In April’s Transglobal World Music Chart, Bonga’s album “Kintal da Banda” is on the top.
The great Angolan singer Bonga has released a new album titled Kintal da Banda. The album celebrates the education and life experiences he received from his family and friends growing up in Kiripi, Angola. The family’s home courtyard was a place where he developed his social and political awareness and his talent for love and rebellion. “Kintal da Banda” translates as The Courtyard of the Place.
The album “Kintal da Banda” presents an excellent set of songs highlighting his raspy vocals and rooted in semba, the musical genre Bonga developed. Indeed, it is seductive music with irresistible dance rhythms rooted in Angolan and Latin American traditions.
Song topics include gastronomy, life in the bush, and everyday actions of resistance. Currently living in Lisbon (Portugal), Bonga is still committed to many worthy causes, singing back to the negative movements surfacing in many parts of the planet. Nonetheless, when he gets angry, it is now with more limitation: “I don’t want to get angry anymore, it’s to the detriment of my health“, he jokes.
Top albums April 2022:
1. Bonga · Kintal da Banda · Lusafrica [-]
2. Rokia Koné & Jacknife Lee · Bamanan · Real World [21]
3. Vigüela · A la Manera Artesana · ARC Music [1]
4. De Kaboul à Bamako · Sowal Diabi · Accords Croisés [4]
5. Marjan Vahdat · Our Garden is Alone · Kirkelig Kulturverksted [-]
6. Park Jiha · The Gleam · Tak:til / Glitterbeat [13]
7. Mamak Khadem · Remembrance · Six Degrees [6]
8. Yungchen Lhamo · Awakening · Tibet Arts Management / Six Degrees [-]
9. Divanhana · Zavrzlama · CPL-Music [2]
10. El Khat · Albat Alawi Op. 99 · Glitterbeat [-]
11. Gonora Sounds · Hard Times Never Kill · The Vital Record / Dust-to-Digital [-]
12. Stelios Petrakis Quartet · Spondi · Artway Technotropon / Molpe Music [8]
13. Small Island Big Song · Our Island · Small Island Big Song [3]
14. Dobranotch · Zay Freyleikh! · CPL-Music [20]
15. Romengo & Mónika Lakatos · Folk Utca · FolkEurópa [7]
16. Combo Chimbita · Iré · Anti- [15]
17. Le Vent du Nord · 20 Printemps · La Compagnie du Nord [-]
18. Khöömei Beat · Changys Baglaash · ARC Music [5]
19. Oki · Tonkori in the Moonlight (1996-2006) · Mais Um [9]
20. David Krakauer · Mazel Tov Coctail Party · Label Bleu / Table Pounding [16]
21. He Jinhua · Songs of the Naxi of Southwest China · Smithsonian Folkways [-]
22. Cserepes · Nachtmusik · Fonó [-]
23. Youssou N’Dour · Mbalax · Universal Music Africa [10]
24. Mitsune · Hazama · Mitsune [12]
25. V.A. · Saturno 2000: La Rebajada de los Sonideros, 1962-1983 · Analog Africa [-]
26. Suonno D’Ajere · Suspiro · Italian World Beat [-]
27. Ti’Kaniki · Douz · Ti’Kaniki [-]
28. Pipo Romero · Ikigai · BMG [-]
29. Kreiz Breizh Akademi #8 · Ba’n Dañs · Hirustica [-]
30. Choduraa Tumat · Byzaanchy · PAN [18]
31. Khunashtaar-ool Oorzhak · Alazhymny / My Alash: The Tuva Recordings of Vyacheslav M. Shchurov, 1967-1977 · PAN [-]
32. Imarhan · Aboogi · City Slang [-]
33. Cynthia Abraham · Unisson · Le Violon d’Ingres [37]
34. Riccardo Tesi, Elena Ledda, Lucilla Galeazzi, Alessio Lega, Nando Citarella, Maurizio Geri, Gigi Biolcati, Claudio Carboni · A Sud di Bella Ciao · Visage Music [11]
35. Manuel Maio · Sem olhar ao Tempo · Sons Vadios [-]
36. Mirla Riomar · Afrobrasileira · Mirla Riomar [-]
37. Susana Baca · Palabras Urgentes · Real World [14]
38. Júlio Resende · Fado Jazz · ACT [24]
39. Slagr · Linde · Hubro [-]
40. Ana Carla Maza · Bahía · Persona Editorial [-]
NMR (foto: press Bonga)
