Anarouz (Six Degrees), the latest album by 3MA, a group featuring three high profile African musicians Ballaké Sissoko, Driss El Maloumi, Rajery, is the number 1 album in January 2018 at the Transglobal World Music Chart. Ballaké Sissoko (Mali) is a kora maestro, Driss El Maloumi (Morocco) is an ud virtuoso and Rajery (Madagascar) is the leading valiha player in his country.
The rest of the January 2018 chart
2. Boubacar Traoré – Dounia Tabolo- Lusafrica
3. Efrén López, Stelios Petrakis, Bijan Chemirani – Taos – Buda Musique
4. Saz’iso – At Least Wave Your Handkerchief at Me: The Joys and Sorrows of Southern Albanian Song – Glitterbeat
5. Kapela Maliszów – Wiejski Dżez – Unzipped Fly
6. BKO – Mali Foli Coura – Buda Musique
7. Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet – Ladilikan – World Circuit
8. Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino – Canzoniere – Ponderosa Music
9. Anouar Brahem – Blue Maqams – ECM
10. Maya Youssef – Syrian Dreams – Harmonia Mundi
11. WoWaKin – Kraj za Miastem – WoWaKin
12. Saeid Shanbehzadeh – Pour-Afrigha – Buda Musique
13. Júlio Pereira – Praça do Comércio – Tradisom
14. Ross Daly & Kelly Thoma – Lunar – Labyrinth
15. Raúl Rodríguez – La Raíz Eléctrica – Fol Música
16. Lankum – Between the Earth and Sky – Rough Trade
17. TootArd – Laissez Passer – Glitterbeat
18. Jivan Gasparyan Duduk Ensemble – Yeraz – Buda Musique
19. Khalid Kouhen & Marylène Ingremeau – Sillage – Ouï-Dire / UVM
20. V.A. – Mista Savona Presents: Havana Meets Kingston – Baco Records / VP Records
For more information go to www.transglobalwmc.com
Author: World Music Central News Room
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