December 2016 Chart

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1. Bonga – Recados de Fora – Lusafrica (17)
2. Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina – Glitterbeat Records (1)
3. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko – Jardins Migrateurs – Ma Case (2)
4. Çigdem Aslan – A Thounsand Cranes – Asphalt Tango (19)
5. Alsarah & The Nubatones – Manara – Wonderwheel Recordings (28)
6. Abou Diarra – Koya – Mix et Métisse (12)
7. Kayhan Kalhor, Aynur, Cemîl Qoçgirî & Salman Gambarov – Hawniyaz – Harmonia Mundi (3)
8. V.A. – Urgent Jumping!: East African Musiki wa Dansi Classics – Sterns Africa (9)
9. Roberto Fonseca – ABUC – Impulse! (-)
10. Harold López-Nussa – El Viaje – Mack Avenue Records (18)

11. Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano – Heritage – Qwest Records (6)
12. Barcelona Gipsy balKan Orchestra – Del Ebro al Danubio – Satélite K (13)
13. Dawda Jobarteh – Transitional Times – Sterns Africa (23)
14. Voxtra – The Encounter of Vocal Heritage – Muziekpublique (-)
15. Jean-Guihen Queyras, Bijan Chemirani, Keyvan Chemirani & Sokratis Sinopoulos – Thrace: Sunday Morning Sessions – Harmonia Mundi (11)
16. Trebunie Tutki & Quintet Urmuli – Duch Gór: The Spirit of the Mountains – Unzipped Fly Records (-)
17. Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis – Nyn – Riverboat Records (11)
18. Mariem Hassan – La Voz Indómita (del Sáhara Occidental) – Nubenegra (-)
19. Gaye Su Akyol – Hologram İmparatorluğu – Glitterbeat Records (-)
20. Orkesta Mendoza – ¡Vamos a Guarachar! – Glitterbeat Records (15)

21. Bitori – Legend of Funaná: The Forbidden Music of the Cape Verde Islands – Analog Africa (16)
22. Tuuletar – Tules Maas Vedes Taivaal – Bafe’s Factory (10)
23. Refugees For Refugees – Amerli – Muziekpublique (8)
24. Moussu T e lei Jovents – Navega! – Manivette / World Village (21)
25. Terrakota – Oxalá – Terrakota (22)
26. Kepa Junkera & Sorginak – Maletak – Fol Música (20)
27. Khmer Rouge Survivors – They Will Kill You, if You Cry – Glitterbeat Records (5)
28. Tanga – Madagascar: Le Trésor des Ancêtres – Buda Musique (7)
29. Acid Arab – Musique de France – Crammed Discs (38)
30. Gasper Nali – Abale Ndikuwuzeni – Spare Dog Records (-)

31. ba.fnu & Yann-Fañch Kemener – YFK~2016 – ba.fnu & Yann-Fañch Kemener (-)
32. Okra Playground – Turmio – Nordic Notes (-)
33. Paolo Fresu & Omar Sosa – Eros – Otá Records (-)
34. Jitka Šuranská Trio – Divé Husy – Indies Scope (25)
35. Mû Mbana – Iñén – WhatAbout Music (-)
36. Metá Metá – MM3 – Jazz Village (26)
37. Vieux Kanté – The Young Man’s Harp – Sterns Africa (14)
38. George Telek, David Bridie & Musicians of the Gunantuna – A Bit Na Ta – Wantok Musik (-)
39. Calypso Rose – Far from Home – Because Music (24)
40. Black String – Mask Dance – ACT Music (-)

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).