One Movement for Music Perth (OMFM) announced the final winner of the Australian Indigenous Music Scholarship (AIMS). Victoria’s Lee Morgan was proclaimed the winner in…
Lee Morgan Wins Australian Indigenous Music Scholarship 2009
Category: Awards
First Roskilde Festival World Music Award to Rokia Traoré’s Passerelle Foundation
The Roskilde Festival World Music Award worth 30,000 euros goes to Rokia Traoré‘s organization that works on professionalizing Malian music culture. The Roskilde Festival Charity…
Eleventh Annual Native American Music Awards Winners Announced
On Saturday October 3, 2009 the Eleventh Annual Native American Music Awards (N.A.M.A.) was held at the Seneca Niagara Hotel & Casino in Niagara Falls…
Omara Portuondo’s “Gracias” nominated for a Contemporary Tropical Album at the Latin GRAMMYs
Cuba’s legendary diva Omara Portuondo has been honored with a nomination from the 10th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards for her latest album, Gracias (World Village,…
2009 Latin Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Awards Announced
Candido Camero, Beth Carvalho, Charly García, Tania Libertad, Marco Antonio Muñiz, and Juan Romero will receive the 2009 Latin Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. José…
WOMEX Announces Top 10 World Music CDs in 2009
WOMEX, the leading international world music organization, announced today the list of top world music CDs in 2009. The number one spot goes to Oumou…
WOMEX Reveals Top World Music Label Award 2009
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…
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…
WOMEX 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…
Nigerian 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…