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On this week’s Propermusic Podcast, Songlines editor Jo Frost, news editor Nathaniel Handy and contributor Tim Cumming talk to Trevor Dann about the Songlines Music Awards 2012.

You can listen to the podcast here and hear excerpts from the Songlines Music Awards 2012 compilation CD, which features all 16 nominated artists. 

Propermusic.com Podcast Episode 31

You can listen to excerpts from all 16 nominees on our Songlines Music Awards 2012 app, available on iTunes.

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The new Official UK World Music Album Chart is live with Amadou & Mariam entering at number two with their new release, Folila. Be sure to check out Amadou and Mariam on our cover next issue (on sale April 27). 

You can listen to excerpts from each of the top 10 albums on our next podcast (#84), live on April 27.

We’re also excited to see our Songlines Music Awards 2012 at the top of the compilation chart! 

You can see the full chart (the top 20) as well as the Official UK World Music Compilation Album Chart here.

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We are delighted to announce the nominees for the Songlines Music Awards 2012. 

The 16 nominees are (drumroll please):

 BEST ARTIST
Abigail Washburn (for the album City of Refuge on Rounder)
Anoushka Shankar (for the album Traveller on DG)
Hossam Ramzy (for the album Rock the Tabla on ARC)
Ry Cooder (for the album Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down on Nonesuch)

BEST GROUP
JuJu (Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara) (for the album In Trance on Real World)
SheʼKoyokh Klezmer Ensemble (for the album Buskerʼs Ballroom on ARC)
Tinariwen (for the album Tassili on V2/Co-op)
Watcha Clan (for the album Radio Babel on Piranha)

CROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATION
The Bollywood Brass Band and Rafaqat Ali Khan (for the album Chaiyya Chaiyya on Felmay Records)
Dub Colossus (for the album Addis Through the Looking Glass on Real World)
Kronos Quartet, Kimmo Pohjonen, Samuli Kosminen (for the album Uniko on Ondine)
Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile (for the album The Goat Rodeo Sessions on Sony Classical)

NEWCOMER
Bombino (for the album Agadez on Cumbancha Discovery)
Fatoumata Diawara (for the album Fatou on World Circuit)
Khyam Allami (for the album Resonance/Dissonance on Nawa Recordings)
Trio Tekke (for the album Samas on Trio Tekke)

The awards, voted by Songlines readers and the general public, endeavour to celebrate and acknowledge the myriad of musical talent across the world. All the nominated artists have had albums reviewed in Songlines during 2011 (from #74 to #81 inclusive).

Be sure to check out our Songlines Music Awards 2012 compilation album that features a track from each of the 16 nominated artists. The album will be released on March 19 2012.

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The new Official UK World Music Album Chart is live with Rodrigo y Gabriela entering at the top with their new release with C.U.B.A.

You can listen to excerpts from each of the top 10 albums on our next podcast (#83), live on the March 16.

You can see the full chart (the top 20) as well as the Official UK World Music Compilation Album Chart here.

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