September 2019 Chart

twmc11. Dona Onete – Rebujo – AmpliDiversão / Mais Um (17)


2. Cimarrón – Orinoco – Cimarrón Music (4)
3. Mara Aranda – Sefarad en el Corazón de Turquía – Mara Aranda (2)
4. Boban Marković Orkestar – Mrak – Fonó (7)
5. Angelique Kidjo – Celia – Verve / Universal Music France (1)
6. Mísia – Pura Vida (Banda Sonora) – Galileo Music Communication (9)
7. Oumar Konate – I Love You Inna – Clermont Music (6)
8. Africa Express – Egoli – Africa Express (21)
9. Lajkó Félix & Vołosi – Lajkó Félix & Vołosi – Fonó (32)
10. Refugees for Refugees – Amina – Muziekpublique (5)

11. Minyo Crusaders – Echoes of Japan – Mais Um (3)
12. AKA Trio – Joy – Bendigedig (8)
13. Tuuletar – Rajatila / Borderline – Bafe’s Factory (19)
14. Janusz Prusinowski Kompania – Po Śladach / In the Footsteps – Słuchaj Uchem / Buda Musique (24)
15. Santana – Africa Speaks – Concord (22)
16. Parno Graszt – Már Nem Szédülök / Rolling Back – Fonó (-)
17. Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi – There Is No Other – Nonesuch (38)
18. Yolla Khalife – On the Road – Nagam (14)
19. Oum – Daba – Lof Music / MDC (-)
20. Kronos Quartet, Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat – Placeless – Kirkelig Kulturverksted (10)

21. Dizzy Mandjeku & Alé Kumá – De Palenque à Matongé – Zephyrus (11)
22. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko – Traversées – Ma Case (33)
23. Maja Milinković – Fadolinka – SevenMuses MusicBooks / BHRT Muzička Produkcija (-)
24. Voces del Bullerengue – Anónimas & Resilientes – Chaco World Music (23)
25. Hope Masike – The Exorcism of a Spinster – Riverboat / World Music Network (35)
26. Dhoad Gypsies of Rajasthan – Times of Maharajas – ARC Music (39)
27. Baba Sissoko – Amadran – Homerecords.be (-)
28. Söndörgő – Nyolc 8 Nyolc – SNDRG Music (25)
29. Ateshkhan Yuseinov – Strange Suite – Riverboat / World Music Network (-)
30. The Garifuna Collective – Aban – Stonetree (-)

31. Meszecsinka – Állj bele a Mélybe / Stand into the Deep – CPL-Music (37)
32. Kanazoé Orkestra – Tolonso – Buda Musique (30)
33. Altın Gün – Gece – Glitterbeat (12)
34. Park Jiha – Philos – Tak:til / Glitterbeat (13)
35. Joseph Tawadros – Betrayal of a Sacred Sunflower – Joseph Tawadros (-)
36. Alma Afrobeat Ensemble – Monkey See, Monkey Do – Slow Walk Music (-)
37. Kaumaakonga – Taoba – Wantok Musik (18)
38. Black Flower – Future Flora – Sdban Ultra (34)
39. Vaszi Levente & Vrencsán Anita – Gyimesvölgyi Népzene Kostelekről – Fonó (31)
40. Mariachi Los Camperos – De Ayer para Siempre – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (-)

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Founder members and administrators: Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES)

Current Members: 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 Kuğay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Ponxo Taifa Ángeles (MX), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Cecilia Aguirre (AR/DE), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (NL), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR), Daryana Antipova (RU), Mika Kauhanen (FI), Luisa Piñeros (CO), Toni Pennacchia (US), Husniddin Ato (UZ), Chen Hanzi (CN), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Nigel Wood (IE), Dore Stein (US), Roger Holdsworth (AU), MadanRao (IN), Gil Medovoy (US), Chris Heim (US), Ciro De Rosa (IT), Scott Stevens (US)

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August 2019 Chart

twmc11. Angelique Kidjo – Celia – Verve / Universal Music France (5)


2. Mara Aranda – Sefarad en el Corazón de Turquía – Mara Aranda (3)
3. Minyo Crusaders – Echoes of Japan – Mais Um (2)
4. Cimarrón – Orinoco – Cimarrón Music (21)
5. Refugees for Refugees – Amina – Muziekpublique (7)
6. Oumar Konate – I Love You Inna – Clermont Music (17)
7. Boban Marković Orkestar – Mrak – Fonó (-)
8. AKA Trio – Joy – Bendigedig (1)
9. Mísia – Pura Vida (Banda Sonora) – Galileo Music Communication (13)
10. Kronos Quartet, Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat – Placeless – Kirkelig Kulturverksted (4)

11. Dizzy Mandjeku & Alé Kumá – De Palenque à Matongé – Zephyrus (10)
12. Altın Gün – Gece – Glitterbeat (5)
13. Park Jiha – Philos – Tak:til / Glitterbeat (16)
14. Yolla Khalife – On the Road – Nagam (-)
15. Aziz Sahmaoui & University of Gnawa – Poetic Trance – PIAS (11)
16. Gaiteiros de Lisboa – Bestiário – Uguru (9)
17. Dona Onete – Rebujo – AmpliDiversão / Mais Um (-)
18. Kaumaakonga – Taoba – Wantok Musik (-)
19. Tuuletar – Rajatila / Borderline – Bafe’s Factory (23)
20. The Gloaming – 3 – Real World (8)

21. Africa Express – Egoli – Africa Express (-)
22. Santana – Africa Speaks – Concord (-)
23. Voces del Bullerengue – Anónimas & Resilientes – Chaco World Music (-)
24. Janusz Prusinowski Kompania – Po Śladach / In the Footsteps – Słuchaj Uchem / Buda Musique (-)
25. Söndörgő – Nyolc 8 Nyolc – SNDRG Music (15)
26. Yapunto – Yapunto – Yapunto (18)
27. Zulya – Six Days Loving / Alty Tön Yaratu – Zulya Kamalova (25)
28. Arifa – Secret Poetry – Mundus Productions (26)
29. Tristan Driessens – A Folk Dancer’s Journey – Seyir Muzik (33)
30. Kanazoé Orkestra – Tolonso – Buda Musique (23)

31. Vaszi Levente & Vrencsán Anita – Gyimesvölgyi Népzene Kostelekről – Fonó (-)
32. Lajkó Félix & Vołosi – Lajkó Félix & Vołosi – Fonó (-)
33. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko – Traversées – Ma Case (-)
34. Black Flower – Future Flora – Sdban Ultra (20)
35. Hope Masike – The Exorcism of a Spinster – Riverboat / World Music Network (-)
36. V.A. – Jambú e os Míticos Sons da Amazônia – Analog Africa (-)
37. Meszecsinka – Állj bele a Mélybe / Stand into the Deep – CPL-Music (-)
38. Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi – There Is No Other – Nonesuch (-)
39. Dhoad Gypsies of Rajasthan – Times of Maharajas – ARC Music (27)
40. Alim Qasimov and Michel Godard – Awakening – Buda Musique (7)

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Founder members and administrators: Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES)

Current Members: 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 Kuğay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Ponxo Taifa Ángeles (MX), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Cecilia Aguirre (AR/DE), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (NL), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR), Daryana Antipova (RU), Mika Kauhanen (FI), Luisa Piñeros (CO), Toni Pennacchia (US), Husniddin Ato (UZ), Chen Hanzi (CN), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Nigel Wood (IE), Dore Stein (US), Roger Holdsworth (AU), MadanRao (IN), Gil Medovoy (US), Chris Heim (US), Ciro De Rosa (IT) 

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July 2019 Chart

twmc11. AKA Trio – Joy – Bendigedig (4)


2. Minyo Crusaders – Echoes of Japan – Mais Um (1)
3. Mara Aranda – Sefarad en el corazón de Turquía – Mara Aranda (13)
4. Kronos Quartet, Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat – Placeless – Kirkelig Kulturverksted (2)
5. Angelique Kidjo – Celia – Verve / Universal Music France (22)
6. Altın Gün – Gece – Glitterbeat (5)
7. Refugees for Refugees – Amina – Muziekpublique (3)
8. The Gloaming – 3 – Real World (10)
9. Gaiteiros de Lisboa – Bestiário – Uguru (18)
10. Dizzy Mandjeku & Alé Kumá – De Palenque à Matongé – Zephyrus (35)

11. Aziz Sahmaoui & University of Gnawa – Poetic Trance – PIAS (11)
12. Vassvik – Gákti – Heilo / Grappa Musikkforlag (26)
13. Mísia – Pura Vida (Banda Sonora) – Galileo Music Communication (-)
14. Las Hermanas Caronni – Santa Plástica – Les Grands Fleuves (8)
15. Söndörgő – Nyolc 8 Nyolc – SNDRG Music (17)
16. Park Jiha – Philos – Tak:til / Glitterbeat (-)
17. Oumar Konate – I Love You Inna – Clermont Music (-)
18. Yapunto – Yapunto – Yapunto (32)
19. Alim Qasimov and Michel Godard – Awakening – Buda Musique (7)
20. Black Flower – Future Flora – Sdban Ultra (20)

21. Cimarrón – Orinoco – Cimarrón Music (-)
22. Massa Dembele – Alumaye – Izniz (37)
23. Tuuletar – Rajatila / Borderline – Bafe’s Factory (-)
24. Moenje – Klarvær – Kirkelig Kulturverksted (-)
25. Zulya – Six Days Loving / Alty Tön Yaratu – Zulya Kamalova (15)
26. Arifa – Secret Poetry – Mundus Productions (34)
27. Dhoad Gypsies of Rajasthan – Times of Maharajas – ARC Music (-)
28. Waed Bouhassoun – Safar: Les Âmes Retrouvées – Buda Musique (9)
29. Our Native Daughters – Songs of Our Native Daughters – Smithsonian Folkways (19)
30. Dobranotch – Merčedes Kolo – CPL-Music (16)

31. Kongo Dia Ntotila – 360° – Pussyfoot (27)
32. Kanazoé Orkestra – Tolonso – Buda Musique (23)
33. Tristan Driessens – A Folk Dancer’s Journey – Seyir Muzik (-)
34. Garden Quartet – Garden Quartet – Bleeemo Music (-)
35. Flook – Ancora – Flatfish (-)
36. Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek – Kar Yağar – Les Disques Bongo Joe (-)
37. Min Hye-sung & Gyun Eun-kyung – Pansori: Sugyeong-Nangja-Ga / Le Dit de Demoiselle Sugyeong – Buda Musique
38. Kel Assouf – Black Tenere – Glitterbeat (21)
39. Áššu – Áššu – Bafe’s Factory (24)
40. Szászcsávás Band – 6 – Fonó (-)

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Founder members and administrators: Araceli Tzigane (ES), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Ángel Romero (US)

Current Members: 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 Kuğay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Ponxo Taifa Ángeles (MX), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Cecilia Aguirre (AR/DE), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (NL), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR), Daryana Antipova (RU), Mika Kauhanen (FI), Luisa Piñeros (CO), Toni Pennacchia (US), Husniddin Ato (UZ), Chen Hanzi (CN), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Nigel Wood (IE), Dore Stein (US), Roger Holdsworth (AU), MadanRao (IN), Gil Medovoy (US), Chris Heim (US) 

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June 2019 Chart

twmc11. Minyo Crusaders – Echoes of Japan – Mais Um (6)


2. Kronos Quartet, Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat – Placeless – Kirkelig Kulturverksted (2)
3. Refugees for Refugees – Amina – Muziekpublique (1)
4. AKA Trio – Joy – Bendigedig (9)
5. Altın Gün – Gece – Glitterbeat (19)
6. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba – Miri – Outhere (4)
7. Alim Qasimov and Michel Godard – Awakening – Buda Musique (5)
8. Las Hermanas Caronni – Santa Plástica – Les Grands Fleuves (8)
9. Waed Bouhassoun – Safar: Les Âmes Retrouvées – Buda Musique (3)
10. The Gloaming – 3 – Real World (7)

11. Aziz Sahmaoui & University of Gnawa – Poetic Trance – PIAS (22)
12. Ifriqiyya Électrique – Laylet el Booree – Glitterbeat (13)
13. Mara Aranda – Sefarad en el corazón de Turquía – Mara Aranda (-)
14. Le Vent du Nord – Territoires – Borealis (29)
15. Zulya – Six Days Loving / Alty Tön Yaratu – Zulya Kamalova (-)
16. Dobranotch – Merčedes Kolo – CPL-Music (25)
17. Söndörgő – Nyolc 8 Nyolc – SNDRG Music (16)
18. Gaiteiros de Lisboa – Bestiário – Uguru (-)
19. Our Native Daughters – Songs of Our Native Daughters – Smithsonian Folkways (24)
20. Black Flower – Future Flora – Sdban Ultra (35)

21. Kel Assouf – Black Tenere – Glitterbeat (10)
22. Angelique Kidjo – Celia – Verve / Universal Music France (-)
23. Kanazoé Orkestra – Tolonso – Buda Musique (17)
24. Áššu – Áššu – Bafe’s Factory (34)
25. Hama Sankare – Niafunke – Clermont Music (28)
26. Vassvik – Gákti – Heilo / Grappa Musikkforlag (-)
27. Kongo Dia Ntotila – 360° – Pussyfoot (-)
28. Equus – Tailwind Home – Equus (33)
29. Coşkun Karademir Quartet – Öz / Essence – Kalan (20)

30. Natu Camara – Dimedi – Natuwenta Productions / Natu Camara (-)
31. Leyla McCalla – The Capitalist Blues – Jazz Village / PIAS (11)
32. Yapunto – Yapunto – Yapunto (-)
33. Oratnitza – Alter Ethno – Fusion Embassy (15)
34. Arifa – Secret Poetry – Mundus Productions (-)
35. Dizzy Mandjeku & Alé Kumá – De Palenque à Matongé – Zephyrus (-)
36. Rachele Andrioli & Rocco Nigro – Maletiempu – Dodicilune (30)
37. Massa Dembele – Alumaye – Izniz (-)
38. Khonyagaran Mehr Orchestra – Under Siege – Pardis Records Inc. Canada (-)
39. Rupa & the April Fishes – Growing Upward – Electric Gumbo Radio Music (37)
40. Tartit – Amankor / The Exile – Riverboat / World Music Network (26)

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Founder members and administrators: Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES),

Current Members: 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 Kuğay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Ponxo Taifa Ángeles (MX), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Cecilia Aguirre (AR/DE), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (NL), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR), Daryana Antipova (RU), Mika Kauhanen (FI), Luisa Piñeros (CO), Toni Pennacchia (US), Husniddin Ato (UZ), Chen Hanzi (CN), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Nigel Wood (IE), Dore Stein (US), Roger Holdsworth (AU), MadanRao (IN), Gil Medovoy (US)

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May 2019 Chart

twmc11. Refugees for Refugees – Amina – Muziekpublique (6)


2. Kronos Quartet, Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat – Placeless – Kirkelig Kulturverksted (1)
3. Waed Bouhassoun – Safar: Les Âmes Retrouvées – Buda Musique (4)
4. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba – Miri – Outhere (2)
5. Alim Qasimov and Michel Godard – Awakening – Buda Musique (14)
6. Minyo Crusaders – Echoes of Japan – Mais Um (-)
7. The Gloaming – 3 – Real World (21)
8. Las Hermanas Caronni – Santa Plástica – Les Grands Fleuves (16)
9. AKA Trio – Joy – Bendigedig (-)
10. Kel Assouf – Black Tenere – Glitterbeat (7)

11. Leyla McCalla – The Capitalist Blues – Jazz Village / PIAS (9)
12. Le Trio Joubran – The Long March – Cooking Vinyl (3)
13. Ifriqiyya Électrique – Laylet el Booree – Glitterbeat ()
14. Urna Chahar-Tugchi featuring Kroke – Ser – Urna Chahar-Tugchi / UCT (11)
15. Oratnitza – Alter Ethno – Fusion Embassy (12)
16. Söndörgő – Nyolc 8 Nyolc – SNDRG Music (-)
17. Kanazoé Orkestra – Tolonso – Buda Musique (-)
18. Adir Jan – Leyla – Trikont / BGST (20)
19. Altın Gün – Gece – Glitterbeat (-)
20. Coşkun Karademir Quartet – Öz / Essence – Kalan (39)

21. Olcay Bayır – Rüya: Dream for Anatolia – ARC Music (15)
22. Aziz Sahmaoui & University of Gnawa – Poetic Trance – PIAS (-)
23. Xiomara Fortuna – Son Verdad – Ileakwa Producciones (18)
24. Our Native Daughters – Songs of Our Native Daughters – Smithsonian Folkways (23)
25. Dobranotch – Merčedes Kolo – CPL-Music (-)
26. Tartit – Amankor / The Exile – Riverboat / World Music Network (5)
27. Mary Ann Kennedy – Glaschu: Hometown Love Song – ARC Music (-)
28. Hama Sankare – Niafunke – Clermont Music (30)
29. Le Vent du Nord – Territoires – Borealis (-)
30. Rachele Andrioli & Rocco Nigro – Maletiempu – Dodicilune (-)

31. Lau – Midnight and Closedown – Reveal (-)
32. Rodopi Ensemble – Thraki: Thrace, the Paths of Dionysus – ARC Music (22)
33. Equus – Tailwind Home – Equus (-)
34. Áššu – Áššu – Bafe’s Factory (-)
35. Black Flower – Future Flora – Sdban Ultra (-)
36. Umut Adan – Bahar – Riverboat / World Music Network (33)
37. Rupa & the April Fishes – Growing Upward – Electric Gumbo Radio Music (-)
38. Yann-Fañch Kemener – Roudennoù / Traces – Buda Musique (31)
39. Alfredo Rodríguez & Pedrito Martínez – Duologue – Mack Avenue (19)
40. Dhafer Youssef – Sounds of Mirrors – Anteprima (10)

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Founder members and administrators: Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES)

Current Members: 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 Kuğay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Ponxo Taifa Ángeles (MX), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Cecilia Aguirre (AR/DE), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (NL), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR), Daryana Antipova (RU), Mika Kauhanen (FI), Luisa Piñeros (CO), Toni Pennacchia (US), Husniddin Ato (UZ), Chen Hanzi (CN), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Nigel Wood (IE), Dore Stein (US), Roger Holdsworth (AU), Madan Rao (IN)

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Le Festival des 5 Continents

Festival‘s name: Le Festival des 5 Continents

Country: Switzerland

Location: Martigny

Start date: 13.06.2019

End date: 16.06.2019

About the festival: The Festival of 5 Continents is a must event in Valais that offers to discover the Musics and Cultures of the world. It gives the public a privileged opportunity to meet, with a focus on musical discoveries from five continents, culinary tastings as well as events promoting the Vivre Ensemble.

April 2019 Chart

twmc11. Kronos Quartet, Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat – Placeless – Kirkelig Kulturverksted (-)


2. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba – Miri – Outhere (2)
3. Le Trio Joubran – The Long March – Cooking Vinyl (1)
4. Waed Bouhassoun – Safar: Les Âmes Retrouvées – Buda Musique (-)
5. Tartit – Amankor / The Exile – Riverboat / World Music Network (8)
6. Refugees for Refugees – Amina – Muziekpublique (-)
7. Kel Assouf – Black Tenere – Glitterbeat (11)
8. Belonoga – Through the Eyes of the Earth – NarRator Records (5)
9. Leyla McCalla – The Capitalist Blues – Jazz Village / PIAS (12)
10. Dhafer Youssef – Sounds of Mirrors – Anteprima (4)

11. Urna Chahar-Tugchi featuring Kroke – Ser – Urna Chahar-Tugchi / UCT (3)
12. Oratnitza – Alter Ethno – Fusion Embassy (14)
13. Vardan Hovanissian & Emre Gültekin – Karin – Muziekpublique (6)
14. Alim Qasimov and Michel Godard – Awakening – Buda Musique (-)
15. Olcay Bayır – Rüya: Dream for Anatolia – ARC Music (-)
16. Las Hermanas Caronni – Santa Plástica – Les Grands Fleuves (-)
17. Salif Keita – Un Autre Blanc – Naïve (9)
18. Xiomara Fortuna – Son Verdad – Ileakwa Producciones (33)
19. Alfredo Rodríguez & Pedrito Martínez – Duologue – Mack Avenue (13)
20. Adir Jan – Leyla – Trikont / BGST (-)

21. The Gloaming – 3 – Real World (-)
22. Rodopi Ensemble – Thraki: Thrace, the Paths of Dionysus – ARC Music (10)
23. Our Native Daughters – Songs of Our Native Daughters – Smithsonian Folkways (-)
24. Ustad Saami – God Is Not a Terrorist – Glitterbeat (37)
25. Duo Bottasso & Simon Sims Longo – Biserta e Altre Storie – Visage Music (31)
26. Janusz Prusinowski Kompania – Po Śladach / In the Footsteps – Słuchaj Uchem / Buda Musique (21)
27. Idan Raichel – And if You Will Come to Me – Cumbancha (22)
28. Sociedade Recreativa – Sociativa – Jarring Effects (24)
29. Afro Celt Sound System – Flight – ECC (27)
30. Hama Sankare – Niafunke – Clermont Music (-)

31. Yann-Fañch Kemener – Roudennoù / Traces – Buda Musique (23)
32. Madalitso Band – Wasalala – Les Disques Bongo Joe (-)
33. Umut Adan – Bahar – Riverboat / World Music Network (25)
34. Ukandanz – Yeketelale – Buda Musique (7)
35. Bokanté + Metropole Orkest – What Heat – Real World (35)
36. Kitka – Evening Star – Diaphonica (35)
37. Mimmo Epifani – Putiferio – Finisterre (15)
38. Star Band de Dakar – Psicodelia Afro-Cubana de Senegal – Ostinato (26)
39. Coşkun Karademir Quartet – Öz / Essence – Kalan (-)
40. DjeuhDjoah & Lieutenant Nicholson – Aimez ces Airs – Hot Casa (-)

 

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Founder members and administrators: Araceli Tzigane (ES), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Ángel Romero (US),

Current Members: 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 Kuğay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Ponxo Taifa Ángeles (MX), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Cecilia Aguirre (AR/DE), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (NL), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR), Daryana Antipova (RU), Mika Kauhanen (FI), Luisa Piñeros (CO), Toni Pennacchia (US), Husniddin Ato (UZ), Chen Hanzi (CN), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Nigel Wood (IE), Dore Stein (US), Roger Holdsworth (AU)

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March 2019 Chart

twmc11. Le Trio Joubran – The Long March – Cooking Vinyl (5)


2. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba – Miri – Outhere (1)
3. Urna Chahar-Tugchi featuring Kroke – Ser – Urna Chahar-Tugchi / UCT (4)
4. Dhafer Youssef – Sounds of Mirrors – Anteprima (3)
5. Belonoga – Through the Eyes of the Earth – NarRator Records (8)
6. Vardan Hovanissian & Emre Gültekin – Karin – Muziekpublique (2)
7. Ukandanz – Yeketelale – Buda Musique (7)
8. Tartit – Amankor / The Exile – Riverboat / World Music Network (13)
9. Salif Keita – Un Autre Blanc – Naïve (6)
10. Rodopi Ensemble – Thraki: Thrace, the Paths of Dionysus – ARC Music (16)

11. Kel Assouf – Black Tenere – Glitterbeat (-)
12. Leyla McCalla – The Capitalist Blues – Jazz Village / PIAS (-)
13. Alfredo Rodríguez & Pedrito Martínez – Duologue – Mack Avenue (19)
14. Oratnitza – Alter Ethno – Fusion Embassy (20)
15. Kitka – Evening Star – Diaphonica (25)
16. Debashish Bhattacharya, Hubert Zemler & Wojtek Traczyk – Joy!Guru – Unzipped Fly (11)
17. Kelly Thoma – Ama Kopasoun oi Kairoi (As the Winds Die Down) – Kelly Thoma (17)
18. Moonlight Benjamin – Siltane – Ma Case (9)
19. Ali Hassan Kuban – From Nubia to Cairo – Piranha (14)
20. Shooglenifty & Dhun Dhora – Written in Water – Shoogle (20)

21. Janusz Prusinowski Kompania – Po Śladach / In the Footsteps – Słuchaj Uchem / Buda Musique (17)
22. Idan Raichel – And if You Will Come to Me – Cumbancha (29)
23. Yann-Fañch Kemener – Roudennoù / Traces – Buda Musique (-)
24. Sociedade Recreativa – Sociativa – Jarring Effects (-)
25. Umut Adan – Bahar – Riverboat / World Music Network (-)
26. Mimmo Epifani – Putiferio – Finisterre (40)
27. Afro Celt Sound System – Flight – ECC (12)
28. Manou Gallo – Afro Groove Queen – Contre-Jour (22)
29. Gaye Su Akyol – İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir – Glitterbeat (10)
30. Rocky Dawuni – Beats of Zion – Aquarian (-)

31. Duo Bottasso & Simon Sims Longo – Biserta e Altre Storie – Visage Music (-)
32. Lucilla Galeazzi, Didier Laloy, Ialma, Carlo Rizzo, Maarten Decombel – Alegria e Libertà – Homerecords.be (-)
33. Xiomara Fortuna – Son Verdad – Ileakwa Producciones (-)
34. Magos – Forgatós – Fonó ()
35. Bokanté + Metropole Orkest – What Heat – Real World (34)
36. Tristan Driessens & Robbe Kieckens – Blue Silence – Homerecords.be (-)
37. Ustad Saami – God Is Not a Terrorist – Glitterbeat Records (-)
38. Damily – Valimbilo – Les Disques Bongo Joe (21)
39. SANS – Kulku – Cloud Valley (24)
40. Tautumeitas – Tautumeitas – CPL-Music (28)

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Founder members and administrators: Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES)

Current Members: 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 Kuğay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Ponxo Taifa Ángeles (MX), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Cecilia Aguirre (AR/DE), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (NL), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR), Daryana Antipova (RU), Mika Kauhanen (FI), Luisa Piñeros (CO), Toni Pennacchia (US), Husniddin Ato (UZ), Chen Hanzi (CN), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Nigel Wood (IE), Dore Stein (US)

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February 2019 Chart

twmc11. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba – Miri – Outhere
 (-↑)


2. Vardan Hovanissian & Emre Gültekin – Karin – Muziekpublique (1↓)
3. Dhafer Youssef – Sounds of Mirrors – Anteprima (4↑)
4. Urna Chahar-Tugchi featuring Kroke – Ser – Urna Chahar-Tugchi / UCT (7↑)
5. Le Trio Joubran – The Long March – Cooking Vinyl (37↑)
6. Salif Keita – Un Autre Blanc – Naïve (17↑)
7. Ukandanz – Yeketelale – Buda Musique (8↑)
8. Belonoga – Through the Eyes of the Earth – NarRator Records (-↑)
9. Moonlight Benjamin – Siltane – Ma Case (6↓)
10. Gaye Su Akyol – İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir – Glitterbeat (2↓)

11. Debashish Bhattacharya, Hubert Zemler & Wojtek Traczyk – Joy!Guru – Unzipped Fly (30↑)
12. Afro Celt Sound System – Flight – ECC (3↓)
13. Tartit – Amankor / The Exile – Riverboat / World Music Network  (-↑)
14. Ali Hassan Kuban – From Nubia to Cairo – Piranha
 (28↑)
15. Shooglenifty & Dhun Dhora – Written in Water – Shoogle
 (20↑)
16. Rodopi Ensemble – Thraki: Thrace, the Paths of Dionysus – ARC Music
 (13↓)
17. Janusz Prusinowski Kompania – Po Śladach / In the Footsteps – Słuchaj Uchem / Buda Musique (-↑)
18. Kelly Thoma – Ama Kopasoun oi Kairoi (As the Winds Die Down) – Kelly Thoma (-↑)
19. Alfredo Rodríguez & Pedrito Martínez – Duologue – Mack Avenue (-↑)
20. Oratnitza – Alter Ethno – Fusion Embassy (16↓)

21. Damily – Valimbilo – Les Disques Bongo Joe
 (12↓)
22. Manou Gallo – Afro Groove Queen – Contre-Jour (22=)
23. Moulay Ahmed El Hassani – Atlas Electric – Hive Mind (23=)
24. SANS – Kulku – Cloud Valley (5↓)
25. Kitka – Evening Star – Diaphonica (-↑)
26. V.A. – Nostalgique Porto Rico: Plenas, guarachas, boléros et chansons jíbaras, 1940–1960 – Buda Musique (15↓)
27. Abdesselam Damoussi and Nour Eddine – Jedba: Spiritual Music from Morocco – ARC Music (35↑)
28. Tautumeitas – Tautumeitas – CPL-Music (27↓)
29. Idan Raichel – And if You Will Come to Me – Cumbancha (-↑)
30. V.A. – Nostalgique Kongo: Rumbas Lingala, Swahili, Kikongo & Douala 1950-1960 – Buda Musique (-↑)

31. Vigüela – A Tiempo Real – ARC Music (9↓)
32. Astrakan Project – Inês – Astrakan Project (-↑)
33. Lemma – Lemma – Buda Musique (18↓)
34. Bokanté + Metropole Orkest – What Heat – Real World (11↓)
35. At Adau – Oba – At Adau (-↑)
36. Danças Ocultas – Dentro desse Mar – Danças Ocultas (14↓)
37. BandAdriatica – Odissea – Finisterre (32↓)
38. Subhasis Bhattacharya – Tablananda – Riverboat / World Music Network (-↑)
39. Amira Kheir – Mystic Dance – Sterns Musi (19↓)
40. Mimmo Epifani – Putiferio – Finisterre (-↑)

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Founder members and administrators: Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES)

Current Members: 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 Kuğay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Ponxo Taifa Ángeles (MX), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Cecilia Aguirre (AR/DE), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (NL), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR), Daryana Antipova (RU), Mika Kauhanen (FI), Luisa Piñeros (CO), Toni Pennacchia (US), Husniddin Ato (UZ), Chen Hanzi (CN), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Nigel Wood (IE)

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TWMC Festival Awards: 2018 results

TWMC Festival Awards: 1st edition results

Best Festival Award: 1st. (in a tie):

WOMADelaide & Jeonju Int’l Sori Festival

•    Best Newcomer Festival Award:

•    Best Small/Medium Festival Award: 

•    Best Large Festival Award: 

•    Global top 10:

1.    (In a tie): Jeonju Int’l Sori Festival & WOMADelaide
3.    World Music Festival Bratislava
4.    Fira Mediterrània de Manresa
5.    Ethnoport Poznan
6.    Urkult
7.    Cordas World Music Festival
8.    Rainforest World Music Festival
9.    Førdefestivalen
10.  Lowell Folk Festival

TWMC received a total of 24 applications, of which 20 were evaluated. We were unable to find a reviewer for 4 of the festivals. We have identified one of our aspects to improve for the second edition and we’ll do our best to evaluate all the applicants in the second edition, for which the application is already open in our website.

For the first edition, the assessment was made mainly by our own panelists. 2 independent evaluators collaborated specifically on this role. In total, 15 evaluators have participated in this first edition.

The results show the high level of many of the applicants in the criteria and the distance between them is really small. In order to recognise the superb quality of many of the applicants, we’ve decide to publish the top 3 in the different categories, as well as the global top 10.

The Transglobal World Music Chart Festival Awards were launched as part of our goal to increase the appreciation of the music from the cultures of the world, as a tool for the development of people in many areas of life, as well as for joy and pleasure. Find here the procedure, criteria and application form to start the procedure.

Aside from highlighting the value of the winners in the four categories, congratulating the two festivals tied in the 1st position for their excellence, we want to praise several festivals beyond the concerts program: Urkult, as a superb inspiring example in many of the criteria (Festival-goer experience, Logistics, Environmental responsibility and Social responsibility); Ethnoport Poznan’s program beyond the concerts, with “Listen to the world”, workshops, cinema, activities for children, active support for activist humanitarian organisations… merit the attention by itself; World Music Festival Bratislava that is carefully shaping the image of the music landscape of their country for the rest of the world; Cordas World Music Festival, an authentic challenge by reason of its location, that provides thrilling experiences added to the music relish; Fira Mediterrània de Manresa, boosting the local scene as well as providing unique experiences for the public; Rainforest World Music Festival’s huge vision for gathering the strengths to create such an immersive event; Førdefestivalen’s understanding of diversity in all of its meanings; and Lowell Folk’s explorer approach and highlighting traditions from across the US and around the world trusting in many unknown artists.

Thank you all, teams of the applicant festivals, and thanks to the evaluators. Application for the 2nd edition is open.

Categories:
• Best Festival
• Best Small/Medium Festival Award
• Best Large Festival Award
• Best Newcomer Festival Award
Criteria:
• Profound diversity
• Opportunities for lesser known artists
• Communication
• Festivalgoer experience
• Logistic
• Environmental responsibility
• Social responsibility