Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabaté - The Sky Is the Same Colour Everywhere

Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabaté Secure Number One Position on Transglobal World Music Chart for June 2023

The album “The Sky Is the Same Colour Everywhere” by Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabaté has landed at #1 at the Transglobal World Music Chart for June 2023. It is a collaborative album by two renowned musicians, Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabaté.

The album combines the musical traditions of Persian and Malian repertoires, showcasing the kamancha (spike fiddle) and kora (harp/lute). It is best experienced in one sitting as a spiritual meditation. Both artists are soloists in their own right, but this recording takes them on an improvisational journey, exploring new landscapes. The duo’s musical connection feels as if they had known each other in a previous life.

Kayhan Kalhor is a master of the kamancha from Iran, while Toumani Diabaté is a leading player of the West African kora. The album was conceived after a minimal preparation and a sound check, followed by a 90-minute performance in 2016. They later recorded it in Paris after concluding their European tour.

June 2023 Chart

  1. Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabaté – The Sky Is the Same Colour Everywhere – Real World
  2. Ali Farka Touré – Voyageur – World Circuit
  3. Fatoumata Diawara – London Ko – 3éme Bureau / Wagram Music
  4. Baaba Maal – Being – Marathon Artists
  5. Dur-Dur Band Int. – The Berlin Session – Outhere
  6. Damir Imamović – The World and All That It Holds – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
  7. Kimi Djabaté – Dindin – Cumbancha
  8. Omara Portuondo – Vida – One World
  9. Hiram Salsano – Bucolica – Hiram Salsano
  10. Driss El Maloumi – Aswat – Contre-Jour / Zig Zag World
  11. King Ayisoba – Work Hard – Glitterbeat
  12. Altın Gün – Aşk – Glitterbeat
  13. Al Bilali Soudan – Babi – Clermont Music
  14. Aditya Prakash – Karnatik Roots – Yarlung
  15. Sissoko, Segal, Parisien, Peirani – Les Égarés – Nø Førmat
  16. Plena Libre – Cuatro Esquinas – GN Música
  17. Seckou Keita with BBC Concert Orchestra – African Rhapsodies: A Work for Kora and Symphonic Orchestra – Claves
  18. Inna Baba Coulibaly – Djilly Kawral – Remote / Studio Mali
  19. Brìghde Chaimbeul – Carry Them With Us – Tak:til / Glitterbeat
  20. Naïssam Jalal – Healing Rituals – Les Couleurs du Son
  21. Mara Aranda – Sefarad en el Corazón de Grecia – Mara Aranda
  22. Jawa – Last Breaths from Aleppo – Muziekpublique
  23. Dom La Nena – Leon – Sabia / Big Wax / Alter K
  24. Sophie Lukacs – Bamako – Disques Nuits d’Afrique
  25. Frigg – Perintö / Heritage – Bafe’s Factory
  26. Mostar Sevdah Reunion – Lady Sings the Balkan Blues – Snail
  27. La Marisoul and Los Texmaniacs – Corazones and Canciones – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
  28. Le Cri du Caire – Le Cri du Caire – Airfono / Les Disques du Festival Permanent / L’Onde et Cybèle
  29. Keturah – Keturah – Hen House Studios
  30. Gao Hong & Kadialy Kouyate – Terri Kunda – ARC Music
  31. Zuco 103 – Telenova – Zuco Sound / Six Degrees
  32. Dobrila & Dorian Duo – Dobrila & Dorian Duo 2: Pile Šareno – SJF
  33. Bassidi Koné – Kaïra – Remote / Studio Mali
  34. Blick Bassy – Madiba – InFiné
  35. Karkum Project – Sahira – Karkum Project
  36. Violons Barbares – Monsters and Fantastic Creatures – Violons Barbares
  37. Gaïsha – Ana Aïcha – Zephyrus
  38. Sarah-Jane Summers, Juhani Silvola & Sølvstrøk – Sølvstrøk – Heilo
  39. Yalla Miku – Yalla Miku – Les Disques Bongo Joe
  40. Yarákä – Curannera – Zero Nove Nove

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