Tejano accordionist Leonardo “Flaco” Jiménez is one of the 2012 recipients of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) National Heritage Fellowships. Born into a…
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced the 2012 recipients of the United States’ highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. The NEA…
Bluesman Tab Benoit is the big winner of the 33rd Blues Music Awards. Benoit took three awards: Contemporary Male Artist and B.B. King Entertainer of…
The song ‘Tere Bin Dil’ by Indian musician and technologist Dilpreet Bhatia won the First Place in the World Music category at the 2011 International…
Respected Indo-Canadian musician Kiran Ahluwalia won the World Music category at the “Best CDs of 2011” Indie Acoustic Project awards. The winners in each of…
Aziza Brahim, one of the leading vocalists from the Western Sahara has received a Biznaga de Plata award for Best Original Soundtrack for the movie…
The University of North Texas Zebras Jazz Flamenco Project has won several DownBeat Magazine Student Music Awards. The Flamenco Project is led by Spanish pianist…
Madrid-based mestizo band Jenny And The Mexicats won the 2012 Los Guilles 2012 award in the category of Best World Music or Musical Hybrid category.…
Renowned vocalist Kiran Ahluwalia won Canada’s prestigious Juno Award for World Music Album of the Year last night. Her album is titled Aam Zameen: Common…
Berklee College of Music announced today that President Roger Brown will present Alison Krauss, Mulatu Astatke, and The Eagles with honorary doctor of music degrees…