The first place of the May Transglobal World Music Chart was taken by Ali Farka Toure with the album “Voyageur”, which was released seventeen years after his death.
Ali Farka Touré is well known as one of the most influential and talented guitarists that Africa has ever produced. His legacy and impact are hard to overstate: Ali’s sound merged his much-loved traditional Malian musical styles with distinct elements of the blues, resulting in the creation of a ground-breaking new genre, now well known as the ‘Desert Blues’, earning him 3 Grammy awards and widespread reverence.
‘Voyageur’ is the first release of previously unheard music since 2010’s Grammy-winning ‘Ali & Toumani’, and features a collection of previously unheard gems captured at various points in Ali’s illustrious career. The album, which features fellow Malian superstar Oumou Sangaré on 3 tracks, reaffirms Ali’s status as a globally revered legend of African music. More at: https://www.newmodelradio.sk/en/ali-farka-toure-and-unheard-gems-of-desert-blues/
Top albums May 2023
- Ali Farka Touré · Voyageur · World Circuit [22]
- Dur-Dur Band Int. · The Berlin Session · Outhere [4]
- King Ayisoba · Work Hard · Glitterbeat [3]
- Altın Gün · Aşk · Glitterbeat [5]
- Kimi Djabaté · Dindin · Cumbancha [1]
- Moonlight Benjamin · Wayo · Ma Case [7]
- Driss El Maloumi · Aswat · Contre-Jour / Zig Zag World [14]
- Mostar Sevdah Reunion · Lady Sings the Balkan Blues · Snail [2]
- Mara Aranda · Sefarad en el Corazón de Grecia · Mara Aranda [8]
- Hiram Salsano · Bucolica · Hiram Salsano [-]
- Gao Hong & Kadialy Kouyate · Terri Kunda · ARC Music [15]
- Baaba Maal · Being · Marathon Artists [-]
- Dobrila & Dorian Duo · Dobrila & Dorian Duo 2: Pile Šareno · SJF [-]
- Bassidi Koné · Kaïra · Remote / Studio Mali [10]
- Clément Janinet & Adama Sidibé · Sokou ! · Helico Music [35]
- La Marisoul and Los Texmaniacs · Corazones and Canciones · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings [26]
- Gaïsha · Ana Aïcha · Zephyrus [-]
- Taraf Syriana · Taraf Syriana · Lula World [11]
- Plena Libre · Cuatro Esquinas · GN Música [-]
- Naïssam Jalal · Healing Rituals · Les Couleurs du Son [31]
- Violons Barbares · Monsters and Fantastic Creatures · Violons Barbares [34]
- Lucas Santtana · O Paraíso · Nø Førmat! [9]
- Sissoko, Segal, Parisien, Peirani · Les Égarés · Nø Førmat [-]
- Brìghde Chaimbeul · Carry Them With Us · Tak:til / Glitterbeat [-]
- Sheikhs Shikhats & B’net Chaabi · Sheikhs Shikhats & B’net Chaabi · Zephyrus [18]
- Debashish Bhattacharya · The Sound of the Soul · Abstract Logix [20]
- Zuco 103 · Telenova · Zuco Sound / Six Degrees [-]
- Sexteto Tabalá · 100 Años de Sexteto Palenquero · Palenque [-]
- Kala Jula & Gangbé Brass Band feat. Fama Diabaté · Asro · Buda Musique [16]
- Karkum Project · Sahira · Karkum Project [-]
- Erdőfű · Martin György Kalotaszegen · Fonó [39]
- Yalla Miku · Yalla Miku · Les Disques Bongo Joe [-]
- Houria Aïchi · Chants Courtois de l’Aurès · Accords Croisés [12]
- V.A. · Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and The Gambia · Smithsonian Folkways [13]
- Ngulmiya · Ngulmiya · Bapa Gajah [-]
- Acid Arab · Trois · Crammed Discs [6]
- Le Cri du Caire · Le Cri du Caire · Airfono / Les Disques du Festival Permanent / L’Onde et Cybèle [-]
- Meral Polat Trio · Ez Kî Me · Meral Polat / AudioMaze [32]
- Polobi & the Gwo Ka Masters · Abri Cyclonique · Real World [25]
- Payadora Tango Ensemble · Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango · Six Degrees [17]
NMR (foto: Dave Peobody)
