In September’s Transglobal World Music Chart, the title “Finding Home”, recorded by Maya Youssef from Syria, took first place.
Maya Youssef currently lives in Great Britain. Her second album “Finding Home” is a journey through memories and towards the essence of home, both within and without. The music moves through loss, transcendence and magic, with a final arrival in a hopeful place.
Home: literally, emotionally and spiritually, however that may look for you. Home is that place of peace, that place of softness, of comfort, and of healing. It manifests in many different ways for many different people. It’s finding home in nature. It’s finding home in those that make us feel that sense of relief and peace.
Top albums September 2022:
- Maya Youssef · Finding Home · Seven Gates [-]
- Vieux Farka Touré · Les Racines · World Circuit / BMG [1]
- Cimarrón · La Recia · Cimarrón Music [3]
- Oumou Sangaré · Timbuktu · World Circuit / BMG [2]
- BKO · Djine Bora · Les Disques Bongo Joe [11]
- Leyla McCalla · Breaking the Thermometer · Anti- [10]
- Lass · Bumayé · Chapter Two / Wagram Music [-]
- Madalitso Band · Musakayike · Les Disques Bongo Joe [5]
- Minyeshu · Netsa · ARC Music [17]
- Oriental Brothers International Band · Oku Ngwo Di Ochi · Palenque [18]
- Ali Doğan Gönültaş · Kiğı / Gexî / Kegui · Ali Doğan Gönültaş [14]
- Lamia Yared & Ensemble Oraciones · Ottoman Splendours / Lumières Ottomanes · Analekta [4]
- V.A. · Wantok Musik Vol. 3 · Wantok Musik [26]
- Fanfara Station · Boussadia · Garrincha Gogo [-]
- Päivi Hirvonen · Kallio · Nordic Notes [-]
- Moktar Gania & Gnawa Soul · Gnawa Soul · MusjoMusic / Nuits d’Afrique [7]
- Master Musicians of Jajouka, Led by Bachir Attar · Dancing Under the Moon · Glitterbeat [15]
- Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita · Echo · Bendigedig [8]
- África Negra · Antologia Vol. 1 · Les Disques Bongo Joe [6]
- Itzhak Ventura · Aligned · Riverboat / World Music Network [-]
- Nasim Khushnawaz · Songs From the Pearl of Khorasan · Worlds Within Worlds [22]
- Elif Sanchez · Mi Voz · Pasion Turca [32]
- Folkatomik · Polaris · Italysona [37]
- Sopa de Pedra · Do Claro ao Breu · Lovers & Lollypops [-]
- Yanna Momina · Afar Ways · Glitterbeat [-]
- Justyna Jablonska & Jyotsna Srikanth · Songs for Cello & Carnatic Violin · Stitch Records [-]
- Noori & His Dorpa Band · Beja Power!: Electric Soul & Brass from Sudan’s Red Sea Coast · Ostinato [13]
- Ana Alcaide · Ritual · Ana Alcaide [9]
- Angelique Kidjo & Ibrahim Maalouf · Queen of Sheba · Mister Ibé [-]
- Cardo-Roxo · Bravio · Projecto Cardo [-]
- Halva · Dinner in Sofia · Danzone [29]
- Los Hermanos Ballumbrosio · Homenaje a El Carmen · Buh [28]
- Perrate · Tres Golpes · Lovemonk [12]
- Maija Kauhanen · Menneet · Nordic Notes [21]
- Shiran · Fadaytak · Batov [-]
- Bonga · Kintal da Banda · Lusafrica [30]
- Kobo Town · Carnival of the Ghosts · Stonetree [20]
- Avalanche Kaito · Avalanche Kaito · Glitterbeat [16]
- Roopa Panesar · Subha · Asian Arts Agency [-]
- Kabir Sehgal, Amaan Ali Bangash, Ayaan Ali Bangash · Sand and Foam: Music Inspired by Kahlil Gibran · Tiger Turn [-]
NMR (foto: press Maya Youssef)