National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Jane Chu announced the latest recipients of the NEA National Heritage Fellowships and NEA Jazz Masters awards, the…
Flamenco singer Cristina Soler won the Alcobendas Flamenca Nuevos Talentos First Prize. Juañarito won second prize. Both acts are scheduled to perform on Thursday May…
Cuban pianist Ernán López-Nussa was the top winner at Cubadisco 2014. He received four awards, including the Gran Prize for his album Sacrilegio (Producciones Colibrí,…
Albino Mbie from Maputo, Mozambique is the winner of the World Music category at the International Songwriting Competition 2014 with a song titled ‘Awusiwana.’ While…
The International Songwriting Competition 2014 announced today that Grand Prize is awarded to Japanese trumpeter Shunzo Ohno for his song “Musashi,” entered in the Jazz…
World music conference Babel Med Music announced today the winners of the 2014 awards awarded to exceptional artists in World Music. Babel Med Music &…
Jamie Smith’s Mabon, the first Welsh band scheduled to perform at the Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF), has won ‘Best Group’ award in the 2014…
Harry Belafonte, celebrated musician, songwriter, and activist, was presented with a Berklee honorary doctor of music degree by the college’s president Roger H. Brown last…
The Recording Academy announced today the winners of the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Two predictable recordings tied for Best World Music Album: Live: Singing For…
Norwegian folk music artists Ingebjørg Bratland, Odd Nordstoga and Moddi are the winners of this year’s edition of Spellemannspris, the top music awards in Norway.…