Top of the Charts

Happy New Year! Here's to a wonderful 2011!

Here's a glimpse at the World Music charts that will begin the new year. (The charts are from the Official World Chart website).


#1. AFROCUBISM - AFROCUBISM  (World Circut)

#2. RODRIGO Y GABRIELA - 11:11:00 (Ruby Works)



#3. CHEIKH LO - JAMM (World Circut)


#4. ALI FARKA TOURE & TOUMANI DIABATE - ALI FARKA TOURE & TOUMANI DIABATE (World Circut)



#5. AMADOU & MARIAM - WELCOME TO MALI (Because Music)


#6. AFRO CELT SOUND SYSTEM - CAPTURE (1995-2010) (Real World)


#7. RAVI SHANKAR & GEORGE HARRISON - COLLABORATION (Rhino)


#8. RODRIGO Y GABRIELA - LIVE IN JAPAN (Ruby Works)


#9. GEOFFREY GURRUMUL YUNUPINGU - GURRUMUL (Dramatico/Skinnyfish)


#10. SOUAD MASSI - O HOURIA (LIBERTY) (Wrasse)


I wish you all a wonderful new year!

World Cup Concert

Thursday night's World Cup Concert featured some amazing artists in the world music scene. Below are some videos from the concert in case you missed it.

Tinariwen (Algeria/Libya)

(A reader reviewed this group in this post)


Angelique Kidjo (Benin)



Amadou & Mariam (Mali)
"Africa" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCA7PTgjLtY (Embedding is disabled)
"Welcome to Mali" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16WHwEXGAUs (Embedding is disabled)


BLK JKS (South Africa)
 


Vieux Farka Toure (Mali)
"Diaraby Magni" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8elU2T2W6A  (Embedding is disabled)
"Fafa" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV90LgJ7_RM (Embedding is disabled)


Hugh Masekela and LIRA (South Africa)



Soweto Gospel Choir (South Africa)