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Join Songlines at WOMAD or watch online
Posted on July 20th, 2010 in World Music by Songlines.
The Songlines Tteam will be at WOMAD Charlton Park in Wiltshire on the weekend of July 23-25, so if you are there come and find us. If you’re not…
…The Africa Channel – broadcast on Sky Digital channel 268 and the only TV channel devoted exclusively to African content – launches its Summer of Music in collaboration with Songlines from July 23. There will be coverage of WOMAD festival at Charlton Park available on both the Africa Channel and Songlines websites.
WOMAD this year plays host to such legends as Salif Keita, Horace Andy, Afro Celt Sound System and Gil Scott-Heron alongside hot acts like Staff Benda Bilili, Ska Cubano and Ozomatli. Throughout the weekend, you can catch artist interviews and exclusive live performances by some of the biggest names.
During the WOMAD weekend, the Africa Channel will also be broadcasting one of its live music premiere concerts – Cape Verdean star Mayra Andrade live in her homeland. This is one of a series of feature concerts and documentaries to be broadcast throughout July and August every Sunday and Wednesday night.
Other highlights include live concerts from Caribbean zouk legends Kassav’ on August 1 and Algerian gnawa and reggae fusionists Gnawa Diffusion on August 15. Watch out for more live world music in the months to come on the Africa Channel.
Songlines Music Awards 2010 winners announced
Posted on April 27th, 2010 in Songlines Blog by Songlines.
Following on from the success of last year’s inaugural awards, Songlines is delighted to announce this year’s winners. The Songlines Music Awards recognise outstanding talent in world music and are voted by Songlines readers and the general public.
There are four categories: Best Artist, Best Group, Cross-Cultural Collaboration
and Newcomer – the results from the public vote generate the final nominees, the top four in each category.
The winners, selected by the Songlines editorial team, listed below, will be published in the June issue of Songlines, (#68) on sale from April 30 2010. The winners will also be announced on BBC Radio 3’s ‘World on 3’ programme, on April 30, by last year’s Best Artist winner, Rokia Traoré.
A 16-track compilation album (SPLCD003) featuring the four winners and 12 final nominees is out now on CD and download. A Songlines Music Awards 2010 app, for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, featuring excerpts and profiles on the winners and nominees, is also available to download for free from the iTunes App store.
“The audience for world music is greater now than it’s ever been,” says Simon Broughton, editor-in-chief of Songlines, “and it’s reaching out in ever more diverse directions. It’s still essential to have awards in which the leading names can be celebrated and the new and innovative names highlighted.”
And the winners are…
Best Artist
Goran Bregović
(for the album Alkohol on Wrasse Records)
Goran Bregović will be presented with his Songlines Music Award by Simon Broughton after his performance at the Festival de Jazz de Nice on July 18
Best Group
Staff Benda Bilili
(for the album Très Très Fort on Crammed Discs)
Staff Benda Bilili will be presented with their Songlines Music Award after their performance at WOMAD Charlton Park on July 23
Cross-Cultural Collaboration
Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara
(for the album Tell No Lies on Real World)
Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara will be presented with their Songlines Music Award after their performance at WOMAD Charlton Park on July 24
Newcomer
Deolinda
(for the album Canção ao Lado on World Connection)
Deolinda will be presented with their Songlines Music Award by Jo Frost, Songlines editor, after their performance at CCB in Lisbon on June 8
Songlines Music Awards 2010 CD is on sale now
www.songlines.co.uk/music-awards
Songlines Music Awards 2010 nominations
Posted on March 17th, 2010 in Songlines Blog by Songlines.
Songlines magazine announces the final nominees of the Songlines Music Awards 2010 and releases a compilation album on March 22, featuring all 16 nominated artists.
Following on from the success of last year’s inaugural awards, Songlines magazine is delighted to announce the final nominees in the 2010 Songlines Music Awards. The Songlines Music Awards recognise outstanding talent in world music and are voted by Songlines readers and the general public. 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. The winners of each category will be announced in the June issue (#68) of Songlines, on sale from April 30, 2010. The 16 final nominees are:
BEST ARTIST
Goran Bregović (for the album Alkohol – Sljivovica & Champagne on Blue Wrasse)
Bassekou Kouyaté (for the album I Speak Fula with Ngoni ba on Out Here Records)
Oumou Sangaré (for the album Seya on World Circuit)
Lura (for the album Eclipse on Lusafrica)
BEST GROUP
Gypsy Groovz Orchestra Goes TuttiMundi (for the album Night Train for Lovers and Thieves on Network Medien)
Staff Benda Bilili (for the album Très Très Fort on Crammed Discs)
Tinariwen (for the album Imidiwan: Companions on Independiente)
Shooglenifty (for the album Murmichan on Shoogle Records)
CROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATION
Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara (for the album Tell No Lies on Real World)
Transglobal Underground (for the album Run Devils & Demon (Best Of) on Nascente)
Stockholm Lisboa Project (for the album Diagonal on Westpark)
Faiz Ali Faiz/Titi Robin (for the album Jaadu on Accords Croisés)
NEWCOMER
Invisible System (for the album Punt: Made in Ethiopia on Harper Diabaté)
Deolinda (for the album Canção ao Lado on World Connection)
Speed Caravan (for the album Kalashnik Love on Real World)
Mamer (for the album Eagle on Real World)
“The audience for world music is greater now than it’s ever been,” says Simon Broughton, editor-in-chief of Songlines, “and it’s reaching out in ever more diverse directions. The fact that we have Balkan maestro Goran Bregović and Western China’s Mamer as nominees is indicative of that. But it’s still essential to have awards in which the leading names can be feted and the new and innovative names highlighted.”
Songlines is also releasing a compilation album, distributed by Proper Music, on March 22, 2010, featuring all 16 nominated artists.
www.songlines.co.uk/music-awards
The April/May 2009 issue of Songlines (#59)
Posted on March 16th, 2009 in Songlines Blog by Songlines.
The April/May 2009 issue of Songlines is on sale in the UK from March 20. In this special ‘green’ issue we’ve moved away from plastic and are now using recycled card for our CD covermount; the inside pages are now also printed on 100% recycled post-consumer waste. On top of this, we’ve started offsetting all the carbon emissions of our journalists travelling by plane to cover stories, and have several environmentally-themed articles throughout the issue.
The free CD that comes with the April/May 2009 issue includes the funkiest, most up-to-date sounds from around the planet. Tracks include new music from Trinidad and Tobago’s carnival diva Calypso Rose; classic Congolese soukous and rumba from Ry-Co Jazz; alcohol-fuelled Balkan brass from Goran Bregovic; and the hottest band in world music – and the cover stars – Staff Benda Bilili. As well as these ten tracks, there’s a selection of five Artic-themed tunes from David Buckland, director of cultural climate awareness project Cape Farewell.
The main editorial features include:
• Staff Benda Bilili – the disabled Kinshasa street musicians whose story is incredible. But it’s their music that speaks loudest.
• The Songlines Music Awards – all the nominations for our very own inaugural awards ceremony.
• Slow Music – you’ve heard of the Slow Food movement; now taste the music.
• Calypso Rose – T&T’s calypso superstar talks to Songlines on the eve of her first international release.
• Instruments and Wood – how demand for instruments is putting pressure on international wood stocks, and what’s being done about it.
• Summer Schools – insider accounts of two of the best places to unwind and learn a musical instrument this summer: WOMAD Summer School in England and Labyrinth in Crete.
• Archive Recordings – the vital role sound archives have to play in shaping our communities.
• Sounding Out Cairo – all the best places to see and hear music in the Egyptian capital.
• Festival Profile – Mawazine Festival, Rabat, Morocco.
• Postcard from Addis Ababa.
• Backpage from Jaipur, India.
• Afghan Star – how one reality TV show is changing the face of Afghan music.
• My World – Cape Farewell’s cultured environmentalist, David Buckland.
• News, including music maestro AR Rahman winning two Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire, plus the Czech Republic’s Eurovision rap entry.
• Pages from the latest CD, DVD and World Cinema reviews.
