October 2016 Chart

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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).