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World music winners are announced at the 2009 Grammys
Posted on February 9th, 2009 in World Music by Songlines.
At the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 8, the 51st annual Grammy Awards ceremony took place – and their some top world music names among the winners.
The biggest story of the night involved the ever experimental Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant, who picked up five awards with Alison Krauss for their Americana folk collaboration Raising Sand, including Album of the Year.
In the world music categories, Ladysmith Black Mambazo won Best Traditional Album for Ilembe: Honouring Shaka Zulu and Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussein, Sikiru Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalgo won Best Contemporary Album for Global Drum Project.
Among the many Latin music categories that are such a strong presence at the Grammys, Mexico’s Los Tigres Del Norte won Best Norteño Album for Raíces, José Feliciano won Best Tropical Latin Album for Señor Bachata and Juanes won Best Latin Pop Album for La Vida…Es Un Ratico.
The compilation album Come to Me Great Mystery – Native American Healing Songs won Best Native American Music Album and Pete Seeger’s At 89 won a US-centric Best Traditional Folk Album category. In the reggae category, Burning Spear’s Jah Is Real won Best Album.
The votes are in for the inaugural Songlines Music Awards in partnership with WOMAD
Posted on February 5th, 2009 in World Music by Songlines.
The votes have been cast in the inaugural Songlines Music Awards, to recognise outstanding talent in world music. The awards are run in partnership with WOMAD festival and will culminate in a live event at WOMAD 2009 in Charlton Park in Wiltshire on July 24-26.
With the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music not longer taking place, Songlines felt it was important to continue the momentum the wards had built up and spread the word about the music of the world.
Voted for by you, the readers, and the WOMAD e-list, there is the chance to win tickets to the WOMAD festival 2009 at Charlton Park.
Voting is now closed and the four nominees from each of the four categories – Best Artist, Best Group, Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Newcomer – will be announced in Songlines #59 (April/May 2009). An awards jury will then select the winners, who will be announced in issue #60 (June 2009).
For more info, visit www.songlines.co.uk/awards2009
The new March 2009 Songlines podcast is now available through iTunes
Posted on February 5th, 2009 in Songlines Blog by Songlines.
This podcast includes highlights from the March 2009 issue of Songlines (#58) – our 10th anniversary edition – opening with an excerpt by Esma Redzepova’s version of ‘Djelem Djelem’ from Network album Road of the Gypsies. Songlines editor in chief, Simon Broughton, plays an extract from Kayhan Kalhor’s album Ghazal (ECM), one of his best albums of the last decade.
Nasim Masoud looks at our ‘Ten Songs that Shook the World’ (cover feature for this issue), playing music by Khaled (Wrasse), Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Heads Up) and more of the opening track by Esma Redzepova. Jan Fairley with a feature on Malian singer Oumou Sangaré playing a track from her new album Seya (World Circuit) and Philip Sweeney reports on Cuban band To’Mezcalo with an extract from their debut album Hibrid (Tumi Music).
Nathaniel Handy brings you the latest news with music by Mansour Seck (Stern’s), 51st Grammy Nominees Lila Downs, Debashish Bhattacharya and Grupo Fantasma and two of the artists performing at the Songlines Jazz Café concert series, Daby Touré and Trilok Gurtu, both with new albums.
The podcast ends with a report from Tehran by Simon Broughton with extracts of revolutionary music of the Chavosh movement and a look at the underground music scene with a special excerpt from explicit track ‘The Level of My Hotness’.
The next Songlines podcast, featuring highlights from the April/May issue (#59), will be available from March 20 2009.
Simon Reeve playlist and 10 best new releases in the March issue of Songlines
Posted on February 5th, 2009 in Songlines Blog by Songlines.
The new March issue of Songlines – on sale February 6 – features a free covermount CD packed full of the best new sounds from around the world – including music from Malian singer Oumou Sangaré’s new album. There is also music from Senegalese legend Baaba Maal, rising Scottish folk singer Karine Polwart, legendary Congolese bandleader Franco & Le TP OK Jazz, Texan swing band The Hot Club of Cowtown and traditional Korean music from Hwang Byungki.
Not only does it include 10 tracks from the 10 best new releases from across the world, but also a selection of global sounds from author and TV presenter Simon Reeve’s world music playlist.
Pick up your copy here on the website, selected WHSmith’s and all good record stores and feast your ears on these all new tracks:
* Gangbé Brass Band ‘La Porte du Non Retour’ from Assiko on Contre-Jour
* The Hot Club of Cowtown ‘Ida Red (Live)’ from The Best Of on Hightone Records
* Oumou Sangaré ‘Seya’ from Seya on World Circuit Records
* Gipsy.cz ‘Benga Beating’ from Reprezent on Indies Scope Records
* Éamon Doorley, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Julie Fowlis & Ross Martin ‘Tha’m Buntàta Mòr/An Bairille/Boc Liath Nan Gobhar’ from Dual on Machair Records
* Uxía ‘As Nosas Cores (á Pereira)’ from Eterno Navegar on World Village
* Franco & Le TP OK Jazz ‘Boma L’Heure’ from Francophonic on Stern’s
* Yamandu Costa ‘Mafuá’ from Mafuá on Acoustic Music Records
* Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko ‘Ninki Nanka’ from Africa to Appalachia on Jayme Stone
* Hwang Byungki ‘Chahyangije 2’ from The Best Of Korean Gayageum Music on ARC
Simon Reeve’s playlist:
* Tarika ‘Tsy Kivy’ from Son Egal on Xenophile
* Alèmayèhu Eshèté ‘Eskègizéw Bèrtchi’ (arr. Girma Bèyèné) from Éthiopiques 8: Swinging Addis 1969-1974 on Buda Musique
* The Aswan Troupe for Folkloric Arts ‘Al-Kartch’ from The Music of Islam Volume Three: Music of the Nubians on Celestial Harmonies
* Karine Polwart ‘Mirk Mirk Is This Midnight Hour’ from Fairest Floo’er on Hegri Music
* Baaba Maal ‘Call To Prayer’ from Passion – Sources on Real World Records
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