WOMEX announced that the winner of the WOMEX 2011 Award for Artists goes to Hugh Masekela, the trumpet prodigy, fiery denouncer of Apartheid and Afro-jazz…
Hugh Masekela Wins WOMEX 2011 World Music Award for Artists
Category: Awards
National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2011 National Heritage Fellowship Recipients
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced today the 2011 NEA National Heritage Fellowship recipients. The award is the United States of America’s highest…
Indie Acoustic Project 2010 Winners Announced
The Indie Acoustic Project announced the winners of the IAP’s “Best CDs of 2010” Awards. The winners in each of 12 categories were selected from…
Adarrots Wins 6th Eurofolk International Contest
Basque folk band Adarrots won the 6th edition of Concurso Internacional Eurofolk, held in Córdoba (Spain). After winning in the Spanish round, Adarrots traveled to…
Kenya’s Mutinda Wins 2010 International Songwriting Competition World Music Award
George Mutinda Wambua of Kenya won the first place in the World Music category at the 2010 International Songwriting Competition (ISC). Second Place went to…
Winners of the 2010 International Songwriting Competition (ISC) Announced
The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) announced today the 2010 winners. ISC’s Grand Prize for 2010 is awarded to Australian native Kasey Chambers for her song…
Chucho and Bebo Valdés to Be Honored at Berklee College of Music
Berklee president Roger H. Brown will present Cuban musicians Chucho Valdés and Bebo Valdés, with honorary doctor of music degrees at Berklee College of Music’s…
Flamenco Hoy 2010 Awards Announced
The winners of the 12th Flamenco Hoy awards (XII Premios “Flamenco Hoy”) were announced on March 21st at Teatro Lara in Madrid (Spain). Winners 1.…
World Music Winners of 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards Announced
Winners of the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards in the world music categories were announced tonight, February 13, 2011. Mali’s Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté…
Pancho Amat to receive the 2010 Cuban National Music Award
As reported by Cuban TV National News, Leonel Francisco ‘Pancho’ Amat, famous Cuban composer and ´tres´ player got the 2010 National Music Award, the highest…