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Category: Awards

Awards

Japanese Jazz Trumpeter Shunzo Ohno Wins International Songwriting Competition 2014 Grand Prize

World Music Central News Room May 7, 2014 No Comments

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…

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Babel Med Music 2014 Awards Announced

World Music Central News Room March 19, 2014 No Comments

World music conference Babel Med Music announced today the winners of the 2014 awards awarded to exceptional artists in World Music. Babel Med Music &…

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Jamie Smith’s Mabon Wins 2014 Spiral Earth Award

World Music Central News Room March 13, 2014 No Comments

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…

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Harry Belafonte Receives Honorary Doctorate at Berklee College of Music

World Music Central News Room March 7, 2014 No Comments

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…

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World Music Winners of 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards

World Music Central News Room January 26, 2014 No Comments

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…

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Ingebjørg Bratland, Odd Nordstoga and Moddi Winners of Spellemannspris Awards 2013

World Music Central News Room January 20, 2014 No Comments

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.…

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Final Results for Best World Music Album of 2013 Readers’ Poll

Angel Romero December 30, 2013 No Comments

The results of World Music Central’s Best World Music Album of 2013 Readers’ Poll are now available. Serbian brass band Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra…

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World Music, Folk and Roots Music Nominations for the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards

World Music Central News Room December 8, 2013 No Comments

The Recording Academy announced this week the Nominations for the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards. The list of contenders for Best World Music Album includes No…

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fRoots Announces Winners of Critics Poll Albums Of 2013

World Music Central News Room December 7, 2013 No Comments

Folk, roots and world music magazine fRoots announced today the winners of the 28th annual fRoots Critics Poll for Albums of the Year which were…

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Canadian Artist Tanya Tagaq Wins Galaxie Rising Stars Award

World Music Central News Room November 30, 2013 No Comments

This year’s Mundial Montreal Galaxie Rising Stars Award went to Tanya Tagaq, who performed at L’Astral as part of the Women of the World showcase.…

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