WOMEX, the leading international world music organization, announced today the winner of the WOMEX Top Label Award. The award in 2009 goes to Crammed Discs…
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Peter Gabriel Receives the Polar Music Prize along with Jose Antonio Abreu
On Monday 31st August Peter Gabriel and Venezuelan composer, Jose Antonio Abreu received the Polar Music award. Founded by Stig Anderson, the late manager of…
View More Peter Gabriel Receives the Polar Music Prize along with Jose Antonio AbreuWOMEX 2009 Award for Professional Excellence to Christian Mousset
WOMEX announced the winner of 2009’s WOMEX Award for Professional Excellence which goesd to Christian Mousset (France). As Yorrick Benoist of Run Productions notes, "For…
View More WOMEX 2009 Award for Professional Excellence to Christian MoussetNigerian Star King Sunny Adé Inducted into the Afropop Hall of Fame
In one of the few ongoing world music awards ceremonies in the United States of America, King Sunny Adé, Nigeria’s popular entertainer and maestro of…
View More Nigerian Star King Sunny Adé Inducted into the Afropop Hall of FameWOMEX 2009 Artist Award Goes to Staff Benda Bilili of D.R. Congo
WOMEX announced today the winners of the WOMEX 09 Award for artists: Staff Benda Bilili, from the Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire). British…
View More WOMEX 2009 Artist Award Goes to Staff Benda Bilili of D.R. CongoThe Recording Academy Changes Folk, Latin, and Polka Grammy Award Fields
The Recording Academy in the United States announced today that the Academy’s Trustees voted to rename and expand the Folk Field, restructure the Latin Field,…
View More The Recording Academy Changes Folk, Latin, and Polka Grammy Award FieldsWorld Music Magazine Songlines Announces Music Awards 2009
Renowned world music magazine Songlines announced the winners of the 2009 awards. “After much debate and deliberation, the Songlines editorial team have selected these…
View More World Music Magazine Songlines Announces Music Awards 2009Opetaia Foa’I and Malcolm Smith Win International Songwriting Competition 2008 World Music Award
"Tamahana" by Pacific Islander Opetaia Foa’I (Te Vaka) and Malcolm Smith of Auckland, New Zealand won the First Place of the International Songwriting Competition (ISC)…
View More Opetaia Foa’I and Malcolm Smith Win International Songwriting Competition 2008 World Music AwardAustralians Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall Win International Songwriting Competition (ISC) 2008
The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) announced its 2008 winners. ISC bestowed its highest honor, the ISC Grand Prize, to Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall of…
View More Australians Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall Win International Songwriting Competition (ISC) 200828th IRAWMA – Intenational Reggae & World Music Awards
The 28th Annual International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) returns to New York City on Sunday, May 3, 2009. The ceremony will host the…
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