1. Oumou Sangaré
Mogoya
Nø Førmat! (33↗)

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2. Orchestra Baobab – Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng – World Circuit Records (1↘)
3. Daymé Arocena – Cubafonía – Brownswood Recordings (6↗)
4. Yasmine Hamdan – Al Jamilat – Crammed Discs (10↗)
5. Mokoomba – Luyando – Outhere Records (4↘)
6. Danyèl Waro – Monmon – Cobalt / Buda Musique (11↗)
7. Mara Aranda – Sefarad en el Corazón de Marruecos – Mara Aranda (7=)
8. Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita – Transparent Water – Otá Records / World Village (3↘)
9. Vieux Farka Touré – Samba – Six Degrees Records (27↗)
10. Les Amazones d’Afrique – République Amazone – Real World Records (9↘)

11. Elida Almeida – Djunta Kudjer – Lusafrica (14↗)
12. Tamikrest – Kidal – Glitterbeat Records (5↘)
13. Carmen Souza – Creology – Galileo Music (26↗)
14. Bargou 08 – Targ – Glitterbeat Records (2↘)
15. Serendou – Zinder – Hirustica (15=)
16. Griselda Sanderson & Ricardo de Noronha – Veer – Waulk Records (-↗)
17. Ifriqiyya Électrique – Rûwâhîne – Glitterbeat Records (-↗)
18. Alice Coltrane – The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda – Luaka Bop (-↗)
19. Ulaş Özdemir – Traces of Âşik – Buda Musique (34↗)
20. King Ayisoba – 1000 Can Die – Glitterbeat Records (20=)

21. Amine & Hamza, The Band Beyond Borders – Fertile Paradoxes – ARC Music (7↘)
22. Dhafer Youssef – Diwan of Beauty and Odd – Okeh Records (29↗)
23. Martha Mavroidi – I Klosti kai to Veloni / Thread and Needle – Violins Productions (-↗)
24. Trad.Attack! – Kullakarva / Shimmer Gold – Trad.Attack! Music (-↗)
25. Black Flower – Artifacts – Sdban Ultra (12↘)
26. Dona Onete – Banzeiro – Mais Um Discos (-↗)
27. Jupiter & Okwess – Kin Sonic – Zamora Label (25↘)
28. Zampogneria – Fiumerapido – Finisterre (-↗)
29. Dálava – The Book of Transfigurations – Songlines Recordings (-↗)
30. L’Orchestre Afrisa International – Melanie – Colomotion Records (22↘)

31. Emel – Ensen – Partisan Records (-↗)
32. Kazut de Tyr – Jorjuna – Hirustica (16↘)
33. Tété Alhinho – Mornas ao Piano – Trem Azul (-↗)
34. Divanhana – Live in Mostar – ARC Music (-↗)
35. Afrikän Protoköl – Beyond The Grid – Abozamé Records (35=)
36. Dimitris Mystakidis – Amerika – Fishbowl (-↗)
37. Maria Kalaniemi & Eero Grundström – Svalan – Åkerö (38↗)
38. Tibble Transsibiriska – Duj – Marushka Records (-↗)
39. Katarína Máliková – Pustvopol – Slnko Records (-↗)
40. Rhiannon Giddens – Freedom Highway – Nonesuch Records (23↘)

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Current members of the TWMC panel: Araceli Tzigane (ES), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Ángel Romero (US), 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).

(Position in chart. Artist – Album Title – Label, Publisher… (last month’s position in chart↗↘=)

1. Orchestra Baobab
Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng
World Circuit Records (3↗)

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2. Bargou 08 – Targ – Glitterbeat Records (1↘)
3. Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita – Transparent Water – Otá Records / World Village (2↘)
4. Mokoomba – Luyando – Outhere Records (13↗)
5. Tamikrest – Kidal – Glitterbeat Records (5=)
6. Daymé Arocena – Cubafonía – Brownswood Recordings (15↗)
7. Mara Aranda – Sefarad en el Corazón de Marruecos – Mara Aranda (6↘)
8. Amine & Hamza, The Band Beyond Borders – Fertile Paradoxes – ARC Music (7↘)
9. Les Amazones d’Afrique – République Amazone – Real World Records (10↗)
10. Yasmine Hamdan – Al Jamilat – Crammed Discs (16↗)

11. Danyèl Waro – Monmon – Cobalt / Buda Musique (-↗)
12. Tinariwen – Elwan – Wedge (4↘)
13. Dhafer Youssef – Diwan of Beauty and Odd – Okeh Records (29↗)
14. Elida Almeida – Djunta Kudjer – Lusafrica (35↗)
15. Serendou – Zinder – Hirustica (29↗)
16. Kazut de Tyr – Jorjuna – Hirustica (36↗)
17. Black Flower – Artifacts – Sdban Ultra (32↗)
18. Aurelio – Darandi – Real World Records (17↘)
19. Ethio Stars | Tukul Band featuring Mulatu Astatke – Addis 1988 – Piranha Records (20↗)
20. King Ayisoba – 1000 Can Die – Glitterbeat Records (-↗)

21. The Nile Project – Jinja – Zambaleta (14↘)
22. L’Orchestre Afrisa International – Melanie – Colomotion Records (8↘)
23. Rhiannon Giddens – Freedom Highway – Nonesuch Records (23=)
24. Girma Bèyènè & Akalé Wubé – Éthiopiques 30: Mistakes on Purpose – Buda Musique (18↘)
25. Jupiter & Okwess – Kin Sonic – Zamora Label (-↗)
26. Carmen Souza – Creology – Galileo Music (-↗)
27. Vieux Farka Touré – Samba – Six Degrees Records (-↗)
28. V.A. – Lost in China – Riverboat Records (25↘)
29. Cemîl Qoçgîrî – Zalâl – Ahenk Müzik (11↘)
30. Young Iranian Female Voices – Songs in the Mist – Kirkelig Kulturverksted (34↗)

31. Lula Pena – Archivo Pittoresco – Crammed Discs (21↘)
32. Kanazoé Orkestra – Miriya – Buda Musique (22↘)
33. Oumou Sangaré – Mogoya – Nø Førmat! (-↗)
34. Ulaş Özdemir – Traces of Âşik – Buda Musique (-↗)
35. Afrikän Protoköl – Beyond the Grid – Abozamé Records (-↗)
36. Red Baraat – Bhangra Pirates – Rhyme & Reason Records (-↗)
37. Mamadou Kelly – Politiki – Clermont Music (-↗)
38. Maria Kalaniemi & Eero Grundström – Svalan – Åkerö (-↗)
39. Maës, Martin, Gruel – Feule Caracal – Buda Musique (33↘)
40. Zefiro Torna, Ghalia Benali, Vocalconsort Berlin – The Allegory of Desire: The Song of Songs in Western and Oriental Traditions – Warner Classics (39↘)

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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), Daryana Antipova (RU).

(Position in chart. Artist – Album Title – Label, Publisher… (last month’s position in chart =)

1. Bargou 08 – Targ – Glitterbeat Records  (3↗)

2. Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita – Transparent Water – Otá Records / World Village (1↘)
3. Orchestra Baobab – Tribute To Ndiouga Dieng – World Circuit Records (26↗)
4. Tinariwen – Elwan – Wedge (7↗)
5. Tamikrest – Kidal – Glitterbeat Records (-↗)
6. Mara Aranda – Sefarad en el Corazón de Marruecos – Mara Aranda (-↗)
7. Amine & Hamza, The Band Beyond Borders – Fertile Paradoxes – ARC Music (-↗)
8. L’Orchestre Afrisa International – Melanie – Colomotion Records (6↘)
9. Aurelio – Darandi – Real World Records (8↘)
10. Les Amazones d´Afrique – République Amazone – Real World Records (-↗)

11. Cemîl Qoçgîrî – Zalâl – Ahenk Müzik (2↘)
12. Black Flower – Artifacts – Sdban Ultra (32↗)
13. Mokoomba – Luyando – Outhere Records (-↗)
14. The Nile Project – Jinja – Zambaleta (31↗) 
15. Daymé Arocena – Cubafonía – Brownswood Recordings (-↗)
16. Yasmine Hamdan – Al Jamilat – Crammed Discs (-↗)
17. Kefaya – Radio International – Radio International Recordings (17=)
18. Girma Bèyènè & Akalé Wubé – Éthiopiques 30: Mistakes on Purpose – Buda Musique (14↘)
19. Baba Zula – XX – Glitterbeat Records (10↘) 
20. Ethio Stars | Tukul Band featuring Mulatu Astatke – Addis 1988 – Piranha Records (24↗)

21. Lula Pena – Archivo Pittoresco – Crammed Discs (-↗)
22. Kanazoé Orkestra – Miriya – Buda Musique (9↘)
23. Rhiannon Giddens – Freedom Highway – Nonesuch Records (39↗)
24. Serendou – Zinder – Hirustica (29↗)
25. V.A – Lost in China – Riverboat Records (-↗)
26. Kazut de Tyr – Jorjuna – Hirustica (36↗)
27. Katarína Máliková – Pustvopol – Slnko Records (23↘)
28. La Mambanegra – El Callegüeso y su Mala Maña – Movimientos Records (-↗)
29. Dhafer Youssef – Diwan of Beauty and Odd – Okeh Records (38↗)
30. Mariem Hassan – La Voz Indómita (del Sáhara Occidental) – Nubenegra (16↘)

31. The Klezmatics – Apikorsim / Heretics – World Village (15↘)
32. V.A – Une Anthologie du Khöömii Mongol – Routes Nomades / Buda Musique (25↘)
33. Maës, Martin, Gruel – Feule Caracal – Buda Musique (-↗)
34. Young Iranian Female Voices – Songs in the Mist – Kirkelig Kulturverksted (-↗)
35. Elida Almeida – Djunta Kudjer – Lusafrica (-↗)
36. Bonga – Recados de Fora – Lusafrica (4↘)
37. Roberto Fonseca – ABUC – Impulse! (18↘)
38. Vocal Sampling – Así de Sampling – Zig Zag World (-↗)
39. Zefiro Torna, Ghalia Benali, Vocalconsort Berlin – The Allegory of Desire: The Song of Songs in Western and Oriental Traditions – Warner Classics (-↗)
40. George Telek, David Bridie & Musicians of the Gunantuna – A Bit Na Ta – Wantok Musik (19↘)

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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).

(Position in chart. Artist – Album Title – Label, Publisher… (last month’s position in chart =)

1. Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita – Transparent Water – Otá Records / World Village (16↗)

2. Cemîl Qoçgîrî – Zalâl – Ahenk Müzik (2=)
3. Bargou 08 – Targ – Glitterbeat Records (-↗)
4. Bonga – Recados de Fora – Lusafrica (1↘)
5. Amira Medunjanin – Damar – World Village (3↘)
6. L’Orchestre Afrisa International – Melanie – Colomotion Records (25↗)
7. Tinariwen – Elwan – Wedge (-↗)
8. Aurelio – Darandi – Real World Records (17↗)
9. Kanazoé Orkestra – Miriya – Buda Musique (11↗)
10. Baba Zula – XX – Glitterbeat Records (23↗)

11. Gaye Su Akyol – Hologram İmparatorluğu – Glitterbeat Records (5↘)
12. Voxtra – The Encounter of Vocal Heritage – Muziekpublique (4↘)
13. The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc – Deliverance – The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc (13=)
14. Girma Bèyènè & Akalé Wubé – Éthiopiques 30: Mistakes on Purpose – Buda Musique (39↗)
15. The Klezmatics – Apikorsim / Heretics – World Village (7↘)
16. Mariem Hassan – La Voz Indómita (del Sáhara Occidental) – Nubenegra (10↘)
17. Kefaya – Radio International – Radio International Recordings (27↗)
18. Roberto Fonseca – ABUC – Impulse! (9↘)
19. George Telek, David Bridie & Musicians of the Gunantuna – A Bit Na Ta – Wantok Musik (12↘)
20. Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina – Glitterbeat Records (6↘)

21. Abou Diarra – Koya – Mix et Métisse (8↘)
22. Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna – Rey Loj – Petit Indie (18↘)
23. Katarína Máliková – Pustvopol – Slnko Records (-↗)
24. Ethio Stars | Tukul Band featuring Mulatu Astatke – Addis 1988 – Piranha Records (-↗)
25. V.A – Une Anthologie du Khöömii Mongol – Routes Nomades / Buda Musique (-↗)
26. Orchestra Baobab – Tribute To Ndiouga Dieng – World Circuit Records (-↗)
27. Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha – Näennäinen – Playground Music / Asphalt Tango Records (-↗)
28. Piccola Orchestra Gagarin – Vostok – Whatabout Music (32↗)
29. Serendou – Zinder – Hirustica (-↗)
30. Simon Thacker & Justyna Jablonska – Karmana – Slap the Moon Records (-↗)

31. The Nile Project – Jinja – Zambaleta (-↗)
32. Black Flower – Artifacts – Sdban Ultra (-↗)
33. Inna de Yard ‎- The Soul of Jamaica – Chapter Two Records (-↗)
34. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko – Jardins Migrateurs – Ma Case (15↘)
35. Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano – Heritage – Qwest Records (19↘)
36. Kazut de Tyr – Jorjuna – Hirustica (-↗)
37. Çiğdem Aslan – A Thousand Cranes – Asphalt Tango Records (14↘)
38. Dhafer Youssef – Diwan of Beauty and Odd – Okeh Records (-↗)
39. Rhiannon Giddens – Freedom Highway – Nonesuch Records (-↗)
40. Andrea Pancur – Alpen Klezmer: Zum Meer – Galileo Music (35↘)

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Current members of the TWMC panel: Araceli Tzigane (ES), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Ángel Romero (US), 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).

(Position in chart. Artist – Album Title – Label, Publisher… (last month’s position in chart =)

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1. Bonga – Recados de Fora – Lusafrica (1=)
2. Cemîl Qoçgîrî – Zalâl – Ahenk Müzik (15)
3. Amira Medunjanin – Damar – World Village (4)
4. Voxtra – The Encounter of Vocal Heritage – Muziekpublique
(5)
5. Gaye Su Akyol – Hologram İmparatorluğu – Glitterbeat Records (7)
6. Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina – Glitterbeat Records (2)
7. The Klezmatics – Apikorsim / Heretics – World Village (12)
8. Abou Diarra – Koya – Mix et Métisse (6)
9. Roberto Fonseca – ABUC – Impulse! (3)
10. Mariem Hassan – La Voz Indómita (del Sáhara Occidental) – Nubenegra (10=)
11. Kanazoé Orkestra – Miriya – Buda Musique (34)
12. George Telek, David Bridie & Musicians of the Gunantuna – A Bit Na Ta – Wantok Musik (9)
13. The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc – Deliverance – The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc (39)
14. Çiğdem Aslan – A Thousand Cranes – Asphalt Tango Records (8)
15. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko – Jardins Migrateurs – Ma Case (11)
16. Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita – Transparent Water – Otá Records / World Village (-)
17. Aurelio – Darandi – Real World Records (-)
18. Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna – Rey Loj – Petit Indie (28)
19. Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano – Heritage – Qwest Records (17)
20. Alsarah & The Nubatones – Manara – Wonderwheel Recordings (13)
21. Harold López-Nussa – El Viaje – Mack Avenue Records (21=)
22. Mû Mbana – Iñén – WhatAbout Music (22=)
23. Baba Zula – XX – Glitterbeat Records (-)
24. Black String – Mask Dance – ACT Music (14)
25. L’Orchestre Afrisa International – Melanie – Colomotion Records (-)
26. Young Iranian Female Voices – Songs in the Mist – Kirkelig Kulturverksted (-)
27. Kefaya – Radio International – Radio International Recordings (-)
28. Orkesta Mendoza – ¡Vamos a Guarachar! – Glitterbeat Records (20)
29. Acid Arab – Musique de France – Crammed Discs (19)
30. Teyr – Far From the Tree – Sleight of Hand Records (-)
31. Dawda Jobarteh – Transitional Times – Sterns Africa (16)
32. Piccola Orchestra Gagarin – Vostok – WhatAbout Music (33)
33. The Bongo Hop ‎- Satingarona Pt.1 – Underdog Records (26)
34. Okra Playground – Turmio – Nordic Notes (-)
35. Andrea Pancur – Alpen Klezmer: Zum Meer – Galileo Music (36)
36. Lolo Lovina – RromAntics – Lolo Lovina (23)
37. Wahid – Resonance – Wahid (31)
38. Otros Aires – Perfect Tango – Galileo Music (30)
39. Girma Bèyènè & Akalé Wubé – Éthiopiques 30: Mistakes on Purpose – Buda Musique (-)
40. Kerekes Band – Back to Følk: Music from Følklānd – Kerekes Band (-)

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).

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1. Bonga – Recados de Fora – Lusafrica (1=)
2. Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina – Glitterbeat Records (2=)
3. Roberto Fonseca – ABUC – Impulse! (9)
4. Amira Medunjanin – Damar – World Village (-)
5. Voxtra – The Encounter of Vocal Heritage – Muziekpublique
(14)
6. Abou Diarra – Koya – Mix et Métisse (6=)
7. Gaye Su Akyol – Hologram İmparatorluğu – Glitterbeat Records (19)
8. Çigdem Aslan – A Thounsand Cranes – Asphalt Tango (4)
9. George Telek, David Bridie & Musicians of the Gunantuna – A Bit Na Ta – Wantok Musik (38)
10. Mariem Hassan – La Voz Indómita (del Sáhara Occidental) – Nubenegra (18)
11. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko – Jardins Migrateurs – Ma Case (3)
12. The Klezmatics – Apikorsim / Heretics – World Village (-)
13. Alsarah & The Nubatones – Manara – Wonderwheel Recordings (5)
14. Black String – Mask Dance – ACT Music (40)
15. Cemîl Qoçgîrî – Zalâl – Ahenk Müzik (-)
16. Dawda Jobarteh – Transitional Times – Sterns Africa (13)
17. Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano – Heritage – Qwest Records (11)
18. Trebunie Tutki & Quintet Urmuli – Duch Gór: The Spirit of the Mountains – Unzipped Fly Records (16)
19. Acid Arab – Musique de France – Crammed Discs (29)
20. Orkesta Mendoza – ¡Vamos a Guarachar! – Glitterbeat Records (20=)
21. Harold López-Nussa – El Viaje – Mack Avenue Records (10)
22. Mû Mbana – Iñén – WhatAbout Music (35)
23. Lolo Lovina – RromAntics – Lolo Lovina (-)
24. Barcelona Gipsy balKan Orchestra – Del Ebro al Danubio – Satélite K (12)
25. Gasper Nali – Abale Ndikuwuzeni – Spare Dog Records (30)
26. The Bongo Hop ‎– Satingarona Pt.1 – Underdog Records (-)
27. Raphael Gimenes – Raphael Gimenes & As Montanhas de Som – One World Records (-)
28. Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna – Rey Loj – Petit Indie (-)
29. Terrakota – Oxalá – Terrakota (25)
30. Otros Aires – Perfect Tango – Galileo Music (-)
31. Wahid – Resonance – Wahid (-)
32. V.A. – Urgent Jumping!: East African Musiki wa Dansi Classics – Sterns Africa (9)
33. Piccola Orchestra Gagarin – Vostok – WhatAbout Music (-)
34. Kanazoé Orkestra – Miriya – Buda Musique (-)
35. Paolo Fresu & Omar Sosa – Eros – Otá Records (33)
36. Andrea Pancur – Alpen Klezmer: Zum Meer – Galileo Music (-)
37. Le Tout-Puissant Orchestre Poly-Rythmo – Madjafalao – Because Music (-)
38. Nilamayé – Las Flores del Sol – Buda Musique (-)
39. The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc – Deliverance – The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc (-)
40. Groupa – Kind of Folk: Vol. 1, Sweden – All Ice Music (-)

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).

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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).

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1. Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina – Glitterbeat Records (4)
2. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko – Jardins Migrateurs – Ma Case (5)
3. Kayhan Kalhor, Aynur, Cemîl Qoçgirî & Salman Gambarov – Hawniyaz – Harmonia Mundi (2)
4. Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis – Nyn – Riverboat Records
(1)
5. Khmer Rouge Survivors – They Will Kill You, if You Cry – Glitterbeat Records (3)
6. Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano – Heritage – Qwest Records (7)
7. Tanga – Madagascar: Le Trésor des Ancêtres – Buda Musique (15)
8. Refugees for Refugees – Amerli – Muziekpublique (6)
9. V.A. – Urgent Jumping!: East African Musiki wa Dansi Classics – Sterns Africa (21)
10. Tuuletar – Tules Maas Vedes Taivaal – Bafe’s Factory (10=)

11. Jean-Guihen Queyras, Bijan Chemirani, Keyvan Chemirani & Sokratis Sinopoulos – Thrace: Sunday Morning Sessions – Harmonia Mundi (17)
12. Abou Diarra – Koya – Mix et Métisse (-)
13. Barcelona Gipsy balKan Orchestra – Del Ebro al Danubio – Satélite K (-)
14. Vieux Kanté – The Young Man’s Harp – Sterns Africa (13)
15. Orkesta Mendoza – ¡Vamos a Guarachar! – Glitterbeat Records (-)
16. Bitori – Legend of Funaná: The Forbidden Music of the Cape Verde Islands – Analog Africa (12)
17. Bonga – Recados de Fora – Lusafrica (-)
18. Harold López-Nussa – El Viaje – Mack Avenue Records (14)
19. Çiğdem Aslan – A Thousand Cranes – Asphalt Tango Records (-)
20. Kepa Junkera & Sorginak – Maletak – Fol Música (11)

21. Moussu T e lei Jovents  – Navega!  – Manivette / World Village (-)
22. Terrakota – Oxalá – Terrakota (-)
23. Dawda Jobarteh – Transitional Times – Sterns Africa (-)
24. Calypso Rose – Far from Home – Because Music (8)
25. Jitka Šuranská Trio – Divé Husy – Indies Scope (27)
26. Metá Metá – MM3 – Jazz Village (23)
27. Ana Alcaide – Leyenda – ARC Music (9)
28. Alsarah & The Nubatones – Manara – Wonderwheel Recordings (-)
29. Constantinople – Passages – Buda Musique (38)
30. Söndörgő – Live Wires – Riverboat Records (18)

31. Waed Bouhassoun – La Voix de la Passion – Buda Musique (26)
32. Bashka – Fihi Ma Fihi – Orient Records (29)
33. Zomba Prison Project – I Will Not Stop Singing – Six Degrees Records (19)
34. Fungistanbul – Phenology – Hits on Air Music (31)
35. Kolektif İstanbul – Pastırma Yazı – Ada Müzik (-)
36. Quique Sinesi – Cuchichiandos: Legizamón x Sinesi, Vol. II – Sura Music (-)
37. Quintet Bumbac – Libre Voyage dans les Musiques des Balkans – Collectif Çok Malko (28)
38. Acid Arab – Musique de France – Crammed Discs (-)
39. Mabiisi – Mabiisi – Akwaaba Music (16)
40. Bossacucanova – The Best of Bossacucanova – Six Degrees Records (32)

Members of the TWMC panel (November 2016 vote): 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).

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1. Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis – Nyn – Riverboat Records (3)
2. Kayhan Kalhor, Aynur, Cemîl Qoçgirî & Salman Gambarov – Hawniyaz – Harmonia Mundi (2=)
3. Khmer Rouge Survivors – They Will Kill You, if You Cry – Glitterbeat Records (5)
4. Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina – Glitterbeat Records (-)
5. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko – Jardins Migrateurs – Ma Case (7)
6. Refugees for Refugees – Amerli – Muziekpublique (1)
7. Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano – Heritage – Qwest Records (11)
8. Calypso Rose – Far from Home – Because Music (8=)
9. Ana Alcaide – Leyenda – ARC Music (4)
10. Tuuletar – Tules Maas Vedes Taivaal – Bafe’s Factory (14)

11. Kepa Junkera & Sorginak – Maletak – Fol Música (6)
12. Bitori – Legend of Funaná: The Forbidden Music of the Cape Verde Islands – Analog Africa (-)
13. Vieux Kanté – The Young Man’s Harp – Sterns Africa (21)
14. Harold López-Nussa – El Viaje – Mack Avenue Records (-)
15. Tanga – Madagascar: Le Trésor des Ancêtres – Buda Musique (-)
16. Mabiisi – Mabiisi – Akwaaba Music (10)
17. Jean-Guihen Queyras, Bijan Chemirani, Keyvan Chemirani & Sokratis Sinopoulos – Thrace: Sunday Morning Sessions – Harmonia Mundi (24)
18. Söndörgő – Live Wires – Riverboat Records (27)
19. Zomba Prison Project – I Will Not Stop Singing – Six Degrees Records (-)
20. Fanfare Ciocărlia – 20 – Asphalt Tango Records (20=)

21. V.A. – Urgent Jumping!: East African Musiki wa Dansi Classics – Sterns Africa (-)
22. Kimi Djabaté – Kanamalu – Red Orange Recordings (19)
23. Metá Metá – MM3 – Jazz Village (-)
24. Elza Soares – The Woman at the End of the World / A Mulher do Fim do Mundo – Mais Um Discos (12)
25. Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road Ensemble – Sing Me Home – Sony Masterworks (13)
26. Waed Bouhassoun – La Voix de la Passion – Buda Musique (-)
27. Jitka Šuranská Trio – Divé Husy – Indies Scope (-)
28. Quintet Bumbac – Libre Voyage dans les Musiques des Balkans – Collectif Çok Malko (18)
29. Bashka – Fihi Ma Fihi – Orient Records (-)

30. Lakou Mizik – Wa Di Yo – Cumbancha (9)
31. Fungistanbul – Phenology – Hits On Air Music (-)
32. Bossacucanova – The Best of Bossacucanova – Six Degrees Records (26)
33. Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Khan, Ayaan Ali Khan & Elmira Darvarova – Amalgam – Affetto Records
(25)
34. M.A.K.U. Soundsystem – Mezcla – Glitterbeat Records (16)
35. Elektro Hafız – Elektro Hafız – Pharaway Sounds (33)
36. Derek Gripper – Libraries on Fire – New Cape Records (35)
37. La Banda Morisca – Algarabya – Fol Música (37=)
38. Constantinople – Passages – Buda Musique (-)
39. Paolo Fresu & Omar Sosa – Eros – OTA Records (-)
40. Wu Wei & Wang Li – Overtones: Les Saisons Harmoniques – Harmonia Mundi (22)

Members of the TWMC panel (October 2016 vote): Araceli Tzigane (ES), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Ángel Romero (US), 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).

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1. Refugees for Refugees – Amerli – Muziekpublique (1=)
2. Kayhan Kalhor, Aynur, Cemîl Qoçgirî & Salman Gambarov – Hawniyaz – Harmonia Mundi (7)
3. Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis – Nyn – Riverboat Records / World Music Network (21)
4. Ana Alcaide – Leyenda – ARC Music (2)
5. Khmer Rouge Survivors – They Will Kill You, if You Cry – Glitterbeat Records (23)
6. Kepa Junkera & Sorginak – Maletak – Fol Música (10)
7. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko – Jardins Migrateurs – Ma Case (-)
8. Calypso Rose – Far from Home – Because Music (5)
9. Lakou Mizik – Wa Di Yo – Cumbancha (3)
10. Mabiisi – Mabiisi – Akwaaba Music (6)

11. Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano – Heritage – Qwest Records (34)
12. Elza Soares – The Woman at the End of the World / A Mulher do Fim do Mundo – Mais Um Discos (8)
13. Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road Ensemble – Sing Me Home – Sony Masterworks (16)
14. Tuuletar – Tules Maas Vedes Taivaal – Bafe’s Factory (-)
15. 2016: Afro Celt Sound System – The Source – ECC Records (4)
16. M.A.K.U. Soundsystem – Mezcla – Glitterbeat Records (9)
17. Leyla McCalla – A Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey – Jazz Village / Harmonia Mundi (11)
18. Quintet Bumbac – Libre Voyage dans les Musiques des Balkans – Collectif Çok Malko (12)
19. Kimi Djabaté – Kanamalu – Red Orange Recordings (15)
20. Fanfare Ciocărlia – 20 – Asphalt Tango Records (29)

21. Vieux Kanté – The Young Man’s Harp – Sterns Africa (-)
22. Wu Wei & Wang Li – Overtones: Les Saisons Harmoniques – Harmonia Mundi (-)
23. Miramar – Dedication to Sylvia Rexach – Barbès Records (-)
24. Jean-Guihen Queyras, Bijan Chemirani, Keyvan Chemirani & Sokratis Sinopoulos – Thrace: Sunday Morning Sessions – Harmonia Mundi (-)
25. Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Khan, Ayaan Ali Khan & Elmira Darvarova – Amalgam – Affetto Records
(40)
26. Bossacucanova – The Best of Bossacucanova – Six Degrees Records (-)
27. Söndörgő – Live Wires – Riverboat Records / World Music Network (-)
28. Maarja Nuut – Une Meeles – Marina Records (32)
29. Gerardo Núñez & Ulf Wakenius – Logos – ACT Music (14)
30. V.A. – Space Echo: The Mystery Behind the Cosmic Sound of Cabo Verde Finally Revealed – Analog Africa (30=)

31. Anoushka Shankar – Land of Gold – Deutsche Grammophon (17)
32. Aziza Brahim – Abbar el Hamada – Glitterbeat Records (18)
33. Elektro Hafız – Elektro Hafız – Pharaway Sounds (28)
34. Vigüela – Temperamento – ARC Music (22)
35. Derek Gripper – Libraries on Fire – New Cape Records (37)
36. Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra – Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra – Glitterbeat Records (-)
37. La Banda Morisca – Algarabya – Fol Música (27)
38. Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate – Monistic Theory – Cumbancha (20)
39. Mor Karbasi – Ojos de Novia – Alama Records (35)
40. Mi Solar – Tiempo Libre – Galileo Music (-)

Members of the TWMC panel (September 2016 vote): 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).

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