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More news! Our two winners for our Womanimation! 2026 Film Festival, Audience and Jury Awards and an Honorable Mention. The Audience Award went to Signal, directed by French duo, @emma.carre and @mathilde_parquet. The Jury Grand Prize Award winner was Rock Song, from UK-based Polish animator @jadwiga.legenda. Both are receiving custom art object awards from past Grand Jury Prize winner, #ChristelHortz (@lemokili). A jury, consisting of women musicians who have topped one of the @MergingArts Global Radio weekly charts, selected our Jury Grand Prize and our audience at @MassArtBoston in Boston, MA (USA) who selected our Audience Award. Congrats again to all and thanks! https://mergingartsproductions.com/Events/Womanimation/Main.aspx

For Womanimation! 2026, we assembled a special international jury of nine women musicians who topped @MergingArts Global Radio weekly charts, selecting the Jury Grand Prize Award winner, Rock Song, from UK-based Polish animator @jadwiga.legenda, receiving a custom art object from a past winner later in May (more info then). https://mergingartsproductions.com/Events/Womanimation/2026Judges.aspx @veronika_varga_comaeverenikes @cpl.music @lia_hide @amour_records @camillabarbarito @venlailonablom @tuuletarband @nordic_notes @liviamattos.art @ybmusic @brasil.calling @fabiennemagnant @music_box_publishing @inouiedistributionpro @Veevcom @esbe_music @cadizmerch @angielemonpr @virginia_nicoli_music @felmayrecords @kalmykovatatyana @russianworldmusicchart

Drum roll, please! We have two winners for our Womanimation! 2026 Film Festival, Audience and Jury Awards and an Honorable Mention. The Audience Award went to Signal, directed by French duo, @emma.carre and @mathilde_parquet. The Jury Grand Prize Award winner was Rock Song, from UK-based Polish animator @jadwiga.legenda. Both will be receiving a custom art award from a previous winner later in May. A jury, consisting of women musicians who have topped one of the @mergingarts Global Radio weekly charts, that we will reveal soon (more at mergingarts.org). Honorable Mention went to Cycle or Bicycle from Parisian animator @roxanecampoy, which finished second in both audience and jury voting. Congrats to all and thanks to @massartboston for hosting this year in Boston, MA (USA)! https://mergingartsproductions.com/Events/Womanimation/2026Films.aspx

We warm up and kickoff a global music countdown for May 2026 with a recap of the @transglobalwmc Chart from @suistamonsahko with @annemarikivimaki at #25, to @souad.massi at #2 and @tinariwen on @warprecords at #1 with on @WRIU on 90.3 and WRIU.org in Southern New England, Sunday from 8-11 AM ET, and archived via @MergingArts and @Mixcloud where @MergingArts DJ Madame B is an active panelist, in rotation on #WorldWideWaves. More to come with our @mergingarts archive. Congrats! https://tinyurl.com/twmcmay2026 and https://www.transglobalwmc.com/charts/twmc-may-2026-chart

Sunday kicks off @MergingArts DJ Madame B's #TransworldSpell edition of #TransworldAirwaves, in North America/beyond, @radiopacifica syndicated, starting in Boston, MA, USA, at 7-8pm ET, on @wzbc on 90.3 FM and streaming live on WZBC.org, archived via @mixcloud, with allure and enchantment​ in mood and theme in music worldwide on this cross-cultural musical journey, united in voices and rhythms, aired after our @radiopacifica and @prxofficial syndicated #SpoilerAlertRadio show. https://www.mergingartsproductions.com/Radio/TransworldAirwaves.aspx and http://tinyurl.com/TWARadio

Happy May! The @transglobalwmc May 2026 monthly #worldmusicchart refreshes with some of the best of newly released #globalmusic. Here is panelist @MergingArts DJ Madame B's contributing chart and our combined #transglobalwmc monthly chart. Congrats to all artists celebrated! https://tinyurl.com/twmcmay2026 and https://www.transglobalwmc.com/charts/twmc-may-2026-chart

Happy May! The @transglobalwmc May 2026 monthly #worldmusicchart refreshes with some of the best of newly released #globalmusic. Here is panelist @MergingArts DJ Madame B's contributing chart and our combined #transglobalwmc monthly chart. Congrats to all artists celebrated! https://tinyurl.com/twmcmay2026 and https://www.transglobalwmc.com/charts/twmc-may-2026-chart

Happy May! The @transglobalwmc May 2026 monthly #worldmusicchart refreshes with some of the best of newly released #globalmusic. Here is panelist @MergingArts DJ Madame B's contributing chart and our combined #transglobalwmc monthly chart. Congrats to all artists celebrated! https://tinyurl.com/twmcmay2026 and https://www.transglobalwmc.com/charts/twmc-may-2026-chart

We spring further and kickoff a global music countdown for April 2026 with a recap of the @transglobalwmc Chart from #KairosCollective at #25, to @souad.massi at #1 with on @WRIU on 90.3 and WRIU.org in Southern New England, Sunday from 8-11 AM ET, and archived via @MergingArts and @Mixcloud where @MergingArts DJ Madame B is an active panelist, in rotation on #WorldWideWaves. More to come with our @mergingarts archive. Congrats! Also, this is #Radiothon2026; donate at WRIU.org to keep community radio alive. https://tinyurl.com/twmcapril2026 and https://www.transglobalwmc.com/charts/twmc-april-2026-chart

Previously, @mergingarts DJ Madame B presented this #DonneSlovakWorld #DonnedelMondo edition, with some favorites from women from the World Music category of @radiohlavy from Slovakia in the past years, with DJ Madame B in the jury, in our weekly showcase of global music by women, syndicated on the radio throughout North America and worldwide via @radiopacifica and @rcfmmerida. It's available on demand @MergingArts and via @Mixcloud. https://tinyurl.com/donneslovakworld

Previously, @mergingarts DJ Madame B presented this #DonneSlovakWorld #DonnedelMondo edition, with some favorites from women from the World Music category of @radiohlavy from Slovakia in the past years, with DJ Madame B in the jury, in our weekly showcase of global music by women, syndicated on the radio throughout North America and worldwide via @radiopacifica and @rcfmmerida. It's available on demand @MergingArts and via @Mixcloud. https://tinyurl.com/donneslovakworld

Sunday kicks off @MergingArts DJ Madame B's #TransworldSearching edition of #TransworldAirwaves, in North America/beyond, @radiopacifica syndicated, starting in Boston, MA, USA, at 7-8pm ET, on @wzbc on 90.3 FM and streaming live on WZBC.org, archived via @mixcloud, with curious and seeking sounds in mood and theme globally on this cross-cultural musical journey on this cross-cultural musical journey, united in voices and rhythms, aired after our @radiopacifica syndicated #SpoilerAlertRadio show. https://www.mergingartsproductions.com/Radio/TransworldAirwaves.aspx and http://tinyurl.com/TWARadio

Happy Spring! The @transglobalwmc April 2026 monthly #worldmusicchart blooms with some of the best of newly released #globalmusic. Here is panelist @MergingArts DJ Madame B's contributing chart and our combined #transglobalwmc monthly chart. Congrats to all artists celebrated! https://tinyurl.com/twmcapril2026 and https://www.transglobalwmc.com/charts/twmc-april-2026-chart

Happy Spring! The @transglobalwmc April 2026 monthly #worldmusicchart blooms with some of the best of newly released #globalmusic. Here is panelist @MergingArts DJ Madame B's contributing chart and our combined #transglobalwmc monthly chart. Congrats to all artists celebrated! https://tinyurl.com/twmcapril2026 and https://www.transglobalwmc.com/charts/twmc-april-2026-chart

Happy Spring! The @transglobalwmc April 2026 monthly #worldmusicchart blooms with some of the best of newly released #globalmusic. Here is panelist @MergingArts DJ Madame B's contributing chart and our combined #transglobalwmc monthly chart. Congrats to all artists celebrated! https://tinyurl.com/twmcapril2026 and https://www.transglobalwmc.com/charts/twmc-april-2026-chart

Sunday kicks off @MergingArts DJ Madame B's #TransworldWide edition of #TransworldAirwaves, in North America/beyond, @radiopacifica syndicated, starting in Boston, MA, USA, at 7-8pm ET, on @wzbc on 90.3 FM and streaming live on WZBC.org, archived via @mixcloud, with far-reaching, immense, and spacious sounds globally on this cross-cultural musical journey on this cross-cultural musical journey, united in voices and rhythms, aired after our @radiopacifica syndicated #SpoilerAlertRadio show. https://www.mergingartsproductions.com/Radio/TransworldAirwaves.aspx and http://tinyurl.com/TWARadio

@MergingArts is partnering with the @MassArt Animation Department to host our 15th annual Womanimation! 2026 Film Festival, the premiere showcase in the United States of women’s animated short films on 25th April. We have selected ten final films, from eight nations on three continents, introduced with a unique slide show experience with DJ Madame B weaving soundscapes by women globally. Vote for your favorite three films and winners (audience and jury from acclaimed women musicians topping @MergingArts Global charts) receive a commissioned art object award crafted by a past winner. Join us! https://www.mergingartsproductions.com/Events/Womanimation/Main.aspx and https://tinyurl.com/Womanimation

@MergingArts is partnering with the @MassArt Animation Department to host our 15th annual Womanimation! 2026 Film Festival, the premiere showcase in the United States of women’s animated short films on 25th April. We have selected ten final films, from eight nations on three continents, introduced with a unique slide show experience with DJ Madame B weaving soundscapes by women globally. Vote for your favorite three films and winners (audience and jury from acclaimed women musicians topping @MergingArts Global charts) receive a commissioned art object award crafted by a past winner. Join us! https://www.mergingartsproductions.com/Events/Womanimation/Main.aspx and https://tinyurl.com/Womanimation