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Songlines magazine announces the nominees of the Songlines Music Awards 2014 and releases a compilation album on March 17, featuring all 16 nominated artists
With the Songlines Music Awards now in their sixth year, Songlines is delighted to announce the 2014 nominees. The awards, voted by Songlines readers and the general public, endeavour to celebrate and acknowledge the wealth of musical talent around the world. All the nominated artists have had albums reviewed in Songlines during 2013 (from issues #90 to #97 inclusive). There are four categories: Best Artist, Best Group, Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Newcomer. The nominees are the top four in each category from the public vote, profiles of which will be published in the April/May issue of Songlines (#99), on sale from March 14. The winners of each category will be announced in the June issue (#100), on sale from April 25, 2014.
The 16 nominees are:
BEST ARTIST
Çiğdem Aslan (for Mortissa on Asphalt Tango)
Bassekou Kouyaté (for Jama Ko on Out Here)
Manu Chao (for Siberie M’Etait Contéee on Because)
Mulatu Astatke (for Sketches of Ethiopia on Jazz Village)
BEST GROUP
Clannad (for Nádúr on ARC Music)
Los Desterrados (for Dos Amantes on Enkalador)
R.U.T.A. (for Na Vschod on Karrot Kommando)
Tamikrest (for Chatma on Glitterbeat)
CROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATION
Dizraeli and The Small Gods (for Moving in the Dark on ECC Records)
Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita (for Clychau Dibon on Astar Artes)
Monoswezi (for The Village on Riverboat Records/World Music Network)
Fanfara Tirana Meets Transglobal Underground (for Kabatronics on World Village)
NEWCOMER
Family Atlantica (for Family Atlantica on Soundway)
Monsieur Doumani (for Grippy Grappa on Monsieur Doumani)
Will Pound (for A Cut Above on Lulubug Records )
We Banjo 3 (for Roots of the Banjo Tree on We Banjo 3)
A compilation album featuring all 16 nominees will be released on March 17 2014 (SPLCD010) – for more details with a full track listing, please see overleaf.
“Each year the Songlines Music Awards attract more and more votes, and as ever we’ve got a typically diverse list,” says Simon Broughton, editor-in-chief of Songlines magazine. “It includes big names like Manu Chao – although for an album he recorded a decade ago only recently released in the UK, innovative British bands, like Los Desterrados, some inventive musical meetings and, of course, new names to discover. They come together to create a vibrant collection where everybody can find something to enjoy.”
For further information, please contact: Paul Geoghegan, Songlines publisher, on 020 7371 2777Image may be NSFW.
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