WOMEX announced the winner of the WOMEX 2010 Award for Professional Excellence. The award goes to British musician and journalist Ian Anderson (UK), founder and…
The National Endowment for the Arts announced today that Ghanaian drum master Yacub Addy, who resides in upstate New York, will be awarded a 2010…
Berklee College of Music presented an honorary doctor of music degree to percussionist, composer, and bandleader Giovanni Hidalgo. The diploma was awarded during the…
WOMEX announced today the winner of the WOMEX 2010 Award for Artists: Danyèl Waro, the uncompromising maloya hero from Reunion Island. Waro will perform on…
The Indie Acoustic Project (IAP) announced the winners of the IAP’s “Best CDs of 2009” Awards. The winners in each of 12 categories were selected…
Following on from the success of last year’s inaugural awards, Songlines magazine announced this year’s winners. The Songlines Music Awards recognize outstanding talent in world…
Memphis (Tennessee), USA – The Blues Foundation confirmed that the legendary blues musician Buddy Guy will perform at the 2010 Blues Music Awards on Thursday,…
Kenyan funk master Sila Mutungi outshone such notable competition as Zap Mama and Omou Sangare at the 41st Annual NAACP Image Awards to take home…
The winners of the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced this evening by The Recording Academy at Staples Center in Los Angeles. In the Best…
No longer the Bay Area’s best-kept world music secret, San Francisco-based Sila and the AfroFunk have been recognized as being among the genre’s elite and…