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Neba Solo & Benogo Diakité - A Djinn and a Hunter Went Walking. A photo of the two artists outdoors holding their musical instruments.

Charts

Mali Duo Neba Solo and Benego Diakité Tops March 2026 Transglobal World Music Chart

World Music Central News Room March 1, 2026 No Comments Benego Diakité Brehima “Benego” Diakité Malian music Neba Solo Transglobal World Music Chart world music

Neba Solo and Benego Diakité have reached No. 1 on the Transglobal World Music Chart for March 2026 with A Djinn and a Hunter Went…

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Neba Solo & Benogo Diakité - A Djinn and a Hunter Went Walking. A photo of the two artists outdoors holding their musical instruments.

Album reviews

Djinns, Hunters, and Mango Trees: Neba Solo & Benogo Diakité

Angel Romero February 25, 2026 No Comments Benogo Diakité Neba Solo world music

Neba Solo & Benogo Diakité – A Djinn and a Hunter Went Walking (Etoile Audio/Nonesuch Records, 2026) Malian balafon master Neba Solo and donso ngoni…

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Neba Solo - Photo by Aboubacar Traoré. Neba playing balafon outdoors.

Artist Profiles

Bala Master: Neba Solo Brings Mali’s Balafon To The World Stage

Angel Romero February 23, 2026 No Comments bala balafon Malian music Neba Solo world music

Malian musician Neba Solo (born Souleymane Traoré in 1969), is a leading contemporary figure of the pentatonic Senufo balafon tradition, known in Mali as the…

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The album cover for Värttinä – Kyly features red geometric folk motifs arranged symmetrically on a dark, textured blue wood background. The band’s name and album title appear in red gothic lettering.

Charts

Värttinä Tops the Transglobal World Music Chart for July 2025

World Music Central News Room July 1, 2025 No Comments accordion Adrian Raso Aïta Mon Amour Aleksand Saya Alune Wade Ammar 808 Anouar Brahem Asil Ensemble Benedicte Maurseth Boubacar Traoré Brighde Chaimbeul Camille Saglio Charles Maimarosia Constantinople Elana Sasson Evoéh Q-Art Famo Mountain Fanfare Ciocarlia Francis Bebey Hamid Drake Hawa iZem Jeremie Diarra jouhikko Jules Maxwell Kaabi Kouyaté Kankou Kouyate kantele Karoliina Kantelinen Kassé Mady Diabaté Kin'Gongolo Kiniata Lamia Bedioui Lassi Logrén Lina Los Pirañas Luizga Madalitso Band Majid Bekkas Mara Aranda Mari Kaasinen Mari Kalkun Matthieu Saglio Matti Laitinen Mehmet Polat Quartet Mikko Hassinen Mustafa Said Neba Solo Nguyên Lê Nidia Góngora Park Jiha Primavera en Salonico Sami Galbi Sarera Savina Yannatou Songhoy Blues Stefano Saletti Susan Aho Trio Da Kali Värttinä Vesevo Vincent Boucher Votia world music Zingarua

The album Kyly by groundbreaking Finnish band Värttinä reached the number one spot of the Transglobal World Music Chart for the month of July 2025.…

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