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Peter Gabriel and Robin Denselow to present Songlines Music Awards at WOMAD Charlton Park
Posted on July 22nd, 2010 in Songlines Blog by Songlines.
Winners of the Songlines Music Awards 2010 will receive their gongs over the WOMAD Festival weekend as they join the line-up of the UK’s biggest world music event.
On the evening of Friday July 23, new African sensations Staff Benda Bilili will receive their award for Best Group, presented to them by world music writer and reporter Robin Denselow after their performance on the Open Air Stage, which starts at 7pm.
On the evening of Saturday July 24, British guitarist Justin Adams and Gambian singer and ritti (one-stringed fiddle) player Juldeh Camara will receive their award for Cross-Cultural Collaboration, presented to them by world music legend and WOMAD founder Peter Gabriel after their performance in the Siam tent, which starts at 6pm.
If you are at WOMAD Festival Charlton Park, come down and meet the team at the Songlines tent.
Peter Gabriel wins the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm
Posted on September 1st, 2009 in World Music by Songlines.
The WOMAD founder, ex-member of rock group Genesis and general world music godfather Peter Gabriel has been awarded this year’s Polar Music Prize at the Concert House in Stockholm, Sweden.
In its 18th year, the prize was conceived by ABBA’s Stikkan Andersson to recognise exceptional achievements in music and is seen as a musical equivalent to the Nobel Prize. Past winners have included Brice Springsteen, Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney.
The prize usually has two winners, one from the world of rock and pop and one from the classical music world. This year, Gabriel received his prize from Sweden’s King Carl Gustav alongside Venezuelan conductor and composer José Antonio Abreu, who founded the Simón Bolivar orchestra as part of the music network El Sistema – an opportunity to poor children in Venezuela to learn music.
