2021 inductees into the Transglobal World Music Hall of Fame

Much appreciation to the extraordinary legacy of the In Memoriam inductees and congratulations to the individuals and organizations in the Artist and Industry and Media Excellence categories. Special thanks to all the judges involved and the people who sent us proposals.

 ARTISTS

The Artists category honors solo and ensemble living artists who have achieved lifelong artistic and technical quality or historical significance in the field of world music.

Caetano Veloso

Susana Baca

Fatoumata Diawara

Janusz Prusinowski

Ry Cooder

INDUSTRY AND MEDIA EXCELLENCE

Industry and Media Excellence celebrates influential music industry and media individuals and organizations who have provided increased visibility and recognition to world music and its multiple subgenres.

Birgit Ellinghaus

WOMAD/Real World/Peter Gabriel

WOMEX

IN MEMORIAM

In Memoriam includes posthumous inductions that honor historically inventive and influential artists or industry professionals who passed away in previous years or decades.

Ali Farka Touré

Ravi Shankar

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Alan Lomax

Violeta Parra

TWMC Hall of Fame 2021 Judges

The 3 TWMC administrators, Juan Antonio Vázquez, Ángel Romero Ruiz and Araceli Tzigane have participated as judges in all of the categories. There have been other 4 judges in each of the categories.

  • Artist Judges: Juan Antonio Vázquez, Ángel Romero, Araceli Tzigane, Alexis Herrería, Alejandro López García, Ciro De Rosa, Zekeriya S. Sen.
  • Industry and Media Excellence Judges: Ángel Romero, Araceli Tzigane, Juan Antonio Vázquez, Petra Hradilová, Derek Andrews, Sonya Mazumdar, Brahim El Mazned.
  • In Memoriam Judges: Araceli Tzigane, Juan Antonio Vázquez,  Ángel Romero, Kutay Kugay, Jordi García, Wilhelm Klopottek, Chris Heim.

Pictures’ credits:

  • Caetano Veloso: user Raphael Figueira in Wikipedia
  • Susana Baca: user Monocityjim in Wikipedia
  • Fatoumata Diawara: user Thesupermat in Wikipedia
  • Janusz Prusinowski: own resources
  • Ry Cooder: user Dani Canto in Wikipedia
  • Birgit Ellinghaus: by Johan Morin from alba Kultur website
  • Logos of WOMAD and of WOMEX, from their websites
  • Ali Farka Touré, public domain, by user Tagles, from Wikipedia
  • Ravi Shankar: user Alexandra Ignatenko, in Wikipedia
  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: unknown photographer, fair use, from Wikipedia
  • Alan Lomax: from his bio in the website of the Library of Congress.