The 2011 ARIA Awards (Australia’s leading music awards) were presented last night in a star studded ceremony held at Allphones Arena in Sydney Olympic Park…
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu Wins Best World Music Album ARIA Award
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Egyptian singer Ramy Essam Receives 2011 Freemuse Award at Gala in Stockholm
Egyptian singer Ramy Essam received the Freemuse Award 2011 at a ceremony held on November 21st of 2011 at the Södra Teatern in Stockholm, Sweden.…
GALAXIE Rising Stars Award Goes to Senegalese Musician Elage Diouf
Senegalese musician Elage Diouf won the GALAXIE Rising Stars Award after being selected by a jury composed of Patrick Binette (GALAXIE), Jacob Edgar (PBS’s “Music…
Winners of 2011 Latin GRAMMY Awards Announced
The winners of the 12th Latin GRAMMY Awards were announced today, November 10th, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Winners in categories…
Winners of the 2011 Annual Native American Music Awards Announced
The Winners for the 13th Annual Native American Music Awards were announced live on Friday, October 7th, 2011 in the Events Center of the Seneca…
Professor Theodore Levin Wins ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for his Music of Central Asia Liner Notes
Professor Theodore Levin has won an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for his liner notes to volumes 7, 8 and 9 of the ‘Music of Central…
Canadian Folk Legend Oscar Brand to Receive Prestigious Winnipeg Folk Festival Artistic Achievement Award
The Winnipeg Folk Festival announced that folk legend Oscar Brand will receive the festival’s 2011 Artistic Achievement Award. The award recognizes outstanding artistic achievement of…
Roskilde Festival Gives World Music Award to Egyptian Center for Local Music
The board of the Roskilde Festival World Music Award (Denmark) has chosen the El Mastaba Center for Folk Music as the 2011 recipient of the…
Indian Summer Music Awards Announce 2011 Winners
Over 50,000 people of all nationalities and cultures attended the 2011 Indian Summer Festival at the Henry Maier Festival Grounds on the Milwaukee shorefront from…
WOMEX 2011 Announces Label Award Winner
The 2011 WOMEX Label Award Label Award goes to World Village / Le Chant du Monde / harmonia mundi (France/USA/UK/Spain) They will be receiving the…