English
French
German
Italian
Russian
SpanishYour Cart is Empty
It's that time of the year again, where voting for the Songlines Music Awards has started! Quite a few of our artists are eligible for the Songlines Music Award nomination, so we hope you will support them by casting your vote! World Music Network artists feature in the categories Best Artist, Best Group and Newcomer. Scroll down to listen to each of World Music Network's shortlisted artists, and click here to vote!
Eligible artists are those who had albums reviewed in Songlines Magazine during 2014. The top four in each category from the public vote gives results in the final nominations, the Songlines editorial team will then select the winners which will be announced in June 2015. A compilation album featuring all 16 nominated artists will be released in March 2015.
All voters will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win one of three pairs of tickets to WOMAD Charlton Park (July 23-26 2015), plus there are 10 runner's up prizes of the Songlines Music Awards 2014 CD featuring all of last year's winners and nominees.
Anansy Cissé’s souped-up guitar distortions re-work the West African Desert Blues genre with a new, agitated attitude. Featuring the soku fiddle playing of Zoumana Tereta and accompanied by ngoni, bass and calabash, Cissé’s sound harnesses musical traditions and spits it out anew, taking us into Mali Overdrive.
He is eligible for the Best Artist category. Vote here!
In the half-light of an Eastern Moon Rising, Boris Kova? welcomes you with a beating jazz heart to a place where the East and West converge, freeing the musical soul to roam.
They are eligible for the Best Group category. Vote here!
Grounded in authentic Spanish traditions, Calaita Flamenco Son’s innovative flamenco combines passionate vocals, awe-inspiring guitar virtuosity, intense percussion and jazz-inflected saxophone. Diverse musical influences have infused this stunning debut album with exquisite hidden qualities.
They are eligible for the Best Group and Newcomer categories. Vote here!
Poland’s Ch?opcy Kontra Basia spin original folk-tale lyrics and weave them with voice, double-bass and percussion. Oj Tak! leads you along a cake-crumb trail to an irresistibly surreal world.
They are eligible for the Best Group and Newcomer categories. Vote here!
FatDog are the musical torchbearers of a new found land – a mythical island in the North Sea, where musicians from Scandinavia and Britain meet to play and swap stories.
They are eligible for the Best Group and Newcomer categories. Vote here!
Inspired by the meeting of Asian and Mediterranean musical traditions, Olcay Bayir’s songs unfold ancient stories of love and mystery from the region of Turkey.
She is eligible for the Best Artist and Newcomer categories. Vote here!
Sally Nyolo’s slinking grooves and deep Cameroonian rhythms combine gently warping guitars, feather-light percussion and demure husky vocals.
She is eligible for the Best Artist category. Vote here!
The mountains of south-western China have inspired the folk traditions of those living in their shadows for millennia. Now, Shanren follow their ancestors' footsteps with a mash of traditional Chinese folk and buzzing modernity on their infectious international debut Left Foot Dance Of the Yi.
They are eligible for the Best Group and Newcomer categories. Vote here!
United by their love of rip-roaring artfully delivered klezmer, She’Koyokh spin tales of wild goats, unmarried women and broken hearts drawn from the rich folk traditions of Eastern Europe, Turkey and the Balkans.
They are eligible for the Best Group category. Vote here!
Seamlessly infusing his Berber origins with deep gnawa grooves, Simo Lagnawi’s trance-inducing music is an unstoppable expression of freedom and liberation.
He is eligible for the Best Artist category. Vote here!
Fast and furious, fingers flying with a fiery panache, Söndörg? are one of the most exciting bands in Europe. With their signature instrument, the tambura, the band brilliantly combines respect for tradition with a desire to innovate and a fizzing virtuosity.
They are eligible for the Best Group category. Vote here!
