August 2016 Chart

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1. Refugees for RefugeesAmerli – Muziekpublique (1=)
2. Ana AlcaideLeyenda – ARC Music (9-up-)
3. Lakou MizikWa Di Yo – Cumbancha (2-down-)
4. 2016: Afro Celt Sound SystemThe Source – ECC Records (3-down-)
5. Calypso RoseFar from Home – Because Music (7-up-)
6. MabiisiMabiisi – Akwaaba Music (13-up-)
7. Kayhan Kalhor, Aynur, Cemîl Qoçgirî & Salman GambarovHawniyaz – Harmonia Mundi (--up-)
8. Elza SoaresThe Woman at the End of the World / A Mulher do Fim do Mundo – Mais Um Discos (10-up-)
9. M.A.K.U. SoundsystemMezcla – Glitterbeat Records (18-up-)
10. Kepa Junkera & SorginakMaletak – Fol Música (22-up-)

11. Leyla McCallaA Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey – Jazz Village / Harmonia Mundi (12-up-)
12. Quintet BumbacLibre Voyage dans les Musiques des Balkans – Collectif Çok Malko (8-down-)
13. BombinoAzel – Partisan Records (6-down-)
14. Gerardo Núñez & Ulf WakeniusLogos – ACT Music (33-up-)
15. Kimi DjabatéKanamalu – Red Orange Recordings (17-up-)
16. Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road EnsembleSing Me Home – Sony Masterworks (4-down-)
17. Anoushka ShankarLand of Gold – Deutsche Grammophon (11-down-)
18. Aziza BrahimAbbar el Hamada – Glitterbeat Records (19-up-)
19. Mahsa VahdatA Cappella: The sun will rise – Kirkelig Kulturverksted (32-up-)
20. Joe Driscoll & Sekou KouyateMonistic Theory – Cumbancha (24-up-)

21. Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis KalyviotisNyn – Riverboat / World Music Network (--up-)
22. VigüelaTemperamento – ARC Music (20-down-)
23. Khmer Rouge SurvivorsThey Will Kill You, if You Cry – Glitterbeat Records (--up-)
24. Burak MalçokSaklı Nefes / Hidden Breath – Onearth Records (31-up-)
25. 9BachAnian – Real World Records (16-down-)
26. Djelimady TounkaraDjely Blues – Label Bleu (28-up-)
27. La Banda MoriscaAlgarabya – Fol Música (14-down-)
28. Elektro HafızElektro Hafız – Pharaway Sounds (--up-)
29. Fanfare Ciocărlia20 – Asphalt Tango Records (--up-)
30. V.A. – Space Echo: The Mystery Behind the Cosmic Sound of Cabo Verde Finally Revealed – Analog Africa (--up-)

31. Jean Luc Thomas & Ravichandra KulurMagic Flutes – Hirustica (35-up-)
32. Maarja NuutUne Meeles – Marina Records (39-up-)
33. Mamadou Barry & Afro Groove GangTankadi – Label Bleu (--up-)
34. Richard Bona & Mandekan CubanoHeritage – Qwest Records (--up-)
35. Mor KarbasiOjos de Novia – Alama Records (26-down-)
36. ImarhanImarhan – City Slang (--up-)
37. Derek GripperLibraries on Fire – New Cape Records (--up-)
38. Joseph TawadrosWorld Music – Joseph Tawadros (36-down-)
39. Terra Sangue MareTerra Sangue Mare – Terra Sangue Mare (25-down-)
40. Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Khan, Ayaan Ali Khan & Elmira DarvarovaAmalgam – Affetto (--up-)

Members of the TWMC panel (August 2016 vote): 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).

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