BBC Radio Scotland has announced six finalists for the 2026 Young Traditional Musician Award: Calum McGregor (piano, piano accordion), Craig Harrison (fiddle), Ewen Rorie (fiddle),…
Luisa Briguglio, a vocalist and songwriter from Sicily (Italy) won the 18th edition of the “Andrea Parodi Award,” the world music contest held from October…
The Aga Khan Music Programme has named 22 finalists for the 2025 Aga Khan Music Awards, selected from more than 300 nominees across 16 countries.…
Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Munir Hossn won the 2025 Unsigned Only competition’s Global Music (world music) category with his song “Voar.” Hossn, who grew up in Bahia…
Avra Banerjee earned three awards from nine nominations at the 2025 InterContinental Music Awards, a jury-selected global competition. He first appeared at the awards in…
From the 1970s through the early 2000s, cassettes served as Syria’s principal medium for music and spoken word. The Syrian Cassette Archives, founded in 2018…
Noura Mint Seymali of Mauritania will receive the 2025 Artist Award. Mauritania’s musical heritage remains less familiar internationally than that of neighboring Mali or Senegal,…
(headline image: Gregorio Moya Lara – Photo courtesy of International Festival of Cante de las Minas) Gregorio Moya Lara, known as “Gregorio Moya,” claimed the…
(headline image: José Carlos Esteban-Hanza Fernández – Photo courtesy of International Festival of Cante de las Minas) The ‘Filón’ trophy for best flamenco instrumentalist at…
(headline image: Samuel de Encarni – Photo courtesy of International Festival of Cante de las Minas) The 64ª edition of Cante de las Minas Jury…