world music awards 2009
The top four artists in each category give us the final nominees - for more details click here. [1]
The Recording Academy in the United States announced today that the Academy’s Trustees voted to rename and expand the Folk Field, restructure the Latin Field, and eliminate the Best Polka Album category. [2]
“After much debate and deliberation, the Songlines editorial team have selected these four winners,” said a Songlines press release. [3]
British writer Andy Morgan spent time in Kinshasa with the artists and is writing the WOMEX Guide essay and Laudatio for the WOMEX Award presentation. [2]
The Songlines Music Awards recognize outstanding talent in world music and are run in partnership with WOMAD festival, culminating in performances by a selection of the nominees at this summer’s WOMAD in Charlton Park, July 24-26 2009, including Rokia Traor?, Dub Colossus and Los Desterrados. [3]
There are four categories: Best Artist, Best Group, Cross-Cultural Collaboration, and Newcomer - for more details on these, click here. [1]
Eight productions of excellence, three of them by great Puerto Rican artists, won the International Prize of Cubadisco (Cuba’s annual record fair and contest) this year, with which the important musical event acknowledges outstanding cultural contributions in the record industry. [2]
In the Cross-Cultural Collaboration category, Jah Wobble & The Chinese Dub Orchestra are the winners. [3]
Additionally, the Folk Field has been renamed American Roots Music, which will now include the Best Traditional Blues Album, Best Contemporary Blues Album and Best Bluegrass Album categories. [...] ISC bestowed its highest honor, the ISC Grand Prize, to Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall of Brisbane, QLD, Australia for their song “Caught In The Crowd,” a brilliantly quirky pop song with an emotional message about schoolyard bullying and peer pressure. [2]
Lastly, the Newcomer award goers to Kiran Ahluwalia. [3]
The Blues Foundation has announced that legendary composer and multi-instrumentalist Taj Mahal, a two-time GRAMMY winner, will be inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2009. [...] WOMEX announced today the winners of the WOMEX 09 Award for artists: Staff Benda Bilili, from the Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire). [...] The ceremony will host the top names in reggae, Soca and world music at its new venue— the York College Performing Arts Center, located at 94-45 Guy R. Brewer Blvd in Jamaica, Queens, New York. [...] The 28th Annual International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) returns to New York City on Sunday, May 3, 2009. [2]
Sources:
[1] Songlines - Music Awards 2009 - recognising outstanding talent in world …
[2] Awards - World Music Central
[3] World Music Magazine Songlines Announces Music Awards 2009 - World …