Nashville, Tennessee, USA – The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) announced the winners for its 2004 annual competition. Modeste, an artist from Madagascar, now based in…
The Indie Acoustic Project has announced the finalists for the IAP’s "Best CDs of 2004" Awards. The 3 finalists in each of 14 categories were…
New York, USA – Zulal, the Armenian A Cappella Folk Trio based in New York and Boston, has been nominated for the “Best Folk/World Album”…
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA – The Society for American Music announced the following awards given at the Eugene meeting in February: SAM LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Dena…
London, England – Martin Carthy was awarded the prestigious Folk Singer of the Year award as well as the Best Traditional Track award for “Famous…
Los Angeles, California, USA – The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc., also known as The Recording Academy, announced this evening the winners…
Madrid, Spain – The debut album of guitarist Jerónimo Maya, entitled Jerónimo (Alma100 ), has been named Best New Guitar Soloist 2004 at the ‘Flamenco…
London, UK – Amparanoia won the BBC Award for World Music in the category of Europe. The Madrid-based act is known for its mestizo (hybrid)…
For the second year running, Tanzania came top at the 6th InterRegional Music Crossroads Festival, held 20-23 January in Blantyre, Malawi. Afrikali, a group of…
Santa Mónica, California, USA – Recording artists Eddy Arnold, Art Blakey, the original members of the Carter Family, Morton Gould, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Jerry…