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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

World Music Central News Room September 1, 2026 No Comments Aàgut Ablaye Cissoko Adrian Younge Aïtawa Angeline Morrison Arun Sood BudaPesme Cocanha Constantinople Elkhan Mansurov Fatoumata Diawara Halme Prospekt Hilal Kaya Ibrahim Maalouf Japanese music Jonny Greenwood Joyce Kitka Kiya Tabassian Lakatos Mónika FolkTrió Mah Damba Medusa Quartet Meridian Brothers Mexican Institute of Sound Minyo Crusaders Naked Nana Osei Twum Barima Natacha Atlas Nuhara Officina Zoe Omar Sosa Orquesta Akokán Panjshanbe Maftun Paolo Angeli Patrick Graham Quarteto Americanos Queen Djenny Djella Remon Nakanishi Samy Bishai Seu Jorge Shye Ben Tzur Souad Massi Stelios Petrakis Tamikrest Tengerton Tenore Murales de Orgosolo The Klezmatics The Rajasthan Express Tinariwen Tutty Moreno uni uni world fusion world music Zuco 103

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…

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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.

Charts

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…

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The album cover for Remon Nakanishi's Hinanoiezuto features a soft, watercolor-style illustration of three traditionally dressed Japanese figures engaged in cheerful conversation. The art evokes a classical Edo-period aesthetic, with warm, earthy tones and expressive faces. The title is written vertically in playful blue hiragana, with the artist's name in smaller kanji beside it.

Album reviews

Remon Nakanishi’s Hinano Iezuto Rewrites the Japanese Folk Canon

Madison Quinn June 24, 2025 No Comments Japanese music Remon Nakanishi world music

Remon Nakanishi 中西レモン – Hinano Iezuto ひなのいえづと (DOYASA! Records, 2022) Remon Nakanishi ‘s Hinano Iezuto album’s title, drawn from an archaic Japanese phrase meaning “a…

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