January 2018 Chart

1. 3MA: Ballaké Sissoko, Driss El Maloumi, Rajery
Anarouz
Six Degrees (7↗)

2. Boubacar Traoré – Dounia Tabolo – Lusafrica (1↘)
3. Efrén López, Stelios Petrakis, Bijan Chemirani – Taos – Buda Musique (5↗)
4. Saz’iso – At Least Wave Your Handkerchief at Me: The Joys and Sorrows of Southern Albanian Song – Glitterbeat (3↘)
5. Kapela Maliszów – Wiejski Dżez – Unzipped Fly (10↗)
6. BKO – Mali Foli Coura – Buda Musique (9↗)
7. Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet – Ladilikan – World Circuit (2↘)
8. Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino – Canzoniere – Ponderosa Music (4↘)
9. Anouar Brahem – Blue Maqams – ECM (8↘)
10. Maya Youssef – Syrian Dreams – Harmonia Mundi (18↗)

11. WoWaKin – Kraj za Miastem – WoWaKin (36↗)
12. Saeid Shanbehzadeh – Pour-Afrigha – Buda Musique (6↘)
13. Júlio Pereira – Praça do Comércio – Tradisom (27↗)
14. Ross Daly & Kelly Thoma – Lunar – Labyrinth (11↘)
15. Raúl Rodríguez – La Raíz Eléctrica – Fol Música (20↗)
16. Lankum – Between the Earth and Sky – Rough Trade (22↗)
17. TootArd – Laissez Passer – Glitterbeat (-↗)
18. Jivan Gasparyan Duduk Ensemble – Yeraz – Buda Musique (12↘)
19. Khalid Kouhen & Marylène Ingremeau – Sillage – Ouï-Dire / UVM (14↘)
20. Mista Savona – Mista Savona Presents: Havana Meets Kingston – Baco Records / VP Records (33↗)

21. Irka Mateo y la Tirindanga – Vamo a Gozá – Irka Mateo (-↗)
22. Sofía Rei featuring Marc Ribot – El Gavilán: Tributo a Violeta Parra – Cascabelera (24↗)
23. Mahsa Vahdat & Coşkun Karademir – Endless Path – Kirkelig Kulturverksted (26↗)
24. Son Palenque – Kutu Prieta pa Saranguiá – Palenque Records (-↗)
25. Imamyar Hasanov & Pezhham Akhavass – Then – Rahgozar Haft Eghlim (-↗)
26. The Grasslands Ensemble & Daniel Ho – Between the Sky & Prairie – Wind Music (25↘)
27. Balkan Airs feat. Otros Aires – Otros Aires presents Balkan Airs – Galileo Music (-↗)
28. Lee Gowoon – LeeGowoon’s First Piece – Joeun Music (-↗)
29. Bao Sissoko, Mola Sylla & Wouter Vandenabeele – Tamala – Muziekpublique (40↗)
30. Kyab Yul-Sa – Résonance d’Exil(s) / Exile Vibration – Plaza Mayor Company (-↗)

31. Struny nad Oslavou – Struny nad Oslavou / Strings Over the Oslava River – Indies Scope (-↗)
32. Orchestre Les Mangelepa – Last Band Standing – Strut (28↘)
33. Cardo-Roxo – Volto Já – Cardo-Roxo (39↗)
34. Gili Yalo – Gili Yalo – Dead Sea (-↗)
35. Gaiteiros de Lisboa – A História – Uguru (-↗)
36. Seyir Trio – Seyir Trio – Seyir Muzik (-↗)
37. Miroca Paris – D’Alma – Miroca Paris Production (-↗)
38. Las Áñez – Al Aire – Festina Lente (-↗)
39. Baraka Moon – Wind Horse – Baraka Moon (17↘)
40. Stratman – Borders of Paradise – Stratman / Ankh Productions (-↗)

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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), Mika Kauhanen (FI).