Salif Keita - Photo by Thomas Dorn

Transglobal World Music Hall of Fame Announces 2022 Inductees

The Transglobal World Music Hall of Fame has revealed the names of the 2022 Inductees.

Artist

Salif Keita
Debashish Bhattacharya
Danyèl Waro
Oumou Sangaré
Milton Nascimento

The Artist category honors solo and ensemble living artists who have achieved lifelong artistic and technical quality or historical significance in the field of world music.

Industry and Media Excellence

ANIM Afghan National Institute of Music (& director Dr. Ahmad Sarmast)
Ian Anderson
Ben Mandelson

Industry and Media Excellence celebrates influential music industry and media individuals and organizations who have provided increased visibility and recognition to world music and its multiple subgenres.

In Memoriam

Paco de Lucía 
Djivan Gasparyan
Mariem Hassan
Fela Kuti
Miriam Makeba

In Memoriam includes posthumous inductions that honor historically inventive and influential artists or industry professionals who passed away in previous years or decades.

TWMC Hall of Fame 2022 Judges

The 3 Transglobal World Music Chart administrators, Juan Antonio Vázquez, Ángel Romero Ruiz and Araceli Tzigane participated as judges in all the categories. In addition, 4 more judges participated in each of the categories.  

Artist Judges: Juan Antonio Vázquez, Ángel Romero, Araceli Tzigane, Ciro De Rosa, Toni Pennacchia, Chris Heim, Zekeriya S. Şen.
Industry and Media Excellence Judges: Ángel Romero, Araceli Tzigane, Juan Antonio Vázquez, Matt Osborne, Bob Haddad, Jun Lin Yeoh, Yusuf Mahmoud.
In Memoriam Judges: Araceli Tzigane, Juan Antonio Vázquez,  Ángel Romero, Seth Jordan, Daryana Antipova, Yatrika Shah-Rais, Gil Medovoy.

(headline image: Salif Keita – Photo by Thomas Dorn)

Author: World Music Central News Room

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