The song “Tamahana”, written by Te Vaka‘s Opetaia Foai and Malcolm Smith has won the ” International” category in the 28th Australian Songwriting Association…
Te Vaka Wins Australian Songwriting Association Award
Category: Awards
The Third Annual WOMEX Top Label Award Goes to Cumbancha
The results are in and this year’s WOMEX top world music label is United States-based Cumbancha. They will be awarded the customary WOMEX Top Label…
Nominations for the 10th Annual Native American Music Awards Announced
Nominations for the 10th Annual Native American Music Awards (NAMA) were announced this week by The Native American Music Association & Awards, reflecting the combined…
Hungarian Folk Music Veterans Muzsikás Win 10th Annual WOMEX Award for World Music
Berlin, Germany – WOMEX announced this week the winner of 10th Annual WOMEX Award for World Music. The award goes to Hungarian band Muzsikás. This…
Moroccan King grants Marcel Khalife the Medal of Intellectual Achievement!
Renowned Lebanese composer, oud virtuoso and singer Marcel Khalife was granted the Medal of Intellectual Achievement by Morocco’s King Mohammed on Wednesday (July 30) in…
WOMEX 2008 Educational Institution Award Goes to Folk Music Department of the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki
Berlin, Germany – WOMEX announced today the winner of the WOMEX Award for Professional Excellence: the Folk Music Department of the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki,…
S’Albaida Wins Prestigious Folk Music Competition in Spain
S’Albaida won the IX Concurso Internacional de Folk Cuartu los Valles on July 25. This annual music competition held in Navelgas (northern Spain) is open…
Imagined Village Receive Three "Hancock" Folk Awards at the Wychwood Music Festival
The music paused on the open air stage at this year’s Wychwood Music festival as Simon Emmerson, of the Imagined Village announced, " This is…
Polynesian Sensation Te Vaka Wins Two Top Awards
Te Vaka won two of the top awards at the 2008 Pacific Music Awards on Saturday night – “Best Pacific Album” for their 5th Album…
National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2008 NEA National Heritage Fellowship Recipients
Washington, DC (USA) – The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today announced the 2008 recipients of the NEA National Heritage Fellowships, the country’s highest…