February 2016 Chart

Posted on January 31, 2016November 14, 2020 by admin

1 Baaba Maal – The Traveller – Marathon Artists / Palm Recordings (-)
2 Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express – Junun – Nonesuch Records (8)
3 Čači Vorba – Šatrika – Oriente Musik (11)
4 Lura – Herança – Lusafrica (1)
5 Sidestepper – Supenatural Love – Real World Records (-)
6 Dizu Plaatjies and Friends – Ubuntu-The Common String – Mountain Records (7)
7 Vieux Farka Touré & Julia Easterlin – Touristes – Six Degrees Records (3)
8 Bixiga 70 – III – Glitterbeat Records (9)
9 L’Attirail – La Route Interieure – Les Chantiers Sonores (4)
10 Kreiz Breizh Akademi – 5ed Round – Innacor (6)
11 Sam Lee & Friends – The Fade in Time – The Nest Collective (2)
12 Las Hermanas Caronni – Navega Mundos – Les Grands Fleuves (-)
13 Bareto – Impredecible – World Village (-)
14 Oratnitza – Folktron – Fusion Embassy (12)
15 Michael Messer’s Mitra – Call of the Blues – Knife Edge Records (-)
16 Dimitris Mystakidis – Esperanto – Fishbowl (-)
17 Kandia Kouyaté – Renascence – Sterns Music (5)
18 Sahra Halgan Trio – Faransiskiyo Somalilan – Buda Musique (13)
19 Bayarbaatar Davaasuren – The Art of Mongolian Khöömii (Throat Singing) – ARC Music (-)
20 Zulya and the Children of the Underground – On Love and Science – Zulya and the Children of the Underground (-)

Members of the TWMC panel (February 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), Ian Anderson (GB), Mu Qian (CN), Carlos Ferreira (PT), Dubi Lenz (IL), Anna Rzhevina (RU), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN), João Flávio Lima (BR), Kutay Derin Kugay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Ponxo Taifa Ángeles (MX), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE)

(Position in chart Artist Album Title Label/Publisher (last month’s position in chart =)

January 2016 Chart

Posted on January 1, 2016March 8, 2016 by admin

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1 Lura Herança Lusafrica (6)
2 Sam Lee & Friends The Fade in Time The Nest Collective (3)
3 Vieux Farka Touré & Julia Easterlin Touristes Six Degrees Records (10)
4 L’Attirail La Route Interieure Les Chantiers Sonores (15)
5 Kandia Kouyaté Renascence Stern’s Music (2)
6 Kreiz Breizh Akademi 5ed Round Innacor (-)
7 Dizu Plaatjies and Friends Ubuntu-The Common String Mountain Records (8)
8 Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express Junun Nonesuch Records (-)
9 Bixiga 70 III Glitterbeat Records (1)
10 Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal Musique de Nuit Nø Førmat! / Six Degrees Records (11)
11 Čači Vorba Šatrika Oriente Musik (20)
12 Oratnitza Folktron Fusion Embassy (-)
13 Sahra Halgan Trio Faransiskiyo Somaliland Buda Musique (-)
14 Polyversal Souls Invisible Joy Philophon (-)
15 Lemon Bucket Orkestra Moorka Lemon Bucket Orkestra (-)
16 Carles Dénia i La Nova Rimaire L’Home Insomne Comboi Records (4)
17 Griselda Sanderson Radial Waulk Records (17=)
18 Te Vaka Amataga Warm Earth Records (16)
19 Zohar Fresco Tof Miriam Zohar Fresco (18)
20 V.A. Lost in Mali Riverboat / World Music Network (5)

Members of the TWMC panel (January 2016 vote): Araceli Tzigane (ES), Ángel Romero (US), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Patrik Lindgren (SE), 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), Jaïr Tchong (NL), 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), Ian Anderson (GB), Mu Qian (CN), Carlos Ferreira (PT), Dubi Lenz (IL), Anna Rzhevina(RU), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN), João Flávio Lima (BR), Kutay Derin Kugay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK)

(Position in chart Artist Album Title Label/Publisher (last month’s position in chart =)

Best of 2015 Chart

Posted on December 7, 2015December 30, 2015 by admin

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Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba – Ba Power – Glitterbeat Records
Sam Lee & Friends – The Fade in Time – The Nest Collective
Bixiga 70 – III – Glitterbeat Records
Monsieur Doumani – Sikoses – Monsieur Doumani
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino – Quaranta – Ponderosa Music & Art
Lila Downs – Balas y Chocolate – Sony Music
Ludovico Einaudi – Taranta Project – Ponderosa Music & Art
Efrén López – El Fill del Llop – Buda Musique
Cheikh Lô – Balbalou – Chapter Two Records
Songhoy Blues – Music in Exile – Transgressive Records
Totó la Momposina – Tambolero – Real World Records
Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal – Musique de Nuit – Nø Førmat! / Six Degrees Records
Lura – Herança – Lusafrica
BKO Quintet – Bamako Today – Buda Musique
Kapela Maliszów – Mazurki Niepojęte – Karrot Kommando
Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area Band – Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area Band – Strut Records
Kandia Kouyaté – Renascence – Sterns Music
Taraf de Haïdouks – Of Lovers, Gamblers and Parachute Skirts – Crammed Discs
Buena Vista Social Club – Lost and Found – World Circuit
Kardeş Türküler – Kerwanê – Network Medien / Membran / Kalan Müzik
Terakaft – Alone – Outhere Records
Tiganá Santana – Tempo & Magma – Ajabu!
Kelly Thoma – 7 Fish – Kelly Thoma
El Naán – Código de Barros – ARC Music
Mbongwana Star – From Kinshasa – World Circuit
Dizu Plaatjies and Friends – Ubuntu-The Common String – Mountain Records
Amadou Balaké – In Conclusion – Sterns Music
Youssou N’Dour et le Super Étoile de Dakar – Fatteliku (Live in Athens 1987) – Real World Records
Carles Dénia i La Nova Rimaire – L’Home Insomne – Comboi Records
Griselda Sanderson – Radial – Waulk Records
Souad Massi – El Mutakallimûn – Wrasse Records
Samba Touré – Gandadiko – Glitterbeat Records
Le Vent Du Nord – Têtu – Borealis Records
Vieux Farka Touré & Julia Easterlin – Touristes – Six Degrees Records
Fatoumata Diawara & Roberto Fonseca – At Home – Jazz Village / Harmonia Mundi
Anouar Brahem – Souvenance – ECM Records
Daby Touré – Amonafi – Cumbancha
Titi Robin avec Mehdi Nassouli – Taziri – World Village / Harmonia Mundi
Blick Bassy – Akö – Nø Førmat!
The Souljazz Orchestra – Resistance – Strut Records
St Germain – St Germain – Nonesuch Records
Anoushka Shankar – Home – Deutsche Grammophon
Seckou Keita – 22 Strings – ARC Music
Officina Zoè – Mamma Sirena – Anima Mundi
Te Vaka – Amataga – Warm Earth Records
Lamia Bedioui & The Desert Fish – Athamra – Lamia Bedioui & The Desert Fish
Den Sorte Skole – Indians & Cowboys – Den Sorte Skole
Bolo – Bolo – Bolo Music
Čači Vorba – Šatrika – Oriente Musik
Mahsa Vahdat – Traces of an Old Vineyard – Kirkelig Kulturverksted

Members of the TWMC panel (Best of 2015 vote): Ángel Romero (US), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Araceli Tzigane (ES), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Patrik Lindgren (SE), 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), Jaïr Tchong (NL), Rob Weisberg (US), Toni Polo (FR/ES), Nicolás Falcoff (AR), Masakazu Kitanaka (JP), Jordi Demésenllà (ES), Rafael Mieses (DO), 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), Ian Anderson (GB), Mu Qian (CN), Carlos Ferreira (PT), Dubi Lenz (IL), Anna Rzhevina (RU), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN), João Flávio Lima (BR), Kutay Derin Kugay (TR)

December 2015 Chart

Posted on December 1, 2015December 1, 2015 by admin

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1 (2)    Bixiga 70 – III – Glitterbeat Records
2 (-)    Kandia Kouyaté – Renascence – Sterns Music
3 (14)   Sam Lee & Friends – The Fade in Time – The Nest Collective
4 (-)    Carles Dénia i la Nova Rimaire – L’Home Insomne – Comboi Records
5 (8)    V.A. – Lost in Mali – Riverboat / World Music Network
6 (-)    Lura – Herança – Lusafrica
7 (-) Saba Anglana – Ye Katama Hod – Felmay
8 (-)    Dizu Plaatjies and Friends – Ubuntu-The Common String – Mountain Records
9 (1)    Monsieur Doumani – Sikoses – Monsieur Doumani
10 (-)   Vieux Farka Touré & Julia Easterlin – Touristes – Six Degrees Records
11 (13) Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal – Musique de Nuit – Nø Førmat! / Six Degrees Records
12 (-)   Seffarine – De Fez a Jerez – Seffarine Music
13 (-)   Mamak Khadem – The Road – Innova Recordings
14 (4) Youssou N’Dour et le Super Étoile de Dakar – Fatteliku (Live in Athens 1987) – Real World Records
15 (-) L’Attirail – La Route Interieure – Les Chantiers Sonores
16 (-)   Te Vaka – Amataga – Warm Earth Records
17 (-)   Griselda Sanderson – Radial – Waulk Records
18 (-)   Zohar Fresco – Tof Miriam – Zohar Fresco
19 (7) Cheikh Lô – Balbalou – Chapter Two Records
20 (-)   Čači Vorba – Šatrika – Oriente Musik

November 2015 Chart

Posted on October 31, 2015November 14, 2020 by admin

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1 (3) Monsieur Doumani – Sikoses – Monsieur Doumani
2 (-) Bixiga 70 – III – Glitterbeat Records
3 (1) Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba – Ba Power – Glitterbeat Records
4 (-)   Youssou N’Dour et le Super Étoile de Dakar – Fatteliku (Live in Athens 1987) – Real World Records
5 (18)   Efrén López – El Fill del Llop – Buda Musique
6 (4) Totó la Momposina – Tambolero – Real World Records
7 (-)   Cheikh Lô – Balbalou – Chapter Two Records
8 (-)   V.A. – Lost in Mali – Riverboat / World Music Network
9 (20)   Amadou Balaké – In Conclusion – Stern’s Music
10 (-)   Mariem Hassan & Vadiya Mint El Hanevi – Baila, Sahara, Baila – Nubenegra
11 (17) Ludovico Einaudi –Taranta Project – Ponderosa Music & Art
12 (-) Kardeş Türküler – Kerwanê – Network Medien / Membran / Kalan
13 (6)   Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal – Musique de Nuit – Nø Førmat! / Six Degrees Records
14 (-) Sam Lee & Friends – The Fade in Time – The Nest Collective
15 (2)   Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino – Quaranta – Ponderosa Music & Art
16 (-) BKO Quintet – Bamako Today – Buda Musique
17 (16)  Kelly Thoma – 7 Fish – Kelly Thoma
18 (12)  Fatoumata Diawara & Roberto Fonseca – At Home – Jazz Village / Harmonia Mundi
19 (-) Lila Downs – Balas y Chocolate – Sony Music
20 (-) Sekou Kouyaté – Sabaru – One World Records

October 2015 Chart

Posted on October 1, 2015October 6, 2015 by admin

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1 Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba – Ba Power – Glitterbeat Records
2 Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino – Quaranta – Ponderosa Music & Art
3 Monsieur Doumani – Sikoses – Monsieur Doumani
4 Totó la Momposina – Tambolero – Real World Records
5 Taraf de Haïdouks – Of Lovers, Gamblers and Parachute Skirts – Crammed Discs
6 Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal – Musique de Nuit – Nø Førmat! / Six Degrees Records
7 Titi Robin avec Mehdi Nassouli – Taziri – Molpe Music / World Village
8 Mbongwana Star – From Kinshasa – World Circuit
9 Samba Touré – Gandadiko – Glitterbeat Records
10 Debashish Bhattacharya – Slide Guitar Ragas from Dusk till Dawn – Riverboat / World Music Network
11 Terakaft – Alone – OutHere
12 Fatoumata Diawara & Roberto Fonseca – At Home – Jazz Village / Harmonia Mundi
13 Monoswezi – Monoswezi Yanga – Riverboat / World Music Network
14 Novalima – Planetario – Wonderwheel Recordings
15 Songhoy Blues – Music in Exile – Transgressive Records
16 Kelly Thoma – 7 Fish – Kelly Thoma
17 Ludovico Einaudi – Taranta Project – Ponderosa Music & Art
18 Efrén López – El Fill del Llop – Buda Musique
19 Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area Band – Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area Band – Strut Records
20 Amadou Balaké – In Conclusion – Stern’s Music

Presenting the Transglobal World Music Chart

Posted on September 13, 2015September 13, 2015 by admin

We are glad to announce you the launching of the Transglobal World Music Chart (TWMC).

Transglobal World Music Chart is a network of world music critics and journalists, who are working on a regular basis, spreading world, roots, traditional music… in any kind of media. It has a real global approach, including representatives from most regions, with a very inclusive point of view.

TWMC produces a monthly chart and also a “best of the year” chart, selected according to quality. The panel is envisioned to include any good quality production, recorded in any country, including self-productions and small label releases.

The first chart will be published in October.

The goal is to spread the best world music productions selected by renowned world music specialists from all over the Globe. The aim of the Chart is also to facilitate artists to be included, regardless of geographical barriers, based on merit and talent rather than popularity, big productions or record sales.

How does it work?

The panel of critics holds two monthly ballots:

The members choose a certain number of albums each month. The most voted albums are nominated for the chart poll next month. The label/manager/artist responsible for the nominated albums are notified, so that they can send the album to the members that still don’t have it, so they can consider it for the chart the following month.

Simultaneously, the panel members vote their favorites among the albums nominated the previous months. This poll produces the chart of the highest rated albums.

The members of the panel might receive the music in CD or digital format. Monetary reasons (like the cost of shipping physical albums to all the members of the panel) should not be a handicap for any artist or label to be included in the Chart.

How is an album considered for the Chart?

The albums can be considered in two ways:

The members of the panel propose freely and proactively some albums each month. The most voted albums (nominated) enter in a selection period (from beginning of the month until the end), in which they can be sent to any other member of the panel for their ranking for the next month.

The record labels, artists, publicists, managers… can send the album to the members of the panel for their consideration. There are two options:
- Get in touch directly with the members. Go to Members to contact them individually in order to send them a physical or digital copy.
- Provide a link to download a digital copy to the administrators of the chart’s email that would be distributed exclusively to the members. You can email us from here.

Important to note:

Do not send audio files by email. Use other transfer methods, like DropBox, Wetransfer, a link to download from your server or any other. Don´t make it complicated for the members of the panel to get to listen to your music.

Sending digital albums involves including the booklet and the same information as the physical edition.

The members.

Currently there are 30 world music specialists in the panel from North America, Latin America, Asia, Australia and Europe (and more coming soon). You can check their profiles and contact them in Members.

The administrators and founder members of the TWMC are Juan Antonio Vázquez (Mundofonías, Spain), Araceli Tzigane (Mundofonías, Spain) and Ángel Romero (World Music Central, US).

First news

Posted on August 10, 2015November 14, 2020 by admin

TWMC produces a list of albums, a chart, each month and also at the end of the year, selected according to quality. The panel is envisioned to include any good quality production, recorded in any country, including self-productions and small label releases.

First chart will be published in October 2015.