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…
Harry Belafonte Receives Honorary Doctorate at Berklee College of Music
Category: Awards
World Music Winners of 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards
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…
Ingebjørg Bratland, Odd Nordstoga and Moddi Winners of Spellemannspris Awards 2013
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.…
Final Results for Best World Music Album of 2013 Readers’ Poll
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…
World Music, Folk and Roots Music Nominations for the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards
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…
fRoots Announces Winners of Critics Poll Albums Of 2013
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…
Canadian Artist Tanya Tagaq Wins Galaxie Rising Stars Award
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.…
Profile of Niño Seve Winner of Cordoba’s National Flamenco Art Festival 2013
Flamenco guitarist Severiano Jiménez Flores, also known by his stage name Niño Seve, is the winner in the guitar category of the 2013 Cordoba National…
Cordoba’s National Flamenco Art Festival Announces the 2013 Winners
The names of the winners of the XX Concurso Nacional de Arte Flamenco de Córdoba (Cordoba’s National Flamenco Art Festival) were announced this week by…
Latin GRAMMY Awards 2013 Announced
The winners of the 14th Latin GRAMMY Awards were announced this evening, November 21st, 2013 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA).…