Bassekou Kouyate & Amy Sacko’s “Djudjon, l’Oiseau de Garana” took the top spot on the September Transglobal World Music Chart with their album “Djudjon, l’Oiseau de Garana”.
“Djudjon, L’oiseau de Garana” is the first album by Bassekou Kouyate and Amy Sacko, that has been produced in Mali, entirely by Malians. It was recorded by Bassekou’s son Madou Kouyate, on location in their village Garana, and co-produced by Bassekou and his friend Ibrahim Kaba. Kaba insisted in letting Bassekou play from his heart, and with a natural sound that is not aimed towards a Western audience, but focuses on telling the universal story of his and Amy’s roots.
Both Amy and Bassekou are like unpolished diamonds: Ali Farka Toure called Bassekou “Mali’s Black Diamond”. On this album they are home. The album is a tribute to their tradition, their ancestors and to their local society. Djudjon, L’oiseau de Garana takes the listener on a journey to deeper places in the soul, on a trip to the earthly roots that connects humanity. It is Mali Blues at its best!
Top albums September 2024:
- Bassekou Kouyate & Amy Sacko · Djudjon, l’Oiseau de Garana · One World [2]
- The Zawose Queens · Maisha · Real World [1]
- Vigüela · We · Mapamundi Música [6]
- Buzz’ Ayaz · Buzz’ Ayaz · Glitterbeat [-]
- Bab L’ Bluz · Swaken · Real World [3]
- Meridian Brothers · Mi Latinoamérica Sufre · Les Disques Bongo Joe [14]
- Ruşan Filiztek · Exils · Accords Croisés [-]
- Arooj Aftab · Night Reign · Verve [37]
- Varijashree Venugopal · Vari · GroundUP Music [11]
- Dobet Gnahoré · Zouzou · Cumbancha [4]
- Jyotsna Srikanth · Carnatic Nomad · Naxos World [10]
- Bhutan Balladeers · Your Face Is Like the Moon, Your Eyes Are Stars · Glitterbeat [15]
- Landless · Lúireach · Glitterbeat [7]
- Russudan Meipariani featuring Ensemble Anchiskhati · Voices & Mountains · Timezone [13]
- Marta Topferova · Sombras · Moravia Publishing [30]
- Nfaly Diakité · Hunter Folk Vol 1: Tribute to Toumani Koné · Mieruba [-]
- Tiganá Santana · Caçada Noturna · Ajabu! [12]
- Ali Doğan Gönültaş · Keyeyî · Mapamundi Música [5]
- Maré · Maré · Sons Vadios [-]
- Carla Pires · VaiVem · Ocarina [-]
- Driss El Maloumi Trio & Watar Quintet · Details · Contre Jour / Zig Zag World [-]
- Wowakin · Latem · Baba Studio [-]
- Martina Camargo · Canto y Río · Chaco World Music [-]
- Los Cumbia Stars · La Cumbia Une a Latinoamérica · Discos Fuentes [-]
- Hamed Sadeghi · Empty Voices · Hamed Sadeghi [17]
- Lemon Bucket Orkestra · Cuckoo · Lemon Bucket Orkestra [-]
- Huun-Huur-Tu, Carmen Rizzo & Dhani Harrison · Dreamers in the Field · Dark Horse / BMG [9]
- Assurd · ‘O ‘Mbruoglio · Suonitineranti [-]
- Söndörgő · Gyezz · GroundUP Music [19]
- Asmaa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou · L’Bnat · Ajabu! [8]
- Okwy Osadebe and Highlife SoundMakers International · Ifunanya · Palenque / Odogwu Entertainment [22]
- Aziza Brahim · Mawja · Glitterbeat [24]
- Kadim Almet · Gayar Janay · Karakuz Label [-]
- Arun Ramamurthy Trio · New Moon · Greenleaf Music [-]
- Ahmed Moneka · Kanzafula: Afro-Iraqi Sufi Soul · LulaWorld [18]
- Tenzin Choegyal · Whispering Sky · 4000 [-]
- Sam Lee · Songdreaming · Cooking Vinyl [27]
- Olcay Bayir · Tu Gulî · ARC Music [16]
- V.A. · Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife & Afro Sounds in the Diaspora 1980-1993 · Soundway [29]
- Moira Smiley · The Rhizome Project · Moira Smiley [-]
NMR (photo: press Bassekou Kouyate & Amy Sacko)
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/
