February 2019 Chart

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


2. Vardan Hovanissian & Emre GültekinKarin – Muziekpublique (1↓)
3. Dhafer YoussefSounds of Mirrors – Anteprima (4↑)
4. Urna Chahar-Tugchi featuring KrokeSer – Urna Chahar-Tugchi / UCT (7↑)
5. Le Trio JoubranThe Long March – Cooking Vinyl (37↑)
6. Salif KeitaUn Autre Blanc – Naïve (17↑)
7. UkandanzYeketelale – Buda Musique (8↑)
8. BelonogaThrough the Eyes of the Earth – NarRator Records (-↑)
9. Moonlight BenjaminSiltane – Ma Case (6↓)
10. Gaye Su Akyolİstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir – Glitterbeat (2↓)

11. Debashish Bhattacharya, Hubert Zemler & Wojtek TraczykJoy!Guru – Unzipped Fly (30↑)
12. Afro Celt Sound SystemFlight – ECC (3↓)
13. TartitAmankor / The Exile – Riverboat / World Music Network  (-↑)
14. Ali Hassan KubanFrom Nubia to Cairo – Piranha
 (28↑)
15. Shooglenifty & Dhun DhoraWritten in Water – Shoogle
 (20↑)
16. Rodopi EnsembleThraki: Thrace, the Paths of Dionysus – ARC Music
 (13↓)
17. Janusz Prusinowski KompaniaPo Śladach / In the Footsteps – Słuchaj Uchem / Buda Musique (-↑)
18. Kelly ThomaAma Kopasoun oi Kairoi (As the Winds Die Down) – Kelly Thoma (-↑)
19. Alfredo Rodríguez & Pedrito MartínezDuologue – Mack Avenue (-↑)
20. OratnitzaAlter Ethno – Fusion Embassy (16↓)

21. DamilyValimbilo – Les Disques Bongo Joe
 (12↓)
22. Manou GalloAfro Groove Queen – Contre-Jour (22=)
23. Moulay Ahmed El HassaniAtlas Electric – Hive Mind (23=)
24. SANSKulku – Cloud Valley (5↓)
25. KitkaEvening Star – Diaphonica (-↑)
26. V.A. – Nostalgique Porto Rico: Plenas, guarachas, boléros et chansons jíbaras, 1940–1960 – Buda Musique (15↓)
27. Abdesselam Damoussi and Nour EddineJedba: Spiritual Music from Morocco – ARC Music (35↑)
28. TautumeitasTautumeitas – CPL-Music (27↓)
29. Idan RaichelAnd if You Will Come to Me – Cumbancha (-↑)
30. V.A. – Nostalgique Kongo: Rumbas Lingala, Swahili, Kikongo & Douala 1950-1960 – Buda Musique (-↑)

31. VigüelaA Tiempo Real – ARC Music (9↓)
32. Astrakan ProjectInês – Astrakan Project (-↑)
33. LemmaLemma – Buda Musique (18↓)
34. Bokanté + Metropole OrkestWhat Heat – Real World (11↓)
35. At AdauOba – At Adau (-↑)
36. Danças OcultasDentro desse Mar – Danças Ocultas (14↓)
37. BandAdriaticaOdissea – Finisterre (32↓)
38. Subhasis BhattacharyaTablananda – Riverboat / World Music Network (-↑)
39. Amira KheirMystic Dance – Sterns Musi (19↓)
40. Mimmo EpifaniPutiferio – 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

January 2019 Chart

twmc11. Vardan Hovanissian & Emre Gültekin – Karin – Muziekpublique (29↑)


2. Gaye Su Akyolİstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir – Glitterbeat (3↑)
3. Afro Celt Sound SystemFlight – ECC (1↓)
4. Dhafer YoussefSounds of Mirrors – Anteprima (-↑)
5. SANSKulku – Cloud Valley (2↓)
6. Moonlight BenjaminSiltane – Ma Case (10↑)
7. Urna Chahar-Tugchi featuring KrokeSer – Urna Chahar-Tugchi / UCT (-↑)
8. UkandanzYeketelale – Buda Musique (-↑)
9. VigüelaA Tiempo Real – ARC Music (6↓)
10. Bixiga 70Quebra-Cabeça – Glitterbeat (4↓)

11. Bokanté + Metropole OrkestWhat Heat – Real World (8↓)
12. DamilyValimbilo – Les Disques Bongo Joe (5↓)
13. Rodopi EnsembleThraki: Thrace, the Paths of Dionysus – ARC Music (-↑)
14. Danças OcultasDentro desse Mar – Danças Ocultas (11↓)
15. V.A. – Nostalgique Porto Rico: Plenas, guarachas, boléros et chansons jíbaras, 1940-1960 – Buda Musique (-↑)
16. OratnitzaAlter Ethno – Fusion Embassy (-↑)
17. Salif KeitaUn Autre Blanc – Naïve (-↑)
18. LemmaLemma – Buda Musique (12↓)
19. Amira KheirMystic Dance – Sterns Music (21↑)
20. Shooglenifty & Dhun DhoraWritten in Water – Shoogle (-↑)

21. Dawda JobartehI Met Her by the River – Sterns Music (16↓)
22. Manou GalloAfro Groove Queen – Contre-Jour (37↑)
23. Moulay Ahmed El HassaniAtlas Electric – Hive Mind (-↑)
24. Domna SamiouMusic from Greece – Caprice (27↑)
25. Small Island Big SongSmall Island Big Song – Small Island Big Song (15↓)
26. Doctor NativoGuatemaya – Stonetree (7↓)
27. TautumeitasTautumeitas – CPL-Music (17↓)
28. Ali Hassan KubanFrom Nubia to Cairo – Piranha (-↑)
29. MinyeshuDaa Dee – ARC Music (13↓)
30. Debashish Bhattacharya, Hubert Zemler & Wojtek TraczykJoy!Guru – Unzipped Fly (-↑)

31. Sofiane Saidi & MazaldaEl Ndjoum – Airfono (14↓)
32. BandAdriaticaOdissea – Finisterre (30↓)
33. TakulaTakula – XA Music (24↓)
34. Dur-Dur BandDur-Dur of Somalia: Volume 1, Volume 2 & Previously Unreleased Tracks – Analog Africa (9↓)
35. Abdesselam Damoussi and Nour EddineJedba: Spiritual Music from Morocco – ARC Music (-↑)
36. Dobranotch20 Years – CPL-Music (31↓)
37. Le Trio JoubranThe Long March – Cooking Vinyl (-↑)
38. DelgresMo Jodi – Jazz Village (28↓)
39. Winston Mcanuff & FixiBig Brothers – Chapter Two / Wagram (22↓)
40. Catarina dos SantosRádio Kriola – ARC Music (24↓)

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

Current Members: 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 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).

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Urkult

Festival’s name: Urkult

Country: Sweden

Location: Näsåker

Start date: 1995-08-03

End date: 2017-08-05

Comments:
The first weekend in August, the fire will be lit next to Nämforsen when the folk and world music festival Urkult will be launched annually since 1995. A festival with endless love where the whole family can enjoy themselves.

The Urkult Festival is beautifully located next to Nämforsen in Näsåker, Sollefteå municipality. Here visitors come to enjoy music, dance, joy and love in addition to the landscape.

Etnosur


Festival’s name: ETNOSUR

Country: Spain

Location: Alcalá la Real (Jaén)

Start date: 2018-07-20

End date: 2018-07-22

Comments:
Etnosur is a multicultural festival that has been celebrated for more than twenty years in Alcalá la Real (Jaén) during the month of July. It is characterized by hosting a program of activities totally free and for all ages that includes music, literature, forum, workshops, gastronomy, movies…

BU Global Music Festival

Festival’s name: BU Global Music Festival

Country: United States

Location: Boston

Start date: Friday, October 5, 2018

End date: Saturday, October 6, 2018

Comments:
The BU Global Music Festival is a free, annual celebration of world music, featuring more than a dozen international and local musicians.

BU Global Music Festival Goals:
• Celebrate and enhance BU‘s Global Identity
• Celebrate the music and culture of immigrant communities in the greater Boston area
• Educate our students and the general community about world music and culture
• Build community and good will between BU and the greater Boston region
• Welcome a broad cross-section of community members to BU
• Present high-quality global music and engaging performances to the region for free

Jeonju Int’l Sori Festival

Festival’s name: Jeonju Int’l Sori Festival

Country: South Korea

Location: Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do

Start date: 3/October/2018

End date: 7/October/2018

Comments: Korea’s main event for traditional music and, since 2011, world music. In 2012, 2013, and 2014, Songlines listed Jeonju Sori Festival among the World’s Best 25 International Festivals, the only Asian festival in the list.

Fira Mediterrània de Manresa

Festival’s name: Fira Mediterrània de Manresa

Country: Spain

Location: Manresa

Start date: 04/10/2018

End date: 07/10/2018

Comments:
Fira Mediterrània de Manresa is a performing arts fair rooted in Mediterranean tradition. It has two main areas of focus: popular culture (based on elements that include the transfer of heritage, the crossover between contemporary creation and traditional regional culture, participation and the increase of the social foundations of culture) and world music and folk (traditional or contemporary music that is connected to its local region, with special emphasis on the Mediterranean).

It has been held every year since 1998 and has become a setting for exchange professionals that sell and buy productions.

Best of 2018

BEST ALBUM OF 2018
Monsieur DoumaniAngathin – Monsieur Doumani

BEST OF NORTH AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST 2018
Monsieur DoumaniAngathin – Monsieur Doumani

BEST TRANSREGIONAL ALBUM 2018
Catrin Finch & Seckou KeitaSoar – Bendigedig

BEST OF SUBSAHARAN AFRICA 2018
Fatoumata DiawaraFenfo – Montuno / Shanachie / Wagram

BEST OF EUROPE 2018
El NaánLa Danza de las Semillas – El Naán

BEST OF ASIA (CENTRAL & EAST) & PACIFIC 2018
Anandi BhattacharyaJoys Abound – Riverboat / World Music Network

BEST OF NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN 2018
Grupo Mono Blanco¡Fandango! Sones Jarochos de Veracruz – Smithsonian Folkways

BEST OF SOUTH AMERICA 2018
Son Palenque Kutu Prieta pa Saranguiá – Palenque

BEST COMPILATION 2018
V.A. – Chikhates & Chioukhs de l’Aïta: Anthologie – Atlas Azawan

TWMC 2018 TOP 100

TWMC BEST OF 20181. Monsieur DoumaniAngathin – Monsieur Doumani
2. Catrin Finch & Seckou KeitaSoar – Bendigedig
3. Fatoumata DiawaraFenfo – Montuno / Shanachie / Wagram
4. El NaánLa Danza de las Semillas – El Naán
5. Ammar 808Maghreb United – Glitterbeat
6. Gabacho MarocTawassol – 10h10 / Cristal
7. The TurbansThe Turbans – Six Degrees
8. SANS – Kulku – Cloud Valley
9. Vigüela A Tiempo Real – ARC Music
10. Samba TouréWande – Glitterbeat

11. Boubacar TraoréDounia Tabolo – Lusafrica
12. 3MA: Ballaké Sissoko, Driss El Maloumi, Rajery – Anarouz – Six Degrees
13. Toko TeloDiavola – Anio
14. Koum TaraKoum Tara – Odradek
15. TootArdLaissez Passer – Glitterbeat
16. Dobet GnahoréMiziki – LA Café
17. Nancy VieiraManhã Florida – Lusafrica
18. Djénéba & FouscoKayeba Khasso – Lusafrica
19. Samurai AccordionTe – Visage Music
20. Shadi Fathi & Bijan ChemiraniDelâshena – Buda Musique

21. Anandi BhattacharyaJoys Abound – Riverboat / World Music Network
22. Arat Kilo, Mamani Keïta, Mike LaddVisions of Selam – Accords Croisés
23. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80Black Times – Srtrut
24. Grupo Mono Blanco¡Fandango! Sones Jarochos de Veracruz – Smithsonian Folkways
25. Son Palenque Kutu Prieta pa Saranguiá – Palenque
26. BombinoDeran – Partisan
27. Amsterdam Klezmer Band & SöndörgőSzikra – Vetnasj
28. Efrén López, Stelios Petrakis, Bijan ChemiraniTaos – Buda Musique
29. Júlio PereiraPraça do Comércio – Tradisom
30. Maya YoussefSyrian Dreams – Harmonia Mundi

31. SoljuOđđa Áigodat – Bafe’s Factory
32. Malagasy Guitar MastersVolo Hazo – Buda Musique
33. Baul Meets SazNamaz – Seyir Muzik
34. Elena LeddaLàntias – S’Ard Music
35. Sara TavaresFitxadu – Sony Music Portugal
36. Bixiga 70Quebra-Cabeça – Glitterbeat
37. Gaye Su Akyolİstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir – Glitterbeat
38. Angelique KidjoRemain in Light – Kravenworks
39. Femi KutiOne People One World – Knitting Factory
40. MinyeshuDaa Dee – ARC Music

41. Hermeto PascoalHermeto Pascoal e sua Visão Original do Forró – Scubidu
42. Gaiteiros de LisboaA História – Uguru
43. Saz’isoAt Least Wave Your Handkerchief at Me: The Joys and Sorrows of Southern Albanian Song – Glitterbeat
44. Omar Sosa & NDR BigbandEs:Sensual – Otá
45. Kapela MaliszówWiejski Dżez – Unzipped Fly
46. BKOMali Foli Coura – Buda Musique
47. Chancha Vía CircuitoBienaventuranza – Wonderwheel
48. Okra PlaygroundÄäneni Yli Vesien – Nordic Notes
49. Eva Salina & Peter StanSudbina: A portrait of Vida Pavlović – Vogiton
50. Marta GómezLa Alegría y el Canto – Aluna

51. Sonido Gallo NegroMambo Cósmico – Glitterbeat
52. Trio Da Kali and Kronos QuartetLadilikan – World Circuit
53. Gili YaloGili Yalo – Dead Sea
54. Bokanté + Metropole OrkestWhat Heat – Real World
55. Anouar Brahem Blue Maqams – ECM
56. Rahim AlHaj TrioOne Sky – Smithsonian Folkways
57. Invisible SystemBamako Sessions – Riverboat / World Music Network
58. Afro Celt Sound SystemFlight – ECC Records
59. Eliades Ochoa & Alejandro AlmenaresDos Gigantes de la Música Cubana Tumi
60. Sopa de PedraAo Longe Já Se Ouvia – Sopa de Pedra

61. 47SoulBalfron Promise – Cooking Vinyl
62. Dur-Dur BandDur-Dur of Somalia: Volume 1, Volume 2 & Previously Unreleased Tracks – Analog Africa
63. Don KipperSeven Sisters – Riverboat / World Music Network
64. WoWaKinKraj za Miastem – WoWaKin
65. Yossi Fine & Ben AylonBlue Desert – Blue Desert
66. DamilyValimbilo – Les Disques Bongo Joe
67. Yiddish GloryThe Lost Songs of World War II – Six Degrees
68. V.A. – Chikhates & Chioukhs de l’Aïta: Anthologie – Atlas Azawan
69. Riccardo Tesi & BanditalianaArgento – Visage
70. Red BaraatSound the People – Rhyme & Reason

71. Doctor NativoGuatemaya – Stonetree
72. Stella ChiwesheKasahwa: Early Singles – Glitterbeat
73. Goran BregovićThree Letters from Sarajevo, Opus 1 – Decca / Wrasse
74. Small Island Big SongSmall Island Big Song – Small Island Big Song
75. IndialuciaAcatao – CM
76. Canzoniere Grecanico SalentinoCanzoniere – Ponderosa Music
77. Brenda NavarreteMi Mundo – Alma
78. Cemîl Qoçgîrî & Manuel LohnesBêdawîtî – Ahenk Müzik
79. Cimbalom BrothersTestvériség / Brotherhood – Fonó Budai Zeneház
80. Ross Daly & Kelly ThomaLunar – Labyrinth

81. V.A. – Listen All Around: The Golden Age of Central & East African Music – Dust-to-Digital
82. Moonlight BenjaminSiltane – Ma Case
83. Orquesta AkokánOrquesta Akokán – Daptone
84. Park JihaCommunion – tak:til / Glitterbeat
85. Enza Pagliara & Dario MuciMarea – Nauna Cantieri Musicali
86. SvängSväng Plays Tango – Galileo Music
87. V.A. – I’m Not Here to Hunt Rabbits – Piranha
88. Mercedes PeónDéixaas – Mercedes Peón / Altafonte
89. Opium MoonOpium Moon – Be Why Music
90. Mehmet PolatAgeless Garden – Aftab

91. Amélia Muge & Michales LoukovikasArchipelagos-Passagens – AM-ML
92. OkonkoloCantos – Big Crown
93. Toto Bona LokuaBondeko – Nø Førmat!
94. Barcelona Gipsy balKan OrchestraAvo Kanto – Satélite K
95. Bao Sissoko, Mola Sylla & Wouter VandenabeeleTamala – Muziekpublique
96. Catarina dos SantosRádio Kriola – ARC Music
97. Guy One#1 – Philophon
98. Saeid ShanbehzadehPour-Afrigha – Buda Musique
99. BriganRua San Giacomo – Marocco Music
100. DirtmusicBu Bir Ruya – Glitterbeat

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

Current Members: 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 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)

December 2018 Chart


twmc11. Afro Celt Sound System
Flight
ECC (11↑)


2. SANSKulku – Cloud Valley (1↓)
3. Gaye Su Akyolİstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir – Glitterbeat (4↑)
4. Bixiga 70Quebra-Cabeça – Glitterbeat (3↓)
5. DamilyValimbilo – Les Disques Bongo Joe (7↑)
6. VigüelaA Tiempo Real – ARC Music (2↓)
7. Doctor NativoGuatemaya – Stonetree (10↑)
8. Bokanté + Metropole OrkestWhat Heat – Real World (5↓)
9. Dur-Dur BandDur-Dur of Somalia: Volume 1, Volume 2 & Previously Unreleased Tracks – Analog Africa (9=)
10. Moonlight BenjaminSiltane – Ma Case (19↑)

11. Danças OcultasDentro desse Mar – Danças Ocultas (20↑)
12. LemmaLemma – Buda Musique (15↑)
13. MinyeshuDaa Dee – ARC Music (6↓)
14. Sofiane Saidi & MazaldaEl Ndjoum – Airfono (27↑)
15. Small Island Big SongSmall Island Big Song – Small Island Big Song (22↑)
16. Dawda JobartehI Met Her by the River – Sterns Music (17↑)
17. TautumeitasTautumeitas – CPL-Music (18↑)
18. Cimbalom BrothersTestvériség / Brotherhood – Fonó Budai Zeneház (13↓)
19. Stella Chiweshe Kasahwa: Early Singles – Glitterbeat (16↓)
20. Catarina dos SantosRádio Kriola – ARC Music (24↑)

21. Amira KheirMystic Dance – Sterns Music (31↑)
22. Winston Mcanuff & FixiBig Brothers – Chapter Two / Wagram (-↑)
23. Moulay Ahmed El HassaniAtlas Electric – Hive Mind (-↑)
24. TakulaTakula – XA Music (-↑)
25. DelgresMo Jodi – Jazz Village (28↑)
26. The TurbansThe Turbans – Six Degrees (25↓)
27. Domna SamiouMusic from Greece – Caprice  (-↑)
28. Harouna SamakeKamale Blues – One World (32↑)
29. Vardan Hovanissian & Emre GültekinKarin – Muziekpublique (-↑)

30. BandAdriaticaOdissea – Finisterre (35↑)
31. Dobranotch20 Years – CPL-Music (-↑)
32. Sekou BahSoukabbè Mali – Clermont Music (21↓)
33. KalàscimaK – Ponderosa Music & Art (-↑)
34. Vivalda DulaDula – Vivalda Dula Music (-↑)
35. OkonkoloCantos – Big Crown (26↓)
36. Ann O’aroAnn O’aro – Cobalt / Buda Musique (30↓)
37. Manou GalloAfro Groove Queen – Contre-Jour (-↑)
38. Ammar 808Maghreb United – Glitterbeat (12↓)
39. Moussu T e lei JoventsOpérette Volume 2 – Manivette (38↓)
40. Marta GómezLa Alegría y el Canto – Aluna (34↓)

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