BEST ALBUM OF 2017
Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet – Ladilikan – World Circuit
BEST TRANSREGIONAL ALBUM 2017
Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet – Ladilikan – World Circuit
BEST OF SUBSAHARAN AFRICA 2017
Orchestra Baobab – Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng – World Circuit
BEST OF NORTH AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST 2017
Bargou 08 – Targ – Glitterbeat
BEST OF EUROPE 2017
Mara Aranda – Sefarad en el Corazón de Marruecos – Mara Aranda
BEST OF NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN 2017
Daymé Arocena – Cubafonía – Brownswood
BEST OF SOUTH AMERICA 2017
Magín Díaz – El Orisha de la Rosa – Noname
BEST OF OCEANIA 2017
George Telek, David Bridie & Musicians of the Gunantuna – A Bit Na Ta – Wantok Musik
BEST OF CENTRAL & EAST ASIA 2017
V.A. – Une Anthologie du Khöömii Mongol – Routes Nomades / Buda Musique
BEST COMPILATION 2017
V.A. – The Photographs of Charles Duvelle: Disques Ocora and Collection Prophet – Sublime Frequencies
TWMC 2017 TOP 100
1. Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet – Ladilikan – World Circuit
2. Orchestra Baobab – Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng – World Circuit
3. Oumou Sangaré – Mogoya – Nø Førmat!
4. Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita – Transparent Water – Otá / World Village
5. Bonga – Recados de Fora – Lusafrica
6. Bargou 08 – Targ – Glitterbeat
7. Toko Telo – Toy Raha Toy – Anio
8. Danyèl Waro – Monmon – Cobalt / Buda Musique
9. Mara Aranda – Sefarad en el Corazón de Marruecos – Mara Aranda
10. Cemîl Qoçgîrî – Zalâl – Ahenk Müzik
11. Daymé Arocena – Cubafonía – Brownswood
12. Sabîl – Zabad, l’Écume des Nuits / Zabad, Twilight Tide – Harmonia Mundi
13. Mokoomba – Luyando – Outhere
14. Amira Medunjanin – Damar – World Village
15. Magín Díaz – El Orisha de la Rosa – Noname
16. Jupiter & Okwess – Kin Sonic – Zamora / Glitterbeat
17. Yasmine Hamdan – Al Jamilat – Crammed Discs
18. Tamikrest – Kidal – Glitterbeat
19. Bokanté – Strange Circles – GroundUp
20. L’Orchestre Afrisa International – Melanie – Colomotion
21. Aurelio – Darandi – Real World
22. Dimitris Mystakidis – Amerika – Fishbowl
23. Lo’Jo – Fonetiq Flowers – World Village
24. Tinariwen – Elwan – Wedge
25. Voxtra – The Encounter of Vocal Heritage – Muziekpublique
26. Les Amazones d’Afrique – République Amazone – Real World
27. Vieux Farka Touré – Samba – Six Degrees
28. Roberto Fonseca – ABUC – Impulse!
29. Frigg – Frost on Fiddles – Frigg
30. Rahim Alhaj – Letters from Iraq – Smithsonian Folkways
31. Saeid Shanbehzadeh – Pour-Afrigha – Buda Musique
32. Amine & Hamza, The Band Beyond Borders – Fertile Paradoxes – ARC Music
33. Saz’iso – At Least Wave Your Handkerchief at Me: The Joys and Sorrows of Southern Albanian Song – Glitterbeat
34. Ifriqiyya Électrique – Rûwâhîne – Glitterbeat
35. Gaye Su Akyol – Hologram İmparatorluğu – Glitterbeat
36. Kanazoé Orkestra – Miriya – Buda Musique
37. Dhafer Youssef – Diwan of Beauty and Odd – Okeh
38. Meïkhaneh – La Silencieuse – Buda Musique
39. Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina – Glitterbeat
40. Mariem Hassan – La Voz Indómita (del Sáhara Occidental) – Nubenegra
41. Ghalia Benali & Mâäk – MwSoul – W.E.R.F
42. Lila Downs – Salón, Lagrimas y Deseo – Sony
43. The Klezmatics – Apikorsim / Heretics – World Village
44. Trio Tekke & Dave De Rose – Zivo – Trio Tekke
45. Songhoy Blues – Résistance – Transgressive / Fat Possum
46. Serendou – Zinder – Hirustica
47. Omar Faruk Tekbilek – Love Is my Religion – Alif
48. George Telek, David Bridie & Musicians of the Gunantuna – A Bit Na Ta – Wantok Musik
49. Tribalistas – Tribalistas – Phonomotor
50. Abou Diarra – Koya – Mix et Métisse
51. Girma Bèyènè & Akalé Wubé – Éthiopiques 30: Mistakes on Purpose – Buda Musique
52. Elida Almeida – Djunta Kudjer – Lusafrica
53. Black Flower – Artifacts – Sdban Ultra
54. Trad.Attack! – Kullakarva / Shimmer Gold – Trad.Attack! Music
55. The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc – Deliverance – The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc
56. Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino – Canzoniere – Ponderosa Music
57. Frank London – Glass House Orchestra: Astro-Hungarian Jewish Music – Piranha
58. King Ayisoba – 1000 Can Die – Glitterbeat
59. Kazut de Tyr – Jorjuna – Hirustica
60. Baba Zula – XX – Glitterbeat
61. Kefaya – Radio International – Radio International
62. Quantic & Nidia Góngora – Curao – Tru Thoughts
63. Tony Allen – The Source – Blue Note
64. Katarína Máliková – Pustvopol – Slnko
65. Gwyneth Glyn – Tro – Bendigedig
66. Griselda Sanderson & Ricardo de Noronha – Veer – Waulk
67. Dona Onete – Banzeiro – Mais Um Discos
68. Çiğdem Aslan – A Thousand Cranes – Asphalt Tango
69. Melech Mechaya – Aurora – Felmay
70. V.A. – The Photographs of Charles Duvelle: Disques Ocora and Collection Prophet – Sublime Frequencies
71. Martha Mavroidi – I Klosti kai to Veloni / Thread and Needle – Violins Productions
72. Rhiannon Giddens – Freedom Highway – Nonesuch
73. Boubacar Traoré – Dounia Tabolo – Lusafrica
74. The Nile Project – Jinja – Zambaleta
75. Ethio Stars | Tukul Band featuring Mulatu Astatke – Addis 1988 – Piranha
76. Carmen Souza – Creology – Galileo Music
77. V.A. – Zaire 74: The African Artists – Wrasse
78. Maria Kalaniemi & Eero Grundström – Svalan – Åkerö
79. Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano – Heritage – Qwest
80. Monoswezi – A Je – Riverboat
81. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko – Jardins Migrateurs – Ma Case
82. Moh! Kouyaté – Fe Koti – Foli Son Production
83. Lula Pena – Archivo Pittoresco – Crammed Discs
84. Ulaş Özdemir – Traces of Âşik – Buda Musique
85. Anouar Brahem – Blue Maqams – ECM
86. Makan Badjé Tounkara – Daba – Buda Musique
87. Khalid Kouhen & Marylène Ingremeau – Sillage – Ouï-Dire / UVM
88. V.A. – Une Anthologie du Khöömii Mongol – Routes Nomades / Buda Musique
89. Rafiki Jazz – Har Dam Sahara – Riverboat
90. Zampogneria – Fiumerapido – Finisterre
91. Alsarah & The Nubatones – Manara – Wonderwheel
92. V.A. – Abatwa (The Pygmy): Why Did We Stop Growing Tall? – Glitterbeat
93. Emel – Ensen – Partisan
94. Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna – Rey Loj – Petit Indie
95. Piccola Orchestra Gagarin – Vostok – Whatabout Music
96. Tété Alhinho – Mornas ao Piano – Trem Azul
97. Efrén López, Stelios Petrakis, Bijan Chemirani – Taos – Buda Musique
98. Baraka Moon – Wind Horse – Baraka Moon
99. Hamilton de Holanda Quinteto – Casa de Bituca: The Music of Milton Nascimento – Biscoito Fino
100. Young Iranian Female Voices – Songs in the Mist – Kirkelig Kulturverksted
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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), Daryana Antipova (RU), Mika Kauhanen (FI).
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