The July Transglobal World Music Chart features Colombian band Cimarrón’s “La Recia” at number one.
La Recia means “the tough woman” and refers to Ana Veydó’s vision as a bandleader and producer of an album that defies the stereotype of Colombian cowboy and honors its true indigenous origins.
This new musical journey goes deeper into the ancient spirituality of the Orinoco and brings back forgotten sounds from the borders between the plains and the rainforest, such as the sound of Manguaré, a percussion instrument never recorded before.
The six-piece Grammy nominated band takes a modern twist exploring all the possibilities of their traditional footwork, but there is also classic llanero songs and all the power of Cimarrón virtuoso pieces.
Top albums July 2022
- Cimarrón · La Recia · Cimarrón Music [-]
- Oumou Sangaré · Timbuktu · World Circuit / BMG [1]
- Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita · Echo · Bendigedig [2]
- Lamia Yared & Ensemble Oraciones · Ottoman splendours / Lumières ottomanes · Analekta [-]
- África Negra · Antologia Vol. 1 · Les Disques Bongo Joe [3]
- Perrate · Tres Golpes · Lovemonk [17]
- Noori & His Dorpa Band · Beja Power!: Electric Soul & Brass from Sudan’s Red Sea Coast · Ostinato [10]
- Amélia Muge · Amélias · Uguru [16]
- Moktar Gania & Gnawa Soul · Gnawa Soul · MusjoMusic / Nuits d’Afrique [-]
- Maija Kauhanen · Menneet · Nordic Notes [25]
- Marjan Vahdat · Our Garden Is Alone · Kirkelig Kulturverksted [4]
- Ali Doğan Gönültaş · Kiğı / Gexî / Kegui · Ali Doğan Gönültaş [-]
- Ana Alcaide · Ritual · Ana Alcaide [-]
- Bonga · Kintal da Banda · Lusafrica [8]
- De Kaboul à Bamako · Sowal Diabi · Accords Croisés [5]
- Kobo Town · Carnival of the Ghosts · Stonetree [21]
- Master Musicians of Jajouka, Led by Bachir Attar · Dancing Under the Moon · Glitterbeat [-]
- Maga Bo · Amor (É Revolução) · Kaxambu [27]
- Vieux Farka Touré · Les Racines · World Circuit [-]
- Vigüela · A la Manera Artesana · ARC Music [6]
- Madalitso Band · Musakayike · Les Disques Bongo Joe [-]
- Rokia Koné & Jacknife Lee · Bamanan · Real World [7]
- V.A. · Folk and Great Tunes from Siberia and Far East · CPL-Music [13]
- Shadi Fathi & Bijan Chemirani · Âwât · Buda Musique [38]
- Júlia Kozáková · Manuša · Tonstudio Rajchman [-]
- Iberi · Supra · Naxos World Music [19]
- Branka · Én Csépem / Moj Čip · Fonó [23]
- Rebolú · Mi Herencia (My Heritage) · Smithsonian Folkways [-]
- V.A. · Alrededor de la Húmisha: La Música de los Conjuntos Típicos Amazónicos de Perú · Buh [25]
- Congotronics International · Where’s the One? · Crammed Discs [30]
- The Good Ones · Rwanda… You See Ghosts, I See Sky · Six Degrees [15]
- El Khat · Albat Alawi Op. 99 · Glitterbeat [9]
- Punku · Punku · Six Degrees [-]
- Tambor y Canto · La Segunda · Quart de Lune [-]
- Leyla McCalla · Breaking the Thermometer · Anti- [-]
- Şatellites · Şatellites · Batov [37]
- Avalanche Kaito · Avalanche Kaito · Glitterbeat [-]
- Gonora Sounds · Hard Times Never Kill · The Vital Record / Dust-to-Digital [11]
- Meïkhâneh · Chants du Dedans, Chants du Dehors · Buda Musique [28]
- Stelios Petrakis Quartet · Spondi · Artway Technotropon / Molpe Music [24]
