This time the Kurdish singer Aynur with the title “Rabe” took the first place on the Transglobal World Music Chart.
Aynur is the outstanding, iconic voice of the Kurdish people. For a quarter of a century, Aynur has intertwined the traditional colours of her homeland, including bardic songs and the ancient and modern poetry of Kurdistan with classical, jazz, and pop from the West. Through contemporary sounds, she opens up Kurdish culture to the whole world.
From the beginning of her career, Aynur has set new standards in Kurdish and Turkish music, blending traditional instruments and strings with gripping popular arrangements. World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma invited her to his famous Silk Road Ensemble. In 2017, she received the “Master of Mediterranean Music Award” from the Berklee MMI, and in 2021, she was honoured with the “Artist Award” at the World Music Expo (WOMEX). Filmmaker Fatih Akın portrayed her in his film “Crossing The Bridge ”. She appears in an unforgettable scene in Morgan Neville’s documentary about Yo-Yo Ma.
In the last ten years, Aynur has further developed her artistic spectrum, refining the art of writing her own songs. With her eighth album “Rabe” Aynur intertwines many threads of her more than 20-year career. Nearly 20 musicians contribute to this work, recorded in Cologne and Catalonia.
Top albums May 2024:
- Aynur · Rabe · Dreyer Gaido [5]
- Aziza Brahim · Mawja · Glitterbeat [2]
- Sam Lee · Songdreaming · Cooking Vinyl [-]
- Lina · Fado Camões · Galileo Music Communication [1]
- Maria Mazzotta · Onde · Zero Nove Nove [3]
- Ali Doğan Gönültaş – Keyeyî – Mapamundi Música [-]
- Sahra Halgan · Hiddo Dhawr · Danaya Music [4]
- Jembaa Groove · Ye Ankasa | We Ourselves · Agogo [-]
- Ana Lua Caiano · Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado · Glitterbeat [11]
- V.A. · Congo Funk! Sound Madness from the Shores of the Mighty Congo River (Kinshasa / Brazzaville 1969-1982) · Analog Africa [26]
- Les Amazones d’Afrique · Musow Dance · Real World [8]
- Kiran Ahluwalia · Comfort Food · Six Degrees [-]
- Nancy Vieira · Gente · Galileo Music Communication [18]
- Tarek Abdallah & Adel Shams El Din · Ousoul · Buda Musique [6]
- Maliheh Moradi & Ehsan Matoori · Our Sorrow · ARC Music [17]
- Avalanche Kaito · Talitakum · Glitterbeat [-]
- Dele Sosimi & The Estuary 21 · The Confluence · Wah Wah 45s [-]
- Asmaa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou · L’Bnat · Ajabu! [-]
- Lass · Passeport · Chapter Two [-]
- Yīn Yīn · Mount Matsu · Glitterbeat [-]
- Otava Yo · Loud and Clear · ARC Music [9]
- Halva · Musafir · Zephyrus [-]
- Besh o droM · Hova Lesz a Séta? · Fonó [-]
- Quintet Bumbac · Héritages · Collectif Çok Malko [-]
- Suzumeno Tears · Sparrow’s Arrows Fly so High · Doyasa! [-]
- Marjan Vahdat · The Eagle of My Heart · Kirkelig Kulturverksted [-]
- Vedan Kolod – Birds – CPL-Music / CPL-Musicgroup [-]
- Abdallah Oumbadougou · Amghar: The Godfather of Tuareg Music Vol. 1 · Petaluma [-]
- Amsterdam Klezmer Band · Bomba Pop · Vetnasj [10]
- Newen Afrobeat · Grietas · Lichens Family [-]
- Sutari · #kołysankidlaświata · Audio Cave [21]
- Za! & Perrate · Jolifanto · Lovemonk [-]
- Talib Trio · Aap Ka Number Hai? · Honiunhoni [-]
- Shakti · This Moment · Abstract Logix [12]
- Cara de Espelho · Cara de Espelho · Locomotiva Azul [16]
- Natascha Rogers · Onaida · Nø Førmat! [7]
- Mekit Dolan Muqam Group · Bayawan · Old Heaven Books / B10 Live [-]
- Kavita Shah · Cape Verdean Blues · Folkalist [37]
- Altan · Donegal · Compass [-]
- Bixiga 70 · Vapor · Glitterbeat [32]
NMR (foto: press Aynur)
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)
More at: https://www.transglobalwmc.com/
