Memphis (Tennessee), USA – The North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance (Folk Alliance), announced Tom Paxton, topical singer/songwriter; Clifton Chenier, Zydeco king; and Dr.…
Phoenix (Arizona), USA – Randy Wood, of the Cree Nation, received his first Indian Summer Music Award for Best Traditional Vocal Album for his recording,…
Berlin, Germany – This year’s WOMEX Award will go to Zanzibar’s most famous cultural ambassador, Bi Kidude. In her 90’s now, she started her career…
Washington, D.C. , USA – VSA Arts has announced details about this year’s edition of the Young Soloists Award. Rock musicians, virtuosos & divas, jazz…
Buenos Aires, Argentina – Tango singer Sandra Luna, nominated for a Grammy & Los Premios de Gardel in 2004, has won one of most prestigious…
Nashville, Tennessee, USA – With over $100,000 in cash and prizes and the most prestigious panel of judges of any songwriting competition in the world,…
Toronto, Ontario, Canada – The Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards has announced the addition of three new categories for its seventh annual awards. New this year,…
Madrid, Spain – The Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias de la Música (Music Arts and Sciences Academy) celebrated last night, April 21, the…
Phoenix, Arizona, USA – In a press release, Canyon Records announced that Native American flutist, R. Carlos Nakai and Grammy winning recording engineer Jack Miller,…
Wilkesboro, North Carolina: The Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at MerleFest 2005, presented in Wilkesboro by Wilkes Community College, has announced the finalists for the Chris…