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Songlines Music Awards 2012
Posted on January 14th, 2012 in Songlines Blog by Alexandra Petropoulos.
Well, it’s officially 2012 and, as may be expected, the first few weeks of the new year often find people reflecting upon the best and worst of the one that has just past.
We’ve already made a list of our top 10 albums from 2011 (you can read more about them in our current issue), and other blogs are rife with their own selections. Some of the best ones that we came across were: Small World Music Notes, who picked out their 30 favourite albums; Sounds and Colours, who selected their top Latin albums, and World Music Central.org, who listed their top 20 albums.
But enough of what we think were the best albums! We want to know what you thought were 2011′s outstanding releases.
We’ve collected all the albums that were reviewed in Songlines over the past year and are asking our readers, fans and followers to vote for their favourites. There are four categories – Best Artist, Best Group, Best Newcomer, and Best Cross-cultural Collaboration – and you only have a few more weeks to cast your vote.
Voting closes January 31, so get voting people! And remember that by doing so you’ll automatically be entered into a prize draw to win one of three pairs of tickets to WOMAD Charlton Park (July 26-29 2012), plus we have 10 runner’s up prizes of the Songlines Music Awards 2011 CD featuring all of last year’s winners and nominees.
We’d also love to hear who you voted for and why in the comments below.
Femi Kuti receives his Songlines Award
Posted on August 8th, 2011 in Songlines Blog by Alexandra Petropoulos.
This weekend Songlines publisher Paul Geoghegan was at the Big Chill Festival to present Femi Kuti with his Songlines Music Award for Best Artist.
Femi won the award over other great artists including Ana Moura, Youssou N’Dour, and Cheikh Lô. It has recently been announced that Femi and his band Positive Force will be supporting the Red Hot Chili Peppers on several dates of their European tour in October.
Raghu Dixit receives his Songlines Music Award
Posted on July 19th, 2011 in Songlines Blog by Alexandra Petropoulos.
At the height of the festival season, Raghu Dixit and co took a break from the mud baths to perform at Hoxton Hall in London. It was at this intimate gig that Songlines – assisted by Robin Denslow – presented Raghu with his Best Newcomer award. In case you missed the gig, you can watch the award presentation, including Raghu’s humbling acceptance speech, here.
Those at Thursday’s gig may have also been surprised to see Soumik Datta, composer and sarod (lute) player, join Raghu on stage. Having met just days prior the concert, the music sounded as though they were made to play together. We sincerely hope to hear them perform together again in the future.
What a weekend!
Posted on June 29th, 2011 in Songlines Blog by Alexandra Petropoulos.
We were a busy team here at Songlines this past weekend. As we slowly start to recover, here’s a quick recap of what we were up to…
Glastonbury. Need we say more?! It was a immense four days, complete with rain, mud, sunshine and rocking music. Stay tuned for a more detailed recap of Glastonbury 2011, which will be posted soon.
Raghu Dixit shows his Songlines spirit at Glastonbury
The other half of the team spent the weekend at London’s Kings Place for the Songlines Encounters Festival. There was a remarkable turnout, especially as it was our inaugural festival. Editor-in-chief Simon Broughton and Editor Jo Frost gave exceptional speeches (despite the challenging lighting situation) while Sväng blew the audience away and earned a 4 star review from the Sunday Times (read the review here).
It was lovely to see so many familiar faces. Thank you all for the support and we hope to see you there next year. For those of you who missed the festival, we will be posting photos soon.
Finally, to round up an excellent weekend, Songlines – with the help of Carlos Acosta – presented AfroCubism with their Cross-Cultural Collabotation 2011 Songlines Music Award after their performance at the Royal Albert Hall. Click here to see photos from the gig, taken by Elliot Franks.
