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 NubatonesManara – Wonderwheel Recordings (28-up-)
6. Abou DiarraKoya – Mix et Métisse (12-up-)
7. Kayhan Kalhor, Aynur, Cemîl Qoçgirî & Salman GambarovHawniyaz – Harmonia Mundi (3-down-)
8. V.A.Urgent Jumping!: East African Musiki wa Dansi Classics – Sterns Africa (9-up-)
9. Roberto FonsecaABUC – Impulse! (--up-)
10. Harold López-NussaEl Viaje – Mack Avenue Records (18-up-)

11. Richard Bona & Mandekan CubanoHeritage – Qwest Records (6-down-)
12. Barcelona Gipsy balKan OrchestraDel Ebro al Danubio – Satélite K (13-up-)
13. Dawda JobartehTransitional Times – Sterns Africa (23-up-)
14. Voxtra –  The Encounter of Vocal Heritage – Muziekpublique (--up-)
15. Jean-Guihen Queyras, Bijan Chemirani, Keyvan Chemirani & Sokratis SinopoulosThrace: Sunday Morning Sessions – Harmonia Mundi (11-down-)
16. Trebunie Tutki & Quintet UrmuliDuch Gór: The Spirit of the Mountains – Unzipped Fly Records (--up-)
17. Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis KalyviotisNyn – Riverboat Records (11-down-)
18. Mariem HassanLa Voz Indómita (del Sáhara Occidental) – Nubenegra (--up-)
19. Gaye Su AkyolHologram 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 RefugeesAmerli – Muziekpublique (8-down-)
24. Moussu T e lei JoventsNavega!  – Manivette / World Village (21-down-)
25. Terrakota Oxalá – Terrakota (22-down-)
26. Kepa Junkera & SorginakMaletak – Fol Música (20-down-)
27. Khmer Rouge SurvivorsThey Will Kill You, if You Cry – Glitterbeat Records (5-down-)
28. Tanga Madagascar: Le Trésor des Ancêtres – Buda Musique (7-down-)
29. Acid ArabMusique de France – Crammed Discs (38-up-)
30. Gasper NaliAbale Ndikuwuzeni – Spare Dog Records (--up-)

31. ba.fnu & Yann-Fañch KemenerYFK~2016 – ba.fnu & Yann-Fañch Kemener (--up-)
32. Okra PlaygroundTurmio – Nordic Notes (--up-)
33. Paolo Fresu & Omar SosaEros – Otá Records (--up-)
34. Jitka Šuranská TrioDivé Husy – Indies Scope (25-down-)
35. Mû MbanaIñén – WhatAbout Music (--up-)
36. Metá MetáMM3 – Jazz Village (26-down-)
37. Vieux KantéThe Young Man’s Harp – Sterns Africa (14-down-)
38. George Telek, David Bridie & Musicians of the GunantunaA Bit Na Ta – Wantok Musik (--up-)
39. Calypso RoseFar from Home – Because Music (24-down-)
40. Black StringMask 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).

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