TRANSGLOBAL WORLD MUSIC CHART: JUNE 2020

03.06.2020

We will broadcast the june Transglobal World Music Chart on june 6, 2020 at 8pm.

Number one belongs in May 2020 to the Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn.

Their debut collaborative release is a testament to the connective power of music across seemingly disparate cultures. Merging American old-time music and Chinese folksong, Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn features gorgeous, impressionistic renditions of traditional material from the hills of Appalachia to the prairies of Xinjian province, each tune flowing seamlessly into the next.

The effervescent resonances of Wu’s guzheng zither dance around Washburn’s expressive banjo playing, their voices intertwining English and various Chinese dialects. This album recasts “world music” as music of our shared world, rejecting the impulse to view those different than ourselves as other, and highlighting our shared humanity through the harmonious convergence of songs of struggle, passion, and wonder.

Top albums june 2020:

1. Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn · Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn · Smithsonian Folkways (6)

2. Džambo Aguševi Orchestra · Brasses for the Masses · Asphalt Tango (1)
3. Damir Imamović · Singer of Tales · Wrasse (5)
4. Tamikrest · Tamotaït · Glitterbeat (2)
5. Santrofi · Alewa · Outhere (17)
6. Trio Tekke · Strovilos · Riverboat / World Music Network (-)
7. Moonlight Benjamin · Simido · Ma Case (9)
8. Matthieu Saglio · El Camino de los Vientos · ACT Music (24)
9. Transglobal Underground · Walls Have Ears · Mule Satellite (-)
10. Frigg · FriXX · Frigg (16)

11. Sam Lee · Old Wow · Cooking Vinyl (4)
12. Bamba Wassoulou Groove · Dankélé · Lusafrica (36)
13. La Banda Morisca · Gitana Mora · La Banda Morisca (18)
14. Stratis Skarakis · Mono ti Nihta Thalassa · Aerakis (20)
15. Andrew Cronshaw · Zithers · Cloud Valley (32)
16. Carla Pires · Cartografado · Ocarina Music (-)
17. Orkesta Mendoza · Curandero · Glitterbeat (28)
18. John McLaughlin, Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Hussain · Is That So? · Abstract Logix (8)
19. Maria Mazzotta · Amoreamaro · Agualoca (10)
20. Groupe RTD · The Dancing Devils of Djibouti · Ostinato (-)

21. Kiko Dinucci · Rastilho · Brasil Calling (23)
22. Al Bilali Soudan · Tombouctou · Clermont Music (25)
23. Maria Kalaniemi & Eero Grundström · Mielo · Åkerö (-)
24. Fra Fra · Funeral Songs · Glitterbeat (-)
25. Besh o DroM · Besh o DroM 20 · Fono (33)
26. Lido Pimienta · Miss Colombia · Anti- (-)
27. Quintet Bumbac · Miroirs · Collectif Çok Malko (14)
28. Antibalas · Fu Chronicles · Daptone (11)
29. Aditya Prakash Ensemble · Diaspora Kid · Ropeadope (15)

30. Aynur · Hedûr / Solace of Time · The Orchard / Dreyer & Gaido (3)
31. Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela · Rejoice · World Circuit (-)
32. Damily · Early Years: Madagascar Cassette Archives · Les Disques Bongo Joe (-)
33. Mélodie Gimard · Numen · One World (-)
34. Lina_Raül Refree · Lina_Raül Refree · Glitterbeat (7)
35. Shantel & Cümbüş Cemaat · Istanbul · Essay Recordings (-)
36. V.A. · Jola: Hidden Gnawa Music in Brussels · Muziekpublique (19)
37. Trad.Attack! · Make Your Move · Made in the Baltics (-)
38. Luciana Jury · Abrazo · Acqua (-)
39. Lolomis · Red Sonja · Buda Musique (-)
40. Marta Gómez · Una Ventana para Soñar · Aluna (-)