Tamotaït, the fifth album from Tuareg desert blues band Tamikrest is the number one album at the Transglobal World Music Chart for April 2020. The album includes Features celebrated Moroccan singer Hindi Zahra and a track with Japanese traditional musicians.
The current Tamikrest lineup includes Ousmane Ag Mossa on vocals, guitar; Aghaly Ag Mohamedine on vocals, percussion; Cheikh Ag Tiglia on bass, backing vocals; Paul Salvagnac on guitar; and Nicolas Grupp on drums.
The April 2020 chart:
- Tamikrest – Tamotait – Glitterbeat
- Aynur – Hedûr / Solace of Time – The Orchard / Dreyer & Gaido
- Sam Lee – Old Wow – Cooking Vinyl
- Antibalas – Fu Chronicles – Daptone
- Maria Mazzotta – Amoreamaro – Agualoca
- Lina_Raül Refree – Lina_Raül Refree – Glitterbeat
- Evritiki Zygia – Ormenion – Teranga Beat
- Amsterdam Klezmer Band – Fortuna – Vetnasj
- Roberto Fonseca – Yesun – Mack Avenue
- Nelia Safaie – Songs from Lands of Silence – Kirkelig Kulturverksted
- Džambo Aguševi Orchestra – Brasses for the Masses – Asphalt Tango
- Moonlight Benjamin – Simido – Ma Case
- John Mclaughlin, Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Hussain – Is that So? – Abstract Logix
- Brian Ó hEadhra & Fiona Mackenzie – Tuath: Songs of the Northlands – Naxos World
- Pekko Käppi – Finnish Folk Songs Vol. 1 – Helmi Levyt
- Quintet Bumbac – Miroirs – Collectif Çok Malko
- Les Amazones d’Afrique – Amazones Power – Real World
- Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou – Oulad Lghaba – Ajabu!
- V.A. – Léve Léve: São Tomé & Príncipe Sounds 70s-80s – Les Disques Bongo Joe
- Frank Yamma – Tjukurpa: The Story & The Kulila Project – Wantok Musik
Author: World Music Central News Room
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