Flight by Afro Celt Sound System is the number one album in December 2018 at the Transglobal World Music Chart.
The current Afro Celt Sound System lineup includes founder Simon Emmerson along with vocalist, kora and balafon player N’faly Kouyaté and Dhol Foundation drummer Johnny Kalsi.
Flight highlights migration, with a particular focus on refugees. Three other large collectives are featured on the album: the Amani Choir whose music director Emmanuela Yogolelo arrived to England from the Democratic Republic of Congo and has a refugee background; Stone Flowers, the band supported by Music Action International, a charity that helps transform lives affected by war, torture and armed conflict through music and song; and the Johannesburg-based African Gospel Singers.
The rest of the list:
2. SANS – Kulku – Cloud Valley
3. Gaye Su Akyol – İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir – Glitterbeat
4. Bixiga 70 – Quebra-Cabeça – Glitterbeat
5. Damily – Valimbilo – Les Disques Bongo Joe
6. Vigüela – A Tiempo Real – ARC Music
7. Doctor Nativo – Guatemaya – Stonetree
8. Bokanté + Metropole Orkest – What Heat – Real World
9. Dur-Dur Band – Dur-Dur of Somalia: Volume 1, Volume 2 & Previously Unreleased Tracks – Analog Africa
10. Moonlight Benjamin – Siltane – Ma Case
11. Danças Ocultas – Dentro desse Mar – Danças Ocultas
12. Lemma – Lemma – Buda Musique
13. Minyeshu – Daa Dee – ARC Music
14. Sofiane Saidi & Mazalda – El Ndjoum – Airfono
15. Small Island Big Song – Small Island Big Song – Small Island Big Song
16. Dawda Jobarteh – I Met Her by the River – Sterns Music
17. Tautumeitas – Tautumeitas – CPL-Music
18. Cimbalom Brothers – Testvériség / Brotherhood – Fonó Budai Zeneház
19. Stella Chiweshe – Kasahwa: Early Singles – Glitterbeat
20. Catarina dos Santos – Rádio Kriola – ARC Music
Author: World Music Central News Room
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