Music journalists interested in world music in December were most impressed by the album “Sweet Release” by Justin Adams & Mauro Durante.
“Sweet Release” is the second album from Justin Adams & Mauro Durante, following on from 2021’s award winning “Still Moving”. 3 years of worldwide touring have turned what was originally a fusion project into a fully realised and unique unit, drawing on Durante’s Taranta background, but with a palette that ranges from raw Rockabilly to Sufi ecstasy via Minimalism, exploring themes of musical healing and catharsis. With an almost telepathic level of interplay, the duo recorded the album live, allowing for magical improvised moments.
Top albums December 2024:
- Justin Adams & Mauro Durante · Sweet Release · Ponderosa Music [8]
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party · Chain of Light · Real World [1]
- Mari Boine · Alva · By Norse Music [5]
- Afro Celt Sound System · Ova · Six Degrees [6]
- Buzz’ Ayaz · Buzz’ Ayaz · Glitterbeat [2]
- BaBa ZuLa · İstanbul Sokakları · Glitterbeat [-]
- Lucibela · Moda Antiga · Lusafrica [21]
- Lo’Jo · Feuilles Fauves · Yotanka / Integral [10]
- Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 · Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head) · Record Kicks [4]
- Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin · Symbiont · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings [37]
- Seckou Keita · Homeland (Chapter 1) · Hudson [18]
- El Khat · Mute · Glitterbeat [3]
- Ruşan Filiztek · Exils: De la Mésopotamie a L’Andalousie · Accords Croises [9]
- Manu Chao · Viva Tú · Because Music [23]
- Ayom · Sa.Li.Va · Ayom / Believe [7]
- Moana & The Tribe · Ono · Black Pearl Ltd [-]
- Aboubakar Traoré & Balima · Sababu · Zephyrus [-]
- Vigüela · We · Mapamundi Música [11]
- Sinimuso · Nouskaa Sisaret · Sinimuso [16]
- África Negra · Antologia Vol. 2 · Les Disques Bongo Joe [12]
- V.A. · Super Disco Pirata: De Tepito para el Mundo 1965-1980 · Analog Africa [20]
- Choduraa Tumat · Yrlyg Bulak / Singing River · Pan [25]
- Didon · Malak · Electrofone [-]
- Driss El Maloumi Trio & Watar Quintet · Details · Contre Jour / Zig Zag World [15]
- Biomigrant · Aguaceros y Sequías · Biomigrant [-]
- Carmen Souza · Port’Inglês · Galileo Music Communication [28]
- Trendafilka · For the Olives · Trendafilka [-]
- Luizinho do Jêje, Marcelo Galter, Sylvio Fraga · Mocofaia · Rocinante [-]
- V.A. · Festival Donso Ngoni, Volume I · Remote / Studio Mali [-]
- V.A. · Folk and World Music Galore Vol. 3 · Folk Galore / CPL-Musicgroup [-]
- Dal:um · Coexistence · tak:til / Glitterbeat [33]
- Ahmed Moneka · Kanzafula: Afro-Iraqi Sufi Soul · LulaWorld [27]
- Peni Candra Rini · Wani · New Amsterdam [-]
- Amir Amiri Ensemble · Adad / Ancestors: Echoes of Persia · Fifth House [-]
- Les Mécanos · Usures · L-EMA [-]
- Aina · Ekonda · Musique de Sibérie [-]
- Momi Maiga · Kairo · Segell Microscopi [-]
- Jyotsna Srikanth · Carnatic Nomad · Naxos World [13]
- Maouzoun · Maouzoun · Fiol [-]
- Lucía Pulido · Colombia y México, Dos Pueblos Una Raíz · Lucía Pulido [-]
NMR (photo: press Justin Adams & Mauro Durante)
Founder members and administrators Transglobal World Music Chart:
Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES)
Current active members:
Alexis Herrería (MX), Rosângela Britto (BR), Ula Nowak (PL), Liana Cisneros (PE), Banning Eyre (US), Magda Tejchma (PL), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Nigel Wood (IE), Dore Stein (US), Roger Holdsworth (AU), Madan Rao (IN), Gil Medovoy (US), Chris Heim (US), Ciro De Rosa (IT), Scott Stevens (US), Hendrick T S Foh (MY), Cliff Furnald (US), Rob Weisberg (US), Toni Polo (FR/ES), Nicolás Falcoff (AR), Masakazu Kitanaka (JP), Jordi Demésenllà (ES), Rafael Mieses (DO/US), Luís Rei (PT), Jean Trouillet (DE), Evangeline Kim (US), Willi Klopottek (LU/DE), Alejandro López (ES), Jon Kertzer (US), Ken Stowar (CA), Jiří Moravčík (CZ), Mu Qian (CN), Carlos Ferreira (PT), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN/US), Kutay Derin Kuğay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (BE), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR), Daryana Antipova (RU), Mika Kauhanen (FI), Luisa Piñeros (CO), Toni Pennacchia (US), Chen Hanzi (CN), Takuya “Salam” Unagami (JP), Janaína Ávila (BR), Roger Short (UK), Ankur Malhotra (IN)
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