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Awards for world music

Index Awards for world music

Various awards have been presented in recent years to musical artists for their contributions to the genre of world music. [1]

24 relations: Ablaye Cissoko, Académie Charles-Cros, Alex Webb (musician), BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music, Charlie Gillett, FRoots, Gangbé Brass Band, Grammy Award for Best World Music Album, Grand Prix du Disque, Ian A. Anderson, KAOS (FM), Kobo Town, Lila Downs, Louis Mhlanga, Ojos de Brujo, Oliver Mtukudzi, Olympia, Washington, Régis Gizavo, Songlines (magazine), The Proms, Volker Goetze, World music.

Ablaye Cissoko

Ablaye Cissoko is a Senegalese musician, singer and composer, who plays the kora.

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Académie Charles-Cros

The Académie Charles-Cros, (Charles Cros Academy) is an organization located in Chézy-sur-Marne, France, that acts as an intermediary between government cultural policy makers and professionals in music and the recording industry.

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Alex Webb (musician)

Alex Webb (born 1961) is a British songwriter and musician and former journalist.

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BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards

The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards celebrate outstanding achievement during the previous year within the field of folk music, with the aim of raising the profile of folk and acoustic music.

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BBC Radio 3

BBC Radio 3 is a British radio station operated by the BBC.

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BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music

The BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music was an award given to world music artists between 2002 and 2008, sponsored by BBC Radio 3.

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Charlie Gillett

Charles Thomas Gillett (20 February 1942 – 17 March 2010) was a British radio presenter, musicologist and writer, mainly on rock and roll and other forms of popular music.

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FRoots

fRoots (pronounced "eff-Roots", originally Folk Roots) is a specialist music magazine published quarterly in the UK.

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Gangbé Brass Band

The Gangbé Brass Band is a 10-member Beninese musical ensemble founded in 1994.

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Grammy Award for Best World Music Album

The Grammy Award for Best World Music Album is an honor presented to recording artists for quality albums in the world music genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.

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Grand Prix du Disque

The Grand Prix du Disque is the premier French award for musical recordings.

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Ian A. Anderson

Ian A. Anderson (born 26 July 1947, Weston-super-Mare, England) is an English magazine editor, folk musician and broadcaster.

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KAOS (FM)

KAOS (89.3 FM) is a hybrid college-community radio station licensed to The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.

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Kobo Town

Kobo Town is a Juno-nominated Canadian Caribbean music group, led by Trinidadian Canadian singer and songwriter Drew Gonsalves.

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Lila Downs

Ana Lila Downs Sánchez (born September 9, 1968) is a Mexican-American singer-songwriter and actress.

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Louis Mhlanga

Louis Mhlanga (born 10 November 1956) is a Zimbabwean artist based in South Africa, an award-winning guitarist and producer.

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Ojos de Brujo

Ojos de Brujo ("Sorcerer Eyes" in English) was a nine-piece band from Barcelona who describe their style as "jipjop flamenkillo" (hip-hop with a little flamenco).

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Oliver Mtukudzi

Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi (born 22 September 1952 in Highfield, Harare) is a Zimbabwean musician, businessman, philanthropist, human rights activist and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Southern Africa Region.

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Olympia, Washington

Olympia is the capital of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat of Thurston County. It was incorporated on January 28, 1859. The population was 46,479 as of the 2010 census, making it the 24th largest city in the state. The city borders Lacey to the east and Tumwater to the south. Olympia is a cultural center of the southern Puget Sound region. Olympia is located southwest of Seattle, the largest city in the state of Washington.

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Régis Gizavo

Régis Gizavo (June 16, 1959 – July 16, 2017) was a Malagasy accordionist.

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Songlines (magazine)

Songlines is a British based magazine launched in 1999 that covers music from traditional and popular to contemporary and fusion, featuring artists from around the globe.

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The Proms

The Proms is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in central London.

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Volker Goetze

Volker Goetze (born 1972 in Bergisch-Gladbach) is a German-born New York based composer, trumpeter and filmmaker.

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World music

World music (also called global music or international music) is a musical category encompassing many different styles of music from around the globe, which includes many genres including some forms of Western music represented by folk music, as well as selected forms of ethnic music, indigenous music, neotraditional music, and music where more than one cultural tradition, such as ethnic music and Western popular music, intermingle.

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BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards, R3 Awards, Radio 3 Awards for World Music, Radio 3 World Music Awards, World music (Awards).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awards_for_world_music

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