April 2019
1 

Kronos Quartet, Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat
Placeless
Kirkelig Kulturverksted (-)
2. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba – Miri – Outhere (2)
3. Le Trio Joubran – The Long March – Cooking Vinyl (1)
4. Waed Bouhassoun – Safar: Les Âmes Retrouvées – Buda Musique (-)
5. Tartit – Amankor / The Exile – Riverboat / World Music Network (8)
6. Refugees for Refugees – Amina – Muziekpublique (-)
7. Kel Assouf – Black Tenere – Glitterbeat (11)
8. Belonoga – Through the Eyes of the Earth – NarRator Records 5)
9. Leyla McCalla – The Capitalist Blues – Jazz Village / PIAS (12)
10. Dhafer Youssef – Sounds of Mirrors – Anteprima (4)

11. Urna Chahar-Tugchi featuring Kroke – Ser – Urna Chahar-Tugchi / UCT (3)
12. Oratnitza – Alter Ethno – Fusion Embassy (14)
13. Vardan Hovanissian & Emre Gültekin – Karin – Muziekpublique (6)
14. Alim Qasimov and Michel Godard – Awakening – Buda Musique (-)
15. Olcay Bayır – Rüya: Dream for Anatolia – ARC Music (-)
16. Las Hermanas Caronni – Santa Plástica – Les Grands Fleuves (-)
17. Salif Keita – Un Autre Blanc – Naïve (9)
18. Xiomara Fortuna – Son Verdad – Ileakwa Producciones (33)
19. Alfredo Rodríguez & Pedrito Martínez – Duologue – Mack Avenue (13)
20. Adir Jan – Layla – Trikont / BGST (-)

21. The Gloaming – 3 – Real World (-)
22. Rodopi Ensemble – Thraki: Thrace, the Paths of Dionysus – ARC Music (10)
23. Our Native Daughters – Songs of Our Native Daughters – Smithsonian Folkways (-)
24. Ustad Saami – God Is Not a Terrorist – Glitterbeat (37)
25. Duo Bottasso & Simon Sims Longo – Biserta e Altre Storie – Visage Music (31)
26. Janusz Prusinowski Kompania – Po Śladach / In the Footsteps – Słuchaj Uchem / Buda Musique (21)
27. Idan Raichel – And if You Will Come to Me – Cumbancha (22)
28. Sociedade Recreativa – Sociativa – Jarring Effects (24)
29. Afro Celt Sound System – Flight – ECC (27)
30. Hama Sankare – Niafunke – Clermont Music (-)

31. Yann-Fañch Kemener – Roudennoù / Traces – Buda Musique (23)
32. Madalitso Band – Wasalala – Les Disques Bongo Joe (-)
33. Umut Adan – Bahar – Riverboat / World Music Network (25)
34. Ukandanz – Yeketelale – Buda Musique (7)
35. Bokanté + Metropole Orkest – What Heat – Real World ()
36. Kitka – Evening Star – Diaphonica (35)
37. Mimmo Epifani – Putiferio – Finisterre (15)
38. Star Band de Dakar – Psicodelia Afro-Cubana de Senegal – Ostinato (26)
39. Coşkun Karademir Quartet – Öz / Essence – Kalan (-)
40. DjeuhDjoah & Lieutenant Nicholson – Aimez ces Airs – Hot Casa (-)
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Application open for the 2019 Festival Awards!!
As part of its goal to increase the appreciation of the music from the cultures of the world, as a tool for the development of people in many areas of life, as well as for joy and pleasure, the Transglobal World Music Chart launches the Festival Awards. The first edition took palce in 2018 and the application for the second edition (2019) is open.

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