Amina, the second album by the Belgium-based world music collective Refugees for Refugees is the number one album in the May 2019 Transglobal World Music Chart.
The Refugees for Refugees ensemble includes acclaimed musicians from Syria, Tibet, Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan and Belgium. After the debut album ’Amerli’ in 2016, 10 of the musicians that took part in the recordings formed a band under the artistic direction of Tristan Driessens.
The line includes Asad Qizilbash (Pakistan) on sarod; Aren Dolma (Tibet) on vocals; Fakher Madallal (Syria) on vocals and percussion; Kelsang Hula (Tibet) on dramyen and vocals; Mohammad Aman Yusufi (Afghanistan) on dambura, vocals; Simon Leleux (Belgium) on percussion; Souhad Najem (Iraq) on qanun; Tammam Al Ramadan (Syria) on ney; Tareq Alsayed Yahya (Syria) on ud; Tristan Driessens (Belgium) on ud.
The complete May 2019 list:
- Refugees for Refugees – Amina – Muziekpublique
- Kronos Quartet, Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat – Placeless – Kirkelig Kulturverksted
- Waed Bouhassoun – Safar: Les Âmes Retrouvées – Buda Musique
- Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba – Miri – Outhere
- Alim Qasimov and Michel Godard – Awakening – Buda Musique
- Minyo Crusaders – Echoes of Japan – Mais Um
- The Gloaming – 3 – Real World
- Las Hermanas Caronni – Santa Plástica – Les Grands Fleuves
- AKA Trio – Joy – Bendigedig
- Kel Assouf – Black Tenere – Glitterbeat
- Leyla McCalla – The Capitalist Blues – Jazz Village / PIAS
- Le Trio Joubran – The Long March – Cooking Vinyl
- Ifriqiyya Électrique – Laylet el Booree – Glitterbeat
- Urna Chahar-Tugchi featuring Kroke – Ser – Urna Chahar-Tugchi / UCT
- Oratnitza – Alter Ethno – Fusion Embassy
- Söndörgő – Nyolc 8 Nyolc – SNDRG Music
- Kanazoé Orkestra – Tolonso – Buda Musique
- Adir Jan – Leyla – Trikont / BGST
- Altın Gün – Gece – Glitterbeat
- Coşkun Karademir Quartet – Öz / Essence – Kalan
- Olcay Bayır – Rüya: Dream for Anatolia – ARC Music
- Aziz Sahmaoui & University of Gnawa – Poetic Trance – PIAS
- Xiomara Fortuna – Son Verdad – Ileakwa Producciones
- Our Native Daughters – Songs of Our Native Daughters – Smithsonian Folkways
- Dobranotch – Merčedes Kolo – CPL-Music
- Tartit – Amankor / The Exile – Riverboat / World Music Network
- Mary Ann Kennedy – Glaschu: Hometown Love Song – ARC Music
- Hama Sankare – Niafunke – Clermont Music
- Le Vent du Nord – Territoires – Borealis
- Rachele Andrioli & Rocco Nigro – Maletiempu – Dodicilune
- Lau – Midnight and Closedown – Reveal
- Rodopi Ensemble – Thraki: Thrace, the Paths of Dionysus – ARC Music
- Equus – Tailwind Home – Equus
- Áššu – Áššu – Bafe’s Factory
- Black Flower – Future Flora – Sdban Ultra
- Umut Adan – Bahar – Riverboat / World Music Network
- Rupa & the April Fishes – Growing Upward – Electric Gumbo Radio Music
- Yann-Fañch Kemener – Roudennoù / Traces – Buda Musique
- Alfredo Rodríguez & Pedrito Martínez – Duologue – Mack Avenue
- Dhafer Youssef – Sounds of Mirrors – Anteprima
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Author: World Music Central News Room
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