June 2016 Chart

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1. Bombino – Azel – Partisan Records (1=)
2. Lakou Mizik – Wa Di Yo – Cumbancha (6)
3. Aziza Brahim – Abbar el Hamada – Glitterbeat Records (2)
4. 2016: Afro Celt Sound System – The Source – ECC Records (21)
5. Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road Ensemble – Sing Me Home – Sony Masterworks (-)
6. Anoushka Shankar – Land of Gold – Deutsche Grammophon (15)
7. La Banda Morisca – Algarabya – Fol Música (4)
8. Konono Nº1 Meets Batida – Konono Nº1 Meets Batida – Crammed Discs (5)
9. Damir Imamović’s Sevdah Takht – Dvojka – Glitterbeat Records
(12)
10. Fanfare Ciocărlia – Onwards to Mars! – Asphalt Tango Records (7)

11. Elza Soares – The Woman at the End of the World / A Mulher do Fim do Mundo – Mais Um Discos (18)
12. 9Bach – Anian – Real World Records (-)
13. The Gloaming – 2 – Real World Records (8)
14. DagaDana – Meridian 68 – Karrot Kommando (16)
15. Rokia Traoré – Né So – Nonesuch Records (3)
16. Quintet Bumbac – Libre Voyage dans les Musiques des Balkans – Collectif Çok Malko (-)
17. Deolinda – Outra Histórias – Universal Music (-)
18. V.A. – Every Song Has its End: Sonic Dispatches from Traditional Mali – Glitterbeat Records (13)
19. Ana Alcaide – Leyenda – ARC Music (-)
20. M.A.K.U. Soundsystem – Mezcla – Glitterbeat Records (-)

21. Kimi Djabaté – Kanamalu – Red Orange Recordings (38)
22. Stefano Saletti & Banda Ikona – Soundcity – Finisterre (9)
23. Vigüela – Temperamento – ARC Music (32)
24. Las Hermanas Caronni – Navega Mundos – Les Grands Fleuves (14)
25. Mor Karbasi – Ojos de Novia – Alama Records (-)
26. Osei Korankye – Seperewa of Ghana: Ɛmmerɛ nyina nsɛ – Akwaaba Music (31)
27. Alê Kali – Alê Kali – La Reverb’ / Rue Stendhal (-)
28. Djelimady Tounkara – Djely Blues – Label Bleu (-)
29. Sociedade Recreativa – Sociedade Recreativa – La Chaudière Production / Jarring Effects (11)
30. Pedro Soler & Gaspar Claus – Al Viento – InFiné (22)

31. Filippo Gambetta – Otto Baffi – Filippo Gambetta (24)
32. Calypso Rose – Far from Home – Because Music (-)
33. Debo Band – Ere Gobez – FPE Records (-)
34. Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra – Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra – Glitterbeat Records (-)
35. Afenginn – Opus – Tutl / Westpark Music (40)
36. Joseph Tawadros – World Music – Joseph Tawadros (36=)
37. Sidestepper – Supernatural Love – Real World Records (17)
38. Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate – Monistic Theory – Cumbancha (-)
39. Nii Okai Tagoe – West to West – ARC Music (-)
40. Jean-Luc Thomas & Ravichandra Kulur – Magic Flutes – Hirustica (-)

Members of the TWMC panel (June 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).