The Transglobal World Music Chart, the international panel of music critics and radio DJs revealed today the list of best word music recordings in 2015. Malian band Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba reached the top of the chart.
1 Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba – Ba Power – Glitterbeat Records
2 Sam Lee & Friends – The Fade in Time – The Nest Collective
3 Bixiga 70 – III – Glitterbeat Records
4 Monsieur Doumani – Sikoses – Monsieur Doumani
5 Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino – Quaranta – Ponderosa Music & Art
6 Lila Downs – Balas y Chocolate – Sony Music
7 Ludovico Einaudi – Taranta Project – Ponderosa Music & Art
8 Efrén López – El Fill del Llop – Buda Musique
9 Cheikh Lô – Balbalou – Chapter Two Records
10 Songhoy Blues – Music in Exile – Transgressive Records
11 Totó la Momposina – Tambolero – Real World Records
12 Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal – Musique de Nuit – Nø Førmat! / Six Degrees Records
13 Lura – Herança – Lusafrica
14 BKO Quintet – Bamako Today – Buda Musique
15 Kapela Maliszów – Mazurki Niepojęte – Karrot Kommando
16 Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area Band – Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area Band – Strut Records
17 Kandia Kouyaté – Renascence – Sterns Music
18 Taraf de Haïdouks – Of Lovers, Gamblers and Parachute Skirts – Crammed Discs
19 Buena Vista Social Club – Lost and Found – World Circuit
20 Kardeş Türküler – Kerwanê – Network Medien / Membran / Kalan Müzik
21 Terakaft – Alone – Outhere Records
22 Tiganá Santana – Tempo & Magma – Ajabu!
23 Kelly Thoma – 7 Fish – Kelly Thoma
24 El Naán – Código de Barros – ARC Music
25 Mbongwana Star – From Kinshasa – World Circuit
26 Dizu Plaatjies and Friends – Ubuntu-The Common String – Mountain Records
27 Amadou Balaké – In Conclusion – Sterns Music
28 Youssou N’Dour et le Super Étoile de Dakar – Fatteliku (Live in Athens 1987) – Real World Records
29 Carles Dénia i La Nova Rimaire – L’Home Insomne – Comboi Records
30 Griselda Sanderson – Radial – Waulk Records
31 Souad Massi – El Mutakallimûn – Wrasse Records
32 Samba Touré – Gandadiko – Glitterbeat Records
33 Le Vent Du Nord – Têtu – Borealis Records
34 Vieux Farka Touré & Julia Easterlin – Touristes – Six Degrees Records
35 Fatoumata Diawara & Roberto Fonseca – At Home – Jazz Village / Harmonia Mundi
36 Anouar Brahem – Souvenance – ECM Records
37 Daby Touré – Amonafi – Cumbancha
38 Titi Robin avec Mehdi Nassouli – Taziri – World Village / Harmonia Mundi
39 Blick Bassy – Akö – Nø Førmat!
40 The Souljazz Orchestra – Resistance – Strut Records
41 St Germain – St Germain – Nonesuch Records
42 Anoushka Shankar – Home – Deutsche Grammophon
43 Seckou Keita – 22 Strings – ARC Music
44 Officina Zoè – Mamma Sirena – Anima Mundi
45 Te Vaka – Amataga – Warm Earth Records
46 Lamia Bediuoi & The Desert Fish – Athamra – Lamia Bediuoi & The Desert Fish
47 Den Sorte Skole – Indians & Cowboys – Den Sorte Skole
48 Bolo – Bolo – Bolo Music
49 Čači Vorba – Šatrika – Oriente Musik
50 Mahsa Vahdat – Traces of an Old Vineyard – Kirkelig Kulturverksted
Author: World Music Central News Room
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