Month: December 2016

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1. Bonga – Recados de Fora – Lusafrica (1=)
2. Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina – Glitterbeat Records (2=)
3. Roberto Fonseca – ABUC – Impulse! (9-up-)
4. Amira Medunjanin – Damar – World Village (--up-)
5. Voxtra – The Encounter of Vocal Heritage – Muziekpublique
(14-up-)
6. Abou Diarra – Koya – Mix et Métisse (6=)
7. Gaye Su Akyol – Hologram İmparatorluğu – Glitterbeat Records (19-up-)
8. Çigdem Aslan – A Thounsand Cranes – Asphalt Tango (4-down-)
9. George Telek, David Bridie & Musicians of the Gunantuna – A Bit Na Ta – Wantok Musik (38-up-)
10. Mariem Hassan – La Voz Indómita (del Sáhara Occidental) – Nubenegra (18-up-)
11. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko – Jardins Migrateurs – Ma Case (3-down-)
12. The Klezmatics – Apikorsim / Heretics – World Village (--up-)
13. Alsarah & The Nubatones – Manara – Wonderwheel Recordings (5-down-)
14. Black String – Mask Dance – ACT Music (40-up-)
15. Cemîl Qoçgîrî – Zalâl – Ahenk Müzik (--up-)
16. Dawda Jobarteh – Transitional Times – Sterns Africa (13-down-)
17. Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano – Heritage – Qwest Records (11-down-)
18. Trebunie Tutki & Quintet Urmuli – Duch Gór: The Spirit of the Mountains – Unzipped Fly Records (16-down-)
19. Acid Arab – Musique de France – Crammed Discs (29-up-)
20. Orkesta Mendoza – ¡Vamos a Guarachar! – Glitterbeat Records (20=)
21. Harold López-Nussa – El Viaje – Mack Avenue Records (10-down-)
22. Mû Mbana – Iñén – WhatAbout Music (35-up-)
23. Lolo Lovina – RromAntics – Lolo Lovina (--up-)
24. Barcelona Gipsy balKan Orchestra – Del Ebro al Danubio – Satélite K (12-down-)
25. Gasper Nali – Abale Ndikuwuzeni – Spare Dog Records (30-up-)
26. The Bongo Hop ‎– Satingarona Pt.1 – Underdog Records (--up-)
27. Raphael Gimenes – Raphael Gimenes & As Montanhas de Som – One World Records (--up-)
28. Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna – Rey Loj – Petit Indie (--up-)
29. Terrakota – Oxalá – Terrakota (25-down-)
30. Otros Aires – Perfect Tango – Galileo Music (--up-)
31. Wahid – Resonance – Wahid (--up-)
32. V.A. – Urgent Jumping!: East African Musiki wa Dansi Classics – Sterns Africa (9-down-)
33. Piccola Orchestra Gagarin – Vostok – WhatAbout Music (--up-)
34. Kanazoé Orkestra – Miriya – Buda Musique (--up-)
35. Paolo Fresu & Omar Sosa – Eros – Otá Records (33-down-)
36. Andrea Pancur – Alpen Klezmer: Zum Meer – Galileo Music (--up-)
37. Le Tout-Puissant Orchestre Poly-Rythmo – Madjafalao – Because Music (--up-)
38. Nilamayé – Las Flores del Sol – Buda Musique (--up-)
39. The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc – Deliverance – The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc (--up-)
40. Groupa – Kind of Folk: Vol. 1, Sweden – All Ice Music (--up-)

Current members of the TWMC panel: Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES), 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), Betto Arcos (MX/US), Thorsten Bednarz (DE), Alejandro López (ES), Jon Kertzer (US), Ken Stowar (CA), Jiří Moravčík (CZ), Mu Qian (CN), Carlos Ferreira (PT), Anna Rzhevina (RU), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN), Kutay Derin Kugay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Ponxo Taifa Ángeles (MX), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Sergey Maiboroda (KZ), Cecilia Aguirre (AR/DE), Husniddin Ato (UZ), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (NL), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR).

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  1. Refugees for Refugees – Amerli – Muziekpublique
  2. Bixiga 70 – III – Glitterbeat Records
  3. Aziza Brahim – Abbar el Hamada – Glitterbeat Records
  4. Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina – Glitterbeat Records
  5. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko – Jardins Migrateurs – Ma Case
  6. Rokia Traoré – Né So – Nonesuch Records
  7. Elza Soares – The Woman at the End of the World / A Mulher do Fim do Mundo – Mais Um Discos
  8. Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road Ensemble – Sing Me Home – Sony Masterworks
  9. Kayhan Kalhor, Aynur, Cemîl Qoçgirî & Salman Gambarov – Hawniyaz – Harmonia Mundi
  10. Bonga – Recados de Fora – Lusafrica
  11. Harold López-Nussa – El Viaje – Mack Avenue Records
  12. Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal – Musique de Nuit – Nø Førmat! / Six Degrees Records
  13. Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis – Nyn – Riverboat Records
  14. Ana Alcaide – Leyenda – ARC Music
  15. Sam Lee & Friends – The Fade in Time – The Nest Collective
  16. Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano – Heritage – Qwest Records
  17. Lakou Mizik – Wa Di Yo – Cumbancha
  18. Bombino – Azel – Partisan Records
  19. The Gloaming – 2 – Real World Records
  20. Las Hermanas Caronni – Navega Mundos – Les Grands Fleuves
  21. Calypso Rose – Far from Home – Because Music
  22. Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express – Junun – Nonesuch Records
  23. Sidestepper – Supenatural Love – Real World Records
  24. Fanfare Ciocărlia – 20 – Asphalt Tango Records
  25. Kepa Junkera & Sorginak – Maletak – Fol Música
  26. Roberto Fonseca – ABUC – Impulse!
  27. La Banda Morisca – Algarabya – Fol Música
  28. Leyla McCalla – A Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey – Jazz Village
  29. Jean-Guihen Queyras, Bijan Chemirani, Keyvan Chemirani & Sokratis Sinopoulos – Thrace: Sunday Morning Sessions – Harmonia Mundi
  30. Anoushka Shankar – Land of Gold – Deutsche Grammophon
  31. Bitori – Legend of Funaná: The Forbidden Music of the Cape Verde Islands – Analog Africa
  32. Khmer Rouge Survivors – They Will Kill You, if You Cry – Glitterbeat Records
  33. 2016: Afro Celt Sound System – The Source – ECC Record
  34. Mabiisi – Mabiisi – Akwaaba Music
  35. Mariem Hassan – La Voz Indómita (del Sáhara Occidental) – Nubenegra
  36. Quintet Bumbac – Libre Voyage dans les Musiques des Balkans – Collectif Çok Malko
  37. Vigüela – Temperamento – ARC Music
  38. DagaDana – Meridian 68 – Karrot Kommando
  39. Baaba Maal – The Traveller – Marathon Artists / Palm Recordings
  40. Alsarah & The Nubatones – Manara – Wonderwheel Recordings
  41. Sociedade Recreativa – Sociedade Recreativa – La Chaudière Production / Jarring Effects
  42. Tuuletar – Tules Maas Vedes Taivaal – Bafe’s Factory
  43. Lura – Herança – Lusafrica
  44. Zulya and the Children of the Underground – On Love and Science – Zulya and the Children of the Underground
  45. Tanga – Madagascar: Le Trésor des Ancêtres – Buda Musique
  46. Mahsa Vahdat – A Cappella: The sun will rise – Kirkelig Kulturverksted
  47. Çiğdem Aslan – A Thousand Cranes – Asphalt Tango Records
  48. L’Attirail – La Route Interieure – Les Chantiers Sonores
  49. Karsh Kale – Up – Six Degrees Records
  50. Kreiz Breizh Akademi – 5ed Round – Innacor

Current members of the TWMC panel: Araceli Tzigane (ES), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Ángel Romero (US), 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), Betto Arcos (MX/US), Thorsten Bednarz (DE), Alejandro López (ES), Jon Kertzer (US), Ken Stowar (CA), Jiří Moravčík (CZ), Mu Qian (CN), Carlos Ferreira (PT), Anna Rzhevina (RU), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN), Kutay Derin Kugay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Ponxo Taifa Ángeles (MX), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Sergey Maiboroda (KZ), Cecilia Aguirre (AR/DE), Husniddin Ato (UZ), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (NL), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR).

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December 2016 Chart

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1. Bonga – Recados de Fora – Lusafrica (17-up-)
2. Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina – Glitterbeat Records (1-down-)
3. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko – Jardins Migrateurs – Ma Case (2-down-)
4. Çigdem Aslan – A Thounsand Cranes – Asphalt Tango (19-up-)
5. Alsarah & The Nubatones – Manara – Wonderwheel Recordings (28-up-)
6. Abou Diarra – Koya – Mix et Métisse (12-up-)
7. Kayhan Kalhor, Aynur, Cemîl Qoçgirî & Salman Gambarov – Hawniyaz – Harmonia Mundi (3-down-)
8. V.A. – Urgent Jumping!: East African Musiki wa Dansi Classics – Sterns Africa (9-up-)
9. Roberto Fonseca – ABUC – Impulse! (--up-)
10. Harold López-Nussa – El Viaje – Mack Avenue Records (18-up-)

11. Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano – Heritage – Qwest Records (6-down-)
12. Barcelona Gipsy balKan Orchestra – Del Ebro al Danubio – Satélite K (13-up-)
13. Dawda Jobarteh – Transitional Times – Sterns Africa (23-up-)
14. Voxtra –  The Encounter of Vocal Heritage – Muziekpublique (--up-)
15. Jean-Guihen Queyras, Bijan Chemirani, Keyvan Chemirani & Sokratis Sinopoulos – Thrace: Sunday Morning Sessions – Harmonia Mundi (11-down-)
16. Trebunie Tutki & Quintet Urmuli – Duch Gór: The Spirit of the Mountains – Unzipped Fly Records (--up-)
17. Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis – Nyn – Riverboat Records (11-down-)
18. Mariem Hassan – La Voz Indómita (del Sáhara Occidental) – Nubenegra (--up-)
19. Gaye Su Akyol – Hologram İmparatorluğu – Glitterbeat Records (--up-)
20. Orkesta Mendoza – ¡Vamos a Guarachar! – Glitterbeat Records (15-down-)

21. Bitori – Legend of Funaná: The Forbidden Music of the Cape Verde Islands – Analog Africa (16-down-)
22. Tuuletar – Tules Maas Vedes Taivaal – Bafe’s Factory (10-down-)
23. Refugees For Refugees – Amerli – Muziekpublique (8-down-)
24. Moussu T e lei Jovents – Navega!  – Manivette / World Village (21-down-)
25. Terrakota – Oxalá – Terrakota (22-down-)
26. Kepa Junkera & Sorginak – Maletak – Fol Música (20-down-)
27. Khmer Rouge Survivors – They Will Kill You, if You Cry – Glitterbeat Records (5-down-)
28. Tanga – Madagascar: Le Trésor des Ancêtres – Buda Musique (7-down-)
29. Acid Arab – Musique de France – Crammed Discs (38-up-)
30. Gasper Nali – Abale Ndikuwuzeni – Spare Dog Records (--up-)

31. ba.fnu & Yann-Fañch Kemener – YFK~2016 – ba.fnu & Yann-Fañch Kemener (--up-)
32. Okra Playground – Turmio – Nordic Notes (--up-)
33. Paolo Fresu & Omar Sosa – Eros – Otá Records (--up-)
34. Jitka Šuranská Trio – Divé Husy – Indies Scope (25-down-)
35. Mû Mbana – Iñén – WhatAbout Music (--up-)
36. Metá Metá – MM3 – Jazz Village (26-down-)
37. Vieux Kanté – The Young Man’s Harp – Sterns Africa (14-down-)
38. George Telek, David Bridie & Musicians of the Gunantuna – A Bit Na Ta – Wantok Musik (--up-)
39. Calypso Rose – Far from Home – Because Music (24-down-)
40. Black String – Mask Dance – ACT Music (--up-)

Current members of the TWMC panel: Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), 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), Betto Arcos (MX/US), Thorsten Bednarz (DE), Alejandro López (ES), Jon Kertzer (US), Ken Stowar (CA), Jiří Moravčík (CZ), Mu Qian (CN), Carlos Ferreira (PT), Anna Rzhevina (RU), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN), Kutay Derin Kugay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Ponxo Taifa Ángeles (MX), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Sergey Maiboroda (KZ), Cecilia Aguirre (AR/DE), Husniddin Ato (UZ), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (NL), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR).

(Position in chart. Artist – Album Title – Label, Publisher… (last month’s position in chart -up--down-=)