The album Toumaro by Hawa & Kasse Mady Diabaté dominates the World Music Charts Europe for the month of September 2025.
Kassé Mady Diabaté, celebrated Malian jali known as “the golden voice of Mali,” recorded six albums between 1989 and 2014, with titles such as Fodé, Manden Djeli Kan, and Kiriké. After his death in 2018, his daughter, Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté, completed the posthumous album Toumaro (À Bientôt), whose title track she wrote.
Toumaro features Hawa Kassé Mady, Madou Kouyate, and members of Kassé Mady’s band: Lassana Diabaté (balafon), Lassine Kouyate and Gausou Kouyate (acoustic guitar), and Mamadou Koné (jembe and calabash).
World Music Charts Europe – September 2025 Chart
- Hawa & Kasse Mady Diabaté – Toumaro – One World
- Tania Saleh – Fragile – Tantune
- Brighde Chaimbeul – Sunwise – Glitterbeat
- Neha! – Svetu – Zvukopriestor
- Stefano Saletti – Mediterranima – Materiali Sonori
- Elena Baklava – Yorukluk – CPL-Music
- Söndörgö – Xxx – Ground Up
- Igor Božanić – Žega – Pop Depresija
- Mandé Sila – Live At Levon Helm Studios – Contre-Jour
- The Good Ones – Rwanda Sings With Strings – Glitterbeat
- Estaca Zero – As Aventuras Do Guitarrinho No País Das Possibilidades – Self Released
- Duo Ruut – Ilmateade – Duo Ruut Music
- Sally Nyolo – Madiya – Akaman
- Ammar 808 – Club Tounsi – Glitterbeat
- Lina_ & Jules Maxwell – Terra Mae – Atlantic Curve
- Nina Rosa – Joy – Self Released
- Entre Ilhas – Macaronesia, Vol. 1 – Self Released
- Mustafa Said & Asil Ensemble – Maqam Pilgrims – Mapamundi Música
- Ahmed Mukhtar & Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde – Al-Hambra – ARC Music
- Natalia Lafourcade – Cancionera – Sony
More about the World Music Charts Europe: wmce.de
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