Following the very positive reviews from international media on their debut album “Grippy Grappa”, Monsieur Doumani have received another great distinction from the acclaimed British magazine ‘Songlines’, which specializes in ‘World Music’.
The awards, voted by theSonglines readers and the general public, endeavor to celebrate and acknowledge the wealth of musical talent around the world. All the nominated artists have had albums reviewed in Songlines during 2013. The awards consist of four categories: Best Artist, Best Group, Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Newcomer. The nominees are the top four in each category from the public vote. The winners of each category will be announced in the magazine’sJune issue (#100).
Monsieur Doumani’s “Grippy Grappa”, which was awarded as ‘Top of the World’ album in a previous issue of the magazine, now gives the group a nomination for ‘Best Newcomer’.
Monsieur Doumani willcelebrate this achievement by giving a free concert next Sunday 16 March 2014 (9:30pm) at theNew Division Bar in Nicosia.
Monsieur Doumani was formed in 2011 in Nicosia by Antonis Antoniou (tzouras), Angelos Ionas (guitar) and Demetris Yiasemides (wind instruments). Although each member of Monsieur Doumani comes from a different musical background all three are influenced by Cypriot folklore on various levels.
They focus on rearranging Cypriot traditional songs adding their own particular color to the sound and feeling of the songs. They also compose their own songs in the Cypriot dialect, which are inspired by contemporary Cypriot society, as for example the recent financial crisis that hit the island and the corrupted political system.
More about the band: www.monsieurdoumani.com
http://www.songlines.co.uk/music-awards/