Best of 2018

BEST ALBUM OF 2018
Monsieur DoumaniAngathin – Monsieur Doumani

BEST OF NORTH AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST 2018
Monsieur DoumaniAngathin – Monsieur Doumani

BEST TRANSREGIONAL ALBUM 2018
Catrin Finch & Seckou KeitaSoar – Bendigedig

BEST OF SUBSAHARAN AFRICA 2018
Fatoumata DiawaraFenfo – Montuno / Shanachie / Wagram

BEST OF EUROPE 2018
El NaánLa Danza de las Semillas – El Naán

BEST OF ASIA (CENTRAL & EAST) & PACIFIC 2018
Anandi BhattacharyaJoys Abound – Riverboat / World Music Network

BEST OF NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN 2018
Grupo Mono Blanco¡Fandango! Sones Jarochos de Veracruz – Smithsonian Folkways

BEST OF SOUTH AMERICA 2018
Son Palenque Kutu Prieta pa Saranguiá – Palenque

BEST COMPILATION 2018
V.A. – Chikhates & Chioukhs de l’Aïta: Anthologie – Atlas Azawan

TWMC 2018 TOP 100

TWMC BEST OF 20181. Monsieur DoumaniAngathin – Monsieur Doumani
2. Catrin Finch & Seckou KeitaSoar – Bendigedig
3. Fatoumata DiawaraFenfo – Montuno / Shanachie / Wagram
4. El NaánLa Danza de las Semillas – El Naán
5. Ammar 808Maghreb United – Glitterbeat
6. Gabacho MarocTawassol – 10h10 / Cristal
7. The TurbansThe Turbans – Six Degrees
8. SANS – Kulku – Cloud Valley
9. Vigüela A Tiempo Real – ARC Music
10. Samba TouréWande – Glitterbeat

11. Boubacar TraoréDounia Tabolo – Lusafrica
12. 3MA: Ballaké Sissoko, Driss El Maloumi, Rajery – Anarouz – Six Degrees
13. Toko TeloDiavola – Anio
14. Koum TaraKoum Tara – Odradek
15. TootArdLaissez Passer – Glitterbeat
16. Dobet GnahoréMiziki – LA Café
17. Nancy VieiraManhã Florida – Lusafrica
18. Djénéba & FouscoKayeba Khasso – Lusafrica
19. Samurai AccordionTe – Visage Music
20. Shadi Fathi & Bijan ChemiraniDelâshena – Buda Musique

21. Anandi BhattacharyaJoys Abound – Riverboat / World Music Network
22. Arat Kilo, Mamani Keïta, Mike LaddVisions of Selam – Accords Croisés
23. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80Black Times – Srtrut
24. Grupo Mono Blanco¡Fandango! Sones Jarochos de Veracruz – Smithsonian Folkways
25. Son Palenque Kutu Prieta pa Saranguiá – Palenque
26. BombinoDeran – Partisan
27. Amsterdam Klezmer Band & SöndörgőSzikra – Vetnasj
28. Efrén López, Stelios Petrakis, Bijan ChemiraniTaos – Buda Musique
29. Júlio PereiraPraça do Comércio – Tradisom
30. Maya YoussefSyrian Dreams – Harmonia Mundi

31. SoljuOđđa Áigodat – Bafe’s Factory
32. Malagasy Guitar MastersVolo Hazo – Buda Musique
33. Baul Meets SazNamaz – Seyir Muzik
34. Elena LeddaLàntias – S’Ard Music
35. Sara TavaresFitxadu – Sony Music Portugal
36. Bixiga 70Quebra-Cabeça – Glitterbeat
37. Gaye Su Akyolİstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir – Glitterbeat
38. Angelique KidjoRemain in Light – Kravenworks
39. Femi KutiOne People One World – Knitting Factory
40. MinyeshuDaa Dee – ARC Music

41. Hermeto PascoalHermeto Pascoal e sua Visão Original do Forró – Scubidu
42. Gaiteiros de LisboaA História – Uguru
43. Saz’isoAt Least Wave Your Handkerchief at Me: The Joys and Sorrows of Southern Albanian Song – Glitterbeat
44. Omar Sosa & NDR BigbandEs:Sensual – Otá
45. Kapela MaliszówWiejski Dżez – Unzipped Fly
46. BKOMali Foli Coura – Buda Musique
47. Chancha Vía CircuitoBienaventuranza – Wonderwheel
48. Okra PlaygroundÄäneni Yli Vesien – Nordic Notes
49. Eva Salina & Peter StanSudbina: A portrait of Vida Pavlović – Vogiton
50. Marta GómezLa Alegría y el Canto – Aluna

51. Sonido Gallo NegroMambo Cósmico – Glitterbeat
52. Trio Da Kali and Kronos QuartetLadilikan – World Circuit
53. Gili YaloGili Yalo – Dead Sea
54. Bokanté + Metropole OrkestWhat Heat – Real World
55. Anouar Brahem Blue Maqams – ECM
56. Rahim AlHaj TrioOne Sky – Smithsonian Folkways
57. Invisible SystemBamako Sessions – Riverboat / World Music Network
58. Afro Celt Sound SystemFlight – ECC Records
59. Eliades Ochoa & Alejandro AlmenaresDos Gigantes de la Música Cubana Tumi
60. Sopa de PedraAo Longe Já Se Ouvia – Sopa de Pedra

61. 47SoulBalfron Promise – Cooking Vinyl
62. Dur-Dur BandDur-Dur of Somalia: Volume 1, Volume 2 & Previously Unreleased Tracks – Analog Africa
63. Don KipperSeven Sisters – Riverboat / World Music Network
64. WoWaKinKraj za Miastem – WoWaKin
65. Yossi Fine & Ben AylonBlue Desert – Blue Desert
66. DamilyValimbilo – Les Disques Bongo Joe
67. Yiddish GloryThe Lost Songs of World War II – Six Degrees
68. V.A. – Chikhates & Chioukhs de l’Aïta: Anthologie – Atlas Azawan
69. Riccardo Tesi & BanditalianaArgento – Visage
70. Red BaraatSound the People – Rhyme & Reason

71. Doctor NativoGuatemaya – Stonetree
72. Stella ChiwesheKasahwa: Early Singles – Glitterbeat
73. Goran BregovićThree Letters from Sarajevo, Opus 1 – Decca / Wrasse
74. Small Island Big SongSmall Island Big Song – Small Island Big Song
75. IndialuciaAcatao – CM
76. Canzoniere Grecanico SalentinoCanzoniere – Ponderosa Music
77. Brenda NavarreteMi Mundo – Alma
78. Cemîl Qoçgîrî & Manuel LohnesBêdawîtî – Ahenk Müzik
79. Cimbalom BrothersTestvériség / Brotherhood – Fonó Budai Zeneház
80. Ross Daly & Kelly ThomaLunar – Labyrinth

81. V.A. – Listen All Around: The Golden Age of Central & East African Music – Dust-to-Digital
82. Moonlight BenjaminSiltane – Ma Case
83. Orquesta AkokánOrquesta Akokán – Daptone
84. Park JihaCommunion – tak:til / Glitterbeat
85. Enza Pagliara & Dario MuciMarea – Nauna Cantieri Musicali
86. SvängSväng Plays Tango – Galileo Music
87. V.A. – I’m Not Here to Hunt Rabbits – Piranha
88. Mercedes PeónDéixaas – Mercedes Peón / Altafonte
89. Opium MoonOpium Moon – Be Why Music
90. Mehmet PolatAgeless Garden – Aftab

91. Amélia Muge & Michales LoukovikasArchipelagos-Passagens – AM-ML
92. OkonkoloCantos – Big Crown
93. Toto Bona LokuaBondeko – Nø Førmat!
94. Barcelona Gipsy balKan OrchestraAvo Kanto – Satélite K
95. Bao Sissoko, Mola Sylla & Wouter VandenabeeleTamala – Muziekpublique
96. Catarina dos SantosRádio Kriola – ARC Music
97. Guy One#1 – Philophon
98. Saeid ShanbehzadehPour-Afrigha – Buda Musique
99. BriganRua San Giacomo – Marocco Music
100. DirtmusicBu Bir Ruya – Glitterbeat

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