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Songlines Music Awards 2011 nominees announced
Posted on March 16th, 2011 in Recent Posts by Songlines.
Songlines magazine announces the final nominees of the Songlines Music Awards 2011 and releases a compilation album on March 21, featuring all 16 nominated artists.
With the Songlines Music Awards now in their third year, Songlines is delighted to announce the final nominees in the 2011 Songlines Music Awards. The Awards, voted by Songlines readers and the general public, aim to recognise and celebrate the wealth of outstanding musical talent from across the world that has been reviewed in Songlines magazine.
There are four categories: Best Artist, Best Group, Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Newcomer. The final nominees are the top four in each category from the public vote, profiles on all final nominees will be published in the April/May issue of Songlines (#75) on sale from March 18.
The winners of each category will be announced in the June issue (#76), on sale from April 29, 2011.
The 16 final nominees are:
BEST ARTIST
Ana Moura (for the album Leva me Aos Fados on World Village)
Cheikh Lô (for the album Jamm on World Circuit)
Femi Kuti (for the album Africa for Africa on Wrasse)
Youssou N’Dour (for the album Dakar-Kingston on Universal)
BEST GROUP
Bellowhead (for the album Hedonism on Navigator)
Hanggai (for the album He Who Travels Far on World Connection)
Lepistö & Lehti (for the album Helsinki on Aito Records)
Terrakota (for the album World Massala on Ojo Musica)
CROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATION
AfroCubism (for the album AfroCubism on World Circuit)
Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal (for the album Chamber Music on No Format)
Kronos Quartet with Alim & Fargana Qasimov and Homayun Sakhi (for the album Rainbow – Music of Central Asia Vol 8 on Smithsonian Folkways)
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt & Matt Malley (for the album Sleepless Nights on World Village)
NEWCOMER
The Creole Choir of Cuba (for the album Tande-la on Real World)
Raghu Dixit (for the album Raghu Dixit on Vishal & Shekhar Music)
Syriana (for the album Road to Damascus on Real World)
Tamikrest (for the album Adagh on Glitterhouse Records)
A compilation album featuring all 16 final nominees will be released (on CD & download) on March 21 (SPLCD004). The Songlines Music Awards 2011 iPhone app, featuring profiles and music of all the nominees, is also available to download for free from the iTunes store.
For more information, click here
November/December 2010 issue of Songlines (#72) is on sale in the UK from October 15
Posted on October 13th, 2010 in Recent Posts by Songlines.
The November/December 2010 issue of Songlines is on sale in the UK from October 15 and includes our regular Top of the World CD with ten tracks from the finest new releases from around the planet, plus a second free CD showcasing both classical and contemporary music from Korea. The Top of the World CD also includes five tracks selected by multi-award winning choreographer Bill T Jones.
The Top of the World CD includes tracks from New York’s mambo king Tito Puente; English folk big band Bellowhead; ancestral Afro-Caribbean chant from the Creole Choir of Cuba; goodtime Mongolian music from Hanggai; goodtime Louisiana music from Feufollet; and the original Buena Vista Club – AfroCubism, among others.
The main editorial features include:
• FELA! – We talk to the people behind the award-winning stage show about to hit London’s National Theatre.
• Bellowhead – Folk’s big-band bring mayhem and hedonism to Abbey Road studios.
• Asmara All Stars – French producer Bruno Blum’s latest project, which showcases talent from Eritrea – Africa’s forgotten country.
• Creole Choir of Cuba – The heartrending stories of this Cuban-Haitian a capella chorus.
• Turkish Clarinets – Two of Turkish Roma’s clarinet masters.
• Sounding Out Bangalore – all the best places to see and hear music in the cyber-capital of southern India.
• Beginner’s Guide to Bulgaria’s Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares.
• Postcard from Koprivshtitsa, Bulgaria.
• WOMAD New Zealand.
• Backpage from Oslo, Norway.
• My World – multi-award winning choreographer Bill T Jones.
• Grooves – early music collaborator Michael Popp, Irish fiddler Dónal O’Connor and Latin pianist Alex Wilson.
• News, including WOMEX showcases.
• Reviews of the latest CD, DVD and World Cinema releases.
FELA! choreographer Bill T Jones playlist and the 10 best new releases in the November/December issue of Songlines (#72)
Posted on October 13th, 2010 in Recent Posts by Songlines.
Bill T Jones
The November/December 2010 issue of Songlines now on sale features a free covermount CD packed full of the best new sounds from around the world, plus 5 tracks selected by multi-award winning choreographer and co-creator of FELA! Bill T Jones.
The Top of the World CD includes tracks from New York’s mambo king Tito Puente; English folk big band Bellowhead; ancestral Afro-Caribbean chant from the Creole Choir of Cuba; goodtime Mongolian music from Hanggai; goodtime Louisiana music from Feufollet; and the original Buena Vista Club – AfroCubism, among others.
Pick up your copy here on the website, at selected WHSmith’s and at all good record retailers. Feast your ears on these all-new tracks:
* Madou Sidiki Diabaté, Ahmed Fofana & Alex Wilson ‘Donkan’ on Alex Wilson Records
* Bellowhead ‘New York Girls’ on Navigator Records
* Creole Choir of Cuba ‘Edem Chanté’ on Real World Records
* AfroCubism ‘Nima Diyala’ on World Circuit
* Hanggai ‘Xiger Xiger’ on World Connection
* Asmara All Stars ‘Amajo’ on Outhere Records
* Feufollet ‘Au Fond du Lac’ on Feufollet Records
* Danyel Waro ‘Voulvoul’ on Cobalt
* Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno ‘Dub y Guaguanco’ on Tru Thoughts
* Tito Puente ‘Algo Nuevo’ on Fania Records
Plus Bill T Jones’ playlist:
* Atahualpa Yupanqui ‘Duerme Negrito’ on Le Chant du Monde
* Yungchen Lhamo ‘Om Mani Padme Hung’ on Real World Records
* Roscoe Holcomb ‘A Village Churchyard’ on Smithsonian Folkways
* Various Artists ‘La Partenza’ on Rounder Records/Alan Lomax Collection
* Fela Kuti ‘Shuffering and Shmiling’ on Wrasse Records
The issue also features a second free CD showcasing the classical and contemporary music of Korea.
