This time the title “Alva” by Norwegian singer Mari Boine has climbed to the top of the New Year’s album chart of the Transglobal World Music Chart.
On her new album Alva, singer, musician, activist and cultural icon Mari Boine offers glimpses into a childhood which she abandoned when she chose to leave behind a strict religious upbringing in order to pursue a life of activism. The new studio record reflects on finding the balance the between her, the at times lonely, mission to share the culture and histories of the Sámi people through music to people across the world, and her personal journey and relationships.
Top albums January 2025:
- Mari Boine · Alva · By Norse Music [3]
- Justin Adams & Mauro Durante · Sweet Release · Ponderosa Music [1]
- BaBa ZuLa · İstanbul Sokakları · Glitterbeat [6]
- Al Andaluz Project · The Songs of Iman Kandoussi: Traditional Arabic Andalusian · Galileo Music Communication [-]
- Aboubakar Traoré & Balima · Sababu · Zephyrus [17]
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party · Chain of Light · Real World [2]
- Christine Zayed · Kama Kuntu · T-Rec [-]
- Afro Celt Sound System · Ova · Six Degrees [4]
- Moana & The Tribe · Ono · Black Pearl [16]
- Buzz’ Ayaz · Buzz’ Ayaz · Glitterbeat [5]
- The Bongo Hop · La Pata Coja · Underdog [-]
- Nesrine · Kan Ya Makan · ACT Music [-]
- Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa / Warsaw Village Band & Bassałyki · Sploty / Twines · Karrot Kommando [-]
- Ruşan Filiztek · Exils: De la Mésopotamie à L’Andalousie · Accords Croisés [13]
- Lucibela · Moda Antiga · Lusafrica [7]
- Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin · Symbiont · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings [10]
- Seckou Keita · Homeland (Chapter 1) · Hudson [11]
- L’Alba · Grilli · Buda Musique [-]
- Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 · Heavier Yet (Lays the Crownless Head) · Record Kicks [9]
- Dogo du Togo & The Alagaa Beat Band · Avoudé · We Are Busy Bodies [-]
- Manu Chao · Viva Tú · Because Music [14]
- Kanazoe, Clotilde Rullaud, Abdoulaye Traore, Boubacar Djiga, Achille Nacoulma · Kananayé · Tzig’Art [-]
- Trendafilka · For the Olives · Trendafilka [27]
- Vigüela · We · Mapamundi Música [18]
- Lo’Jo · Feuilles Fauves · Yotanka / Integral [8]
- El Khat · Mute · Glitterbeat [12]
- Carmen Souza · Port’Inglês · Galileo Music Communication [26]
- Kengo Saito / Japanistan Trio · Douce Errance · Felmay [-]
- Melón Jiménez & Lara Wong · Confluencias · Scatcat Music [-]
- Jan Lundgren & Yamandu Costa · Inner Spirits · ACT Music [-]
- Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra · Tension · Batov [-]
- V.A. · Super Disco Pirata: De Tepito para el Mundo 1965-1980 · Analog Africa [21]
- Peni Candra Rini · Wani · New Amsterdam [33]
- Ayom · Sa.Li.Va · Ayom / Believe [15]
- Djam! · Djam! · Guitar Globetrotter Recordings [-]
- Elektro Hafız · Style is Prison · Elektro Hafız [-]
- Gao Hong and Zhou Xiaoxia · Prelude to the Divine Realm · Naxos World [-]
- Amir Amiri Ensemble · Adad / Ancestors: Echoes of Persia · Fifth House [34]
- Peter Somuah · Highlife · ACT Music [-]
- Driss El Maloumi Trio & Watar Quintet · Details · Contre Jour / Zig Zag World [24
NMR (photo: press Mari Boine)
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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)
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