The Hispanic Heritage Awards 2010 ceremony will take place Wednesday, September 29, 2010; 8:00-10:00PM at at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Honorees in 2010…
Juan Luis Guerra Among Hispanic Heritage Awards 2010 Honorees
Category: Awards
Ghanaian Master Drummer Yacub Addy Receives NEA National Heritage Fellowship
Yacub Addy, a Ghanaian drum master from Latham, New York, accepts his NEA National Heritage Fellowship award from National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco…
WOMEX Top Label Award 2010 Goes to World Village
The WOMEX Top Label Award for 2010 has been given to World Village / Harmonia Mundi (France/USA). Created as a joint project with the World…
WOMEX 2010 Award for Professional Excellence Goes to Ian Anderson of fRoots, Celebrating Independent Press
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…
Ghanaian Drummer Yacub Addy Earns Top American Arts Honor
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…
Puerto Rican Percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo Receives Honorary Doctor of Music Degree
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 2010 Award Goes to Danyèl Waro of Reunion Island
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…
Indie Acoustic Project 2009 World Music Winners Announced
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…
Songlines Music Awards 2010 for World Music Acts Announced
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…
Blues Music Awards 2010 to Include Live Performance by Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Buddy Guy on May 6, 2010
Memphis (Tennessee), USA – The Blues Foundation confirmed that the legendary blues musician Buddy Guy will perform at the 2010 Blues Music Awards on Thursday,…