Senegalese artist Baaba Maal’s new album The Traveller is the number one album of the Transglobal World Music Chart in February 2016. The Traveller was recorded in both London and Senegal and was produced by Johan Hugo from The Very Best. The Traveller features Winston Marshall of Mumford & Sons, who met Baaba Maal at his annual music festival ‘Blues Du Fleuve’ in Fouta, northern Senegal. “Working with Johan, I feel we have achieved a new mix of sensibilities and sounds that can’t be put in a box,” says Baaba Maal about the new album. “The Traveller defines how I feel about the planet, that despite its many problems, there is a lot of inspiration, and hope and beauty.”
Top 20 World Music Albums
1 Baaba Maal – The Traveller (Marathon Artists / Palm Recordings)
2 Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express – Junun (Nonesuch Records)
3 Čači Vorba – Šatrika (Oriente Musik)
4 Lura – Herança (Lusafrica)
5 Sidestepper – Supernatural Love (Real World Records)
6 Dizu Plaatjies and Friends – Ubuntu-The Common String (Mountain Records)
7 Vieux Farka Touré & Julia Easterlin – Touristes (Six Degrees Records)
8 Bixiga 70 – III (Glitterbeat Records)
9 L’Attirail – La Route Interieure (Les Chantiers Sonores)
10 Kreiz Breizh Akademi – 5ed Round (Innacor)
11 Sam Lee & Friends – The Fade in Time (The Nest Collective)
12 Las Hermanas Caronni – Navega Mundos (Les Grands Fleuves)
13 Bareto – Impredecible (World Village)
14 Oratnitza – Folktron (Fusion Embassy)
15 Michael Messer’s Mitra – Call of the Blues (Knife Edge Record)
16 Dimitris Mystakidis – Esperanto (Fishbow)
17 Kandia Kouyaté – Renascence (Sterns Music)
18 Sahra Halgan Trio – Faransiskiyo Somaliland (Buda Musique)
19 Bayarbaatar Davaasuren – The Art of Mongolian Khöömii [Throat Singing] (ARC Music)
20 Zulya and the Children of the Underground – On Love and Science (Zulya and the Children of the Underground)
Author: World Music Central News Room
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