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Minyo Crusaders - photo by Yukitaka Amemiya. the musicians were wearing traditional masks.

Charts

Minyo Crusaders Lead September 2026 Transglobal World Music Chart With From Japan with Love

Minyo Crusaders have reached No. 1 on the Transglobal World Music Chart for September 2026 with From Japan with Love, an album that combines Japanese…

New Era Quartet — Bridge To Sevdah cover artwork. a photo of the quartet wearing evening clothes outdoors. Three women in black dresses and a man in a suit.

Charts

New Era Quartet Tops World Music Charts Europe With Bridge to Sevdah

World Music Central News Room September 1, 2026 No Comments Airto Moreira Ana Brenes Cocanha Elaha Soroor Erdőfű Fatoumata Diawara Girma Woldemichael Hilal Kaya Hmlisto Janusz Prusinowski Kompania Kareyce Fotso Kefaya L’Alba Mah Damba Marco Grancelli Maria Kalaniemi Melinda Balogh Nana Osei Twum Barima New Era Quartet Nogaband Officina Zoe Paolo Angeli Paolo Zampini Ricardo Bacelar Riccardo Tesi Simona Hulejová Spectrum Quartett Tenore de Murales Orgosolo Timo Alakotila Ulijanky world fusion world music

New Era Quartet, an Italy-based ensemble with ties to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, has reached No. 1 on the World Music Charts Europe for…

Mexican Institute of Sound & Meridian Brothers — Ruido Tovar cover artwork. A retro-style cover with oversized red block lettering spelling “RUIDO TOVAR” over a black-and-yellow striped backdrop, framed by repeated black artist names on a cream halftone background.

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Mexican Institute of Sound and Meridian Brothers Claim No. 1 on Transglobal World Music Chart

World Music Central News Room August 1, 2026 No Comments Aàgut Ablaye Cissoko Aïtawa Antti Paalanen Bahar Movahed Berima Amo Cocanha Constantinople: Kiya Tabassian cumbia electrofolk Elif Sanchez with O Kwarteto Fågel Roc Fatoumata Diawara folktronica Gipsy Kings feat. Tonino Baliardo Hilal Kaya Ibrahim Maalouf Jonny Greenwood and The Rajasthan Express Kitka Lucas Santtana Mah Damba Medusa Quartet Mexican Institute of Sound & Meridian Brothers Mübin Dünen & Raoul Moretti Naked & Lakatos Mónika FolkTrió Nana Osei Twum Barima Natacha Atlas & Samy Bishai Nuevos Ríos Nuhara Odd Okoddo & Ogoya Nengo Paolo Angeli & Tenore Murales de Orgosolo Patrick Graham Remon Nakanishi Seu Jorge Shye Ben Tzur Sofia Rei Souad Massi Stelios Petrakis Tamikrest The Klezmatics Tinariwen uni uni world fusion world music Zuco 103

Ruido Tovar, the collaborative album by Mexican Institute of Sound and Meridian Brothers, has reached No. 1 on the Transglobal World Music Chart for August…

L'Alba - Vivu cover artwork. A photo of a stage with the musical instrumenta displayed in a half circle. No musicians apear.

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Vivu Reaches No. 1 on World Music Charts Europe for August 2026

World Music Central News Room August 1, 2026 No Comments Airto Moreira Antoine-Léonard Belgodere Antti Paalanen Cocanha Corsican music Erdőfű Eric Ferrari Fatoumata Diawara François Guironnet Gaoussou Sobra Kouyaté Ghjuvanfrancescu Mattei Girma Woldemichael Hiram Salsano Janusz Prusinowski Kompania Kareyce Fotso L'Alba Laurent Barbolosi Le Diable à Cinq Mah Damba Marcello De Carolis Maria Kalaniemi Melinda Balogh Mónika Lakatos Naked Nana Osei Twum Barima New Era Quartet Paolo Angeli Petrughjuvanni Mattei Ricardo Bacelar Sakina Teyna Sébastien Lafarge Slavyk Tamikrest Tenore de Murales Orgosolo Timo Alakotila world fusion world music

L’Alba’s Vivu has reached the top of the World Music Charts Europe for August 2026. The release represents the Corsican group’s first live album. Vivu…

Mah Damba - Taabolo Koura cover artwork. The artist and album title in very large blus and brown block letters over a white background.

Charts

Mah Damba Leads July 2026 World Music Charts Europe With Taabolo Koura

World Music Central News Room July 1, 2026 No Comments Mah Damba Malian music world music world music charts World Music Charts Europe

Mah Damba’s Taabolo Koura has reached No. 1 on the World Music Charts Europe for July 2026. The Malian singer, born in 1965 into a…

Album reviews

Taabolo Koura: A Malian Family Legacy in Full Bloom

Madison Quinn June 26, 2026 No Comments Acoustic African Music African Folk African Roots Music balafon Contemporary African Music Female Vocalists Folk Music Gnawa Griot Music Jali Music Jali Ngoni Mah Damba Mali Malian music One World Records Taabolo Koura Traditional Malian Music West African music world music

Mah Damba – Taabolo Koura (One World Records, 2026) On Taabolo Koura, Mah Damba reaffirms her place among Mali’s most treasured voices. This is a…