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Grammy nominations: Best World Music Album
Posted on December 2nd, 2011 in Songlines Blog by Songlines Intern.
This year’s Grammy nominees have been announced and you’ll be pleased to hear there are some familiar names shortlisted for the Best World Music Album Award. Congratulations go to AfroCubism (AfroCubism), Femi Kuti (Africa For Africa), Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Songs From a Zulu Farm) and Tinariwen (Tassili).
The awards ceremony will be held on February 12 in Los Angeles for their 54th incarnation. We wish the artists the best of luck; we’d be hard pushed to choose!
July 2010 issue of Songlines (#69) is on sale in the UK from June 11
Posted on June 10th, 2010 in Songlines Blog by Songlines.
The July 2010 issue of Songlines is on sale in the UK from June 11 and includes our regular Top of the World CD with ten tracks from the finest new releases from around the planet. There’s also a selection of five tracks selected by novelist and screenplay writer William Boyd.
The Top of the World CD includes tracks from Ango-Cuban collective Ska Cubano; Senegalese rappers Daara J Family; Portuguese fadista Ana Moura; Serbian preservers of the Sephardic sound Shira u’tfila; East Timorese musical figurehead Ego Lemos and new pan-European collaborative project UNITE, among others.
The main editorial features include:
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo – From Graceland to worldwide recognition, we chart the group’s incredible success story.
• Thandiswa Mazwai – Taking her rightful place amongst South Africa’s female singing elite.
• Fresh Talent – Four other young SA names to look out for.
• Songlines Guide to South African Music – From kwaito to isicathamiya, our guide to the Rainbow Nation’s wealth of musical styles.
• Making a Compilation – A compiler’s journey – from concept to album release.
• Ego Lemos – The eco-singer who’s putting South-East Asia’s East Timor on the musical map.
• Shira u’tfila – The Serbian group intent on keeping Sephardic music traditions alive.
• Sounding Out Melbourne – all the best places to see and hear music in the Australian city.
• Beginner’s Guide to Tom Zé.
• Postcard from Santiago de Cuba.
• Roskilde Festival, Denmark.
• Backpage from New Zealand.
• My World – novelist and screenplay writer William Boyd.
• Grooves – Ghanaian highlife singer AB Crentsil, flamenco guitarist Pepe Habichuela and Salsa Celtica’s Toby Shippey share their favourites.
• News, including Dispatches USA from the new Museum of Musical Instruments.
• Reviews of the latest CD, DVD and World Cinema releases.
The July 2010 Songlines podcast is now available through iTunes
Posted on June 10th, 2010 in Songlines Blog by Songlines.
This podcast includes highlights from the July 2010 issue of Songlines (#69) opening with an excerpt from Ladysmith Black Mambazo (cover artists this issue). Editor in chief, Simon Broughton, plays an extract from the new album by Ego Lemos O Hele Le on Dramatico/Skinnyfish.
Features include: Nigel Williamson with his Guide to South African Music, Rose Skelton on her African migration compilation and Simon Broughton on Sephardic group Shira U’tfila. Nathaniel Handy brings you the latest news with the Official UK World Music Album Chart, as well as music from Makoomba and Céu. The podcast ends with an extract from the late Ljiljana Buttler.
The next Songlines podcast, featuring highlights from the August/September issue (#70), will be available from July 23 2010.
