concerts and festivals throughout Europe. The three singers Sigrid Hausen, Mara Aranda and Iman Kandoussi, each representing one of the three cultures, were always at the centre of the music. ‘The Songs of Iman Kandoussi’ is now the first thematic compilation of the repertoire of this extraordinary band, which focuses on the Arabo-Andalusian repertoire and centres around the Moroccan singer.
Top albums February 2025:
- Al Andaluz Project · The Songs of Iman Kandoussi: Traditional Arabic Andalusian · Galileo Music Communication [4]
- Samba Touré · Baarakelaw · Glitterbeat [-]
- Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa / Warsaw Village Band & Bassałyki · Sploty / Twines · Karrot Kommando [13]
- Aboubakar Traoré & Balima · Sababu · Zephyrus [5]
- Mari Boine · Alva · By Norse Music [1]
- Christine Zayed · Kama Kuntu · T-Rec [7]
- Sauljaljui · Vaivaik · Wind Music [-]
- Justin Adams & Mauro Durante · Sweet Release · Ponderosa Music [2]
- BaBa ZuLa · İstanbul Sokakları · Glitterbeat [3]
- The Bongo Hop · La Pata Coja · Underdog [11]
- The Baltic Sisters · Värav / Vārti / Vartai · CPL-Music / CPL-Musicgroup [-]
- Moana & The Tribe · Ono · Black Pearl [9]
- Nesrine · Kan Ya Makan · ACT Music [12]
- Cserepes · The Beginning of the Beginning: Africa remix · Fonó [-]
- Kanazoe, Clotilde Rullaud, Abdoulaye Traore, Boubacar Djiga, Achille Nacoulma · Kananayé · Tzig’Art [22]
- L’Alba · Grilli · Buda Musique [18]
- Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra · Tension · Batov [31]
- Gao Hong and Zhou Xiaoxia · Prelude to the Divine Realm · Naxos World [37]
- Toranj Quartet · Kowli Var · Liburia [-]
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party · Chain of Light · Real World [6]
- Mostar Sevdah Reunion · Bosa Mara · Snail [-]
- Donja Jeka · Sunce te Gleda · Donja Jeka [-]
- Matachindé · Morir Cantando · Palenque [-]
- Buzz’ Ayaz · Buzz’ Ayaz · Glitterbeat [10]
- Karolina Węgrzyn · Oy Vesna Krasna · Karolina Węgrzyn [-]
- Lucibela · Moda Antiga · Lusafrica [15]
- Kengo Saito / Japanistan Trio · Douce Errance · Felmay [28]
- Djam! · Djam! · Guitar Globetrotter Recordings [35]
- Ruşan Filiztek · Exils: De la Mésopotamie à L’Andalousie · Accords Croisés [14]
- Seckou Keita · Homeland (Chapter 1) · Hudson [17]
- Lo’Jo · Feuilles Fauves · Yotanka / Integral [25]
- Afro Celt Sound System · Ova · Six Degrees [8]
- Melón Jiménez & Lara Wong · Confluencias · Scatcat Music [29]
- Jan Lundgren & Yamandu Costa · Inner Spirits · ACT Music [30]
- V.A. · Super Disco Pirata: De Tepito para el Mundo 1965-1980 · Analog Africa [32]
- Peter Somuah · Highlife · ACT Music [39]
- Peni Candra Rini · Wani · New Amsterdam [33]
- Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 · Heavier Yet (Lays the Crownless Head) · Record Kicks [19]
- Dogo du Togo & The Alagaa Beat Band · Avoudé · We Are Busy Bodies [20]
- Muriwai · Muriwai · Oro [-]
NMR (photo: press: Al Andaluz Project)
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/