Launched in 2008, the?Songlines Music Awards ?celebrate and acknowledge the myriad of musical talent across the world that has been featured in?Songlines ?magazine. For details of winners to date, check out the links above, and see below for highlights of our recent?Songlines Music Awards 2012 ?winners’ concert at The Barbican.http://www.shahidulnews. . Lokkhi Terra is developing the theme tune for the upcoming Chobi Mela VII . Please circulate this message and get others to votego to ??*9. Best Group?and select?
Select Artist 1982 (Nils Okland, Sigbjorn Apeland, Oyvind Skarbo) – Pintura – Hubro – 82 A Bossa Electrica – Do Norte – Connective Records – 85 A Moving Sound – A Moving Sound – Motema – 87 Ahmad Al Khatib & Youssef Hbeisch – Sabil – Institut Du Monde Arabe – 83 Ale Moller Band – Argai – Playground Music – 89 Ali Fuat Aydin Cenk Guray – Bir – Felmay – 82 Allan Yn Y Fan – PWNCO – Steam Pie – 85 Altan – The Poison Glen – Compass Records – 84 Amadou and Mariam – Folila – Because – 84 Amsterdam Klezmer Band – MUKUM – Essay Recordings – 85 AndraLaMoussia – Bet – tav8 – 82 Antibalas – Antibalas – Daptone – 87 Arnaldo Antunes, Edgard Scandurra & Toumani Diabate – A Curva Da Cintura – Mais Um Discos – 85 Arthur Jeffes’ Sundog – Insofar – Sundogmusic – 88 Attab Haddad Ensemble – Days Distinctive – Weave Records – 83 Awale – Just Have To Grow – Saltfish Records – 85 Ba Cissoko – Nimissa – Cristal Records – 85 Badume’s Band Selamnesh Zemene – Ale Gena – Ethiopia – Innacor – 82 Bahar Movahed & Ali Akbar Moradi – Goblet of Eternal Light – Traditional Crossroads – 86 Balkan Beat Box – Give – Crammed Discs – 83 Baobab-Gateway – Strings that Sing – Brechin All Records – 83 Bard – The Springtime Fool – Woodburner Records – 86 Batucada Sound Machine – Don’t Keep Silent – Riot Music – 89 Bekir Sahin Baloglu & Nurullah Kanik – Ferahnak – Felmay – 88 Bellowhead – Broadside – Navigator Records – 88 Black Umfolosi – The Best Of – ARC – 87 Boban i Marko Markovic – Golden Horns: The Best of Boban i Marko Markovic – Piranha Music – 86 Boom Pam – Alakazam – Audio Montage – 84 Breabach – BANN – Breabach Records – 83 Bruce Macgregor, Christine Hanson & Friends – Kissin’ is the Best of A’ – Bar Brechin All Records – 83 Burkina Electric (feat Lukas Ligeti) – Paspanga – Cantaloupe Music – 85 Caetano Veloso & Maria Gadu – Multishow ao Vivo (2CD) – Blue Wrasse – 82 Cafe Aman Istanbul – Fasl-I Rembetiko – Kalan Musik Yapim Ltd – 86 Cahalen Morrison & Eli West – Our Lady of the Tall Trees – Cahalen Morrison & Eli West – 89 Calan – Jonah – Sain – 84 Carolina Chocolate Drops – Leaving Eden – Nonesuch – 82 Che Sudaka – 10 – Cavernicola – 83 Cheek Mountain Thief – Cheek Mountain Thief – Full Time Hobby – 89 Chet Nuneta – Pangea – Le Chant du Monde – 82 Chicha Libre – Canilbalismo – Crammed Discs – 86 Chris Berry and the Bayaka Pygmies – Oka! Soundtrack – Oka – 85 Congo Dia Ntotila – Seben Steps to Heaven – GLP – 89 Crooked Jades – Bright Land OST (Kate Weare Company) – Jade Note Music – 88 Cuarteto Cedron – Corazon De Piel Afuera – Le Chant du Monde – 86 Dana and Susan Robinson – American Hornpipe – Threshold Music – 88 David Gibb & Elly Lucas – Old Chairs To Mend – Hairpin Records – 83 Debo Band – Debo Band – Sub Pop Records – 88 Diouke – Diouke – MatSag – 88 DJ Tudo and Cente de Todo Lugar – Nos Quintais do Mundo – Mund Melhor – 82 Dominique Vellard, Zuckerman, Chatterjee & Chemirani – Indian Ragas & Medieval Song – Glossa Music – 83 Dorvon Berkh – Four Shagai Bones: Masters of Mongolian Overtone Singing – Pan Records – 83 Dub Colossus – Dub me Tender Vol 1 + 2 – Real World – 83 Dulsori – Binari: Well Wishing – ARC Music – 84 Duotone – Ropes – ECC Records – 83 East Journey – Guwak – East Journey – 87 Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson with Martin Carthy – The Gift Band Live on Tour – Scarlet Records – 83 Ensemble Basiani – Sacred & Secular Vocal Polyphony from Georgia – Ocora – 85 Ensemble Mze Shina – Ushba – Georgian Harmonies – Buda – 86 Eric Bibb & Habib Koite – Brothers in Bamako – Contre Jour – 89 Fanga & Maalem Abdallah Guinea – Fangnawa Experience – Strut – 89 Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party – Orfeo – Topic Records – 85 Fidil – THe Old Wheel of Fortune – Fidil – 83 Flap! – A Great Day for the Race – Flap – 88 Fleurs Noires, Orchestre De Tango – Salida De Emergencia – Milan – 85 Forabandit – Forabandit – Buda – 86 Fred & Richard Kiwat – We Will Sing – Steady Steady Music – 85 Frente Cumbiero & Mad Professor – Meets Mad Professor – Vampisoul – 82 Fugata Quintet – Astor Piazzolla (2CD) – Fugata Quintet – 84 Furnace Mountain – The Road To Berryville – Furnace Mountain – 87 Gadjo – Gadjistan Zizany – Gadjo Musica – 82 Geomungo Factory – Metamorphosis – DADA – 88 German & Claudia Khatylaev – Arctic Spirit – Borealia – 83 Getatchew Mekuria, The Ex & Friends – Y’Anbessaw Tezeta – Terp – 89 Gilmore & Roberts – The Innocent Left – Navigator Records – 89 Grand Union Orchestra – If Paradise – Red Gold Records – 83 Group Inerane – Guitars From Agadez Vol. 3 (Music of Niger) – Sublime Frequencies – 82 Guy Schalom & Baladi Blues Ensemble – Baladi Blues 3 – Ethnomusic Records – 86 Hamilton de Holanda Quinteto – Brasilianos 3 – Adventure Music – 88 Hannah James & Sam Sweeney – State and Ancientry – RootBeat Records – 84 Harmonia – Hidden Legacy – Folk Sounds Records – 88 Hatful of Rain – Way Up On The Hill – Union Music – 86 Hijos de Agueybana – Agua del Sol – Tumi Music – 89 Hilja Gronfors & Latso Dzinta – Kai Tu Dzaha – Global Music – 84 Horses Brawl – Ruminantia – Brawl Records – 85 Ialma – Simbiose – Zig Zag World – 86 Invisible System – Introducing Invisible System DIGITAL release – World Music Network – 87 Isra-Alien – Somewhere is Here – Isra-Alien – 89 Ivan Rosenberg and The Foggy Hogtown Boys – The Hogtown Sessions – Hearth Music – 82 Ivete Sangalo, Gilberto Gil & Caetano Veloso – Special – Wrasse – 87 Jack McNeill & Charlie Heys – Two Fine Days – Fellside – 85 Jackstraw – Sunday Never Comes – CD Baby – 85 Jamie Smith’s Mabon – Windblown – Easy on the Records – 89 Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang – En Yay Sah – Luaka Bop – 88 Jaywalkers – 16 Miles – Jaywalkers – 82 Jeannot & Kelly – Etike – Prosmart – 89 Jeong Ga Ak Hoe – Gagok – Pungnyu III – Akdang Eban – 83 Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate – Faya – Localization Records – 89 Jordi Savall & Hesperion XXI – Mare Nostrum – Alia Vox – 84 Jordi Savall & Hesperion XXI – La Sublime Porte: Voix d’Istanbul 1430-1750 – Alia Vox – 84 Joy Dunlop and Twelfth Day – Fiere – Sradag Music – 87 Kamerunga – Worlds Kaleid – The Planet Company – 85 KAN – KAN – Kan Music – 84 Kardes Turkuler – Cocuk Hakli – Kalan – 83 Kasha Nasha – Ministry of Carnival – Music & Words – 85 Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman – Hidden People – Navigator Records – 86 Kenny G & Rahul Sharma – Namaste – Concord Records – 89 Kepa Junkera and Melonious Quartet – Fandango – Hiri Records – 82 King Porter Stomp – Shuffle – Comm:UNITY Sounds – 89 Klezmofobia – Kartushnik – Tiger/Snail – 89 KonKoma – KonKoma – Soundway Records – 86 Kouyate-Neerman – Skyscrapers & Deities – No Format – 82 Krar Collective – Ethiopia Super Krar – Riverboat Records – 87 Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis – Greekadelia – Riverboat Records – 87 Kuljit Bhambra, Jacqueline Shave, John Parricelli – Postcards from Home – Keda – 83 Kumbia Queers – Pescados Tropicales – Comfortzone – 89 Kusan Choir – S. Badarak/Divine Liturgy – Kalan – 83 La Bottine Souriante – Appellation D’Origine Controlee – Borealis Records – 82 LaBrassBanda – Live – Trikont – 89 Ladysmith Black Mambazo – The Pure & The Golden – Metro Select – 83 Las Hermanas Caronni – Baguala de la siesta – Snail Records – 85 Las Migas – Nosotras Somos – Chesapik – 88 LAU – Race the Loser – Reveal Records – 88 Le Vent Du Nord – Tromper le temps – Borealis Records – 87 Leila Pinheiro & Nelson Faria – Ceu E Mar – Far Out Recordings – 85 Les Chicas del Tango – Tango De Norte a Sur – ARC Music – 85 Les Freres Smith – Contreband Mentality – Comet Records – 82 Lindingo – Maloya Power – Helico Music – 85 Llama – Rompiendo [Aguas] – World Village – 82 Lo Cor De La Plana – Marcha! – Buda Musique – 86 Lo’Jo – Cinema El Mundo – World Village – 87 Lokkhi Terra – Che Guava’s Rickshaw Diaries – Funkiwala Records – 86 London Philharmonic Orchestra – Ravi Shankar’s Symphony – LPO – 85 Los Gauchos De Roldan – Button Accordion & Bandoneon, Northen Uruguay – Smithsonian Folkways – 85 Los Hermanos Lovos – Soy Salvadoreno! Canchona, Eastern El Salvador – Smithsonian Folkways – 85 Los Miticos Del Ritmo – Los Miticos Del Ritmo – Soundway – 86 Los Texmaniacs – Texas Towns & Tex-Mex Sounds – Smithsonian Folkways – 89 Los Tres Reyes – Romancing The Past – Smithsonian Folkways – 85 Macmaster/Hay – Hook – MDMC – 88 Madredeus – Essencia – Wrasse Records – 86 Mae & The Midnight Fairground – Black Horses – Mae Karthauser – 83 Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat – Twinklings of Hope – Kirkelig Kulturverksted – 86 Mairearad & Anna – Mairearad & Anna – Shouty Records – 85 Majorstuen – The Boreales sound of Northern Europe – Buda Musique – 84 Malawi Mouse Boys – He Is 1 – Independent Records – 85 Malick Pathe Sow & Bao Sissoko – Aduna – Muziek Publique – 89 Mama Rosin – Bye Bye Bayou – Moi Je Connais Records – 89 Manran – Manran – Manran Records – 85 Maria Kalaniemi & Timo Alakotila – Akero – FMIC – 84 Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight – Hidden – One Little Indian – 87 Martha Mavroidi Trio – Portaki – Specs N’Arts – 86 Matuto – Matuto – Galileo Music – 83 Mauricio Maestro feat Nana Vasconcelos – Upside Down – Far Out – 82 Mawkin – Crow – Mawkin – 84 McCamy’s Melody Sheiks – There’s More Pretty Girls Than One – Arhoolie – 82 Med Fusion Orchestra – Parfum de Jasmin – Editions Milan Music – 85 Megson – When I was a Lad – EDJ Records – 87 Melos – Chants de la Mediterranee/ Mediterranean Songs – Accords Croises – 85 Mhairi Hall & Patsy Reid – Contrours of Cairngorm Live – Strath Records – 86 Mickey Hart Band – Mysterium Tremendum – 360 – 86 Mjelva / Tamnes – Gi Me Pols! – Talik – 82 Mokoomba – Rising Tide – Zig Zag World – 86 Moon’shee – Moon’shee – Park Records – 82 Moreno and L’Orchestra First Moja-One – Sister Pili – Sterns – 88 Moulettes – The Bear’s Revenge – Balling the Jack – 86 Moussu T e lei Jovents – Empeche-Nous – Le Chant du Monde – 84 Mtendeni Maulid Ensemble – The Moon has Risen – Buda Musique – 84 Narasirato – Warato’o – Smash – 84 Nation Beat – Growing Stone – Avokado – 87 New York Gypsy Allstars – Romantech – Tradtional Crossroads – 83 Nga Tae – Nga Tae – IA/Rattle – 85 Nga Tamariki O Tongariro – Maori New Zealand – Air Mail Music – 84 Nicky Bomba’s Bustamento – Intrepid Adventures to the Lost Riddim Islands – Transmitter – 87 Nino Baliardo & Gipsy Dynasty – Picasso – Le Chant du Monde – 84 Nordic – Hommage – Dimma Sweden – 88 O’Hooley & Tidow – The Fragile – no masters – 82 Oliver Schroer & Nuala Kennedy – Enthralled – Borealis Records – 84 Ondatropica – Ondatropica – Soundway Records – 86 Oneira – Tale Yad – Helico Music – 85 Onno Krijn & Hong Quang – Song Hanh – NOON – 84 Oratnitza – Os Cempes – Tentemozo – Fol Musica – 88 Oudaden – Empreinte – Buda Records – 82 Pedro Soler and Gaspar Claus – Barlande – In Fine Music – 82 Pharis and Jason Romero – A Passing Glimpse – Lula Records – 82 Punch Brothers – Who’s Feeling Young Now? – Nonesuch – 83 Quetzal – Imaginaries – Smithsonian Folkways – 85 Rachel Hair Trio – No More Wings – March Hare Music – 85 Rafe & Clelia Stefanini – Lady on the Green – Old Willow Tree – 87 Raha & Hossein Alizadeh – If Like Birds and Angels I Could Fly – Traditional Crossroads – 86 Raya Brass Band – Dancing on Roses – Dancing On Cinders – Raya Brass Band – 88 Real Vocal String Quartet – Four Little Sisters – Flower Note Records – 89 Rocket Juice & The Moon – Rocket Juice & The Moon – Honest Jons – 84 Rodrigo y Gabiela & C.U.B.A. – Area 52 – Rubyworks – 82 Royal Band de Thies – Kadior Demb – Teranga Beat – 89 Rumi Ensemble & Salar Aghili – In the Footprints of Rumi – Talik – 88 Rura – Break It Up – Greentrax – 86 Sabina Rakcheyeva Ensemble – Unveiled – European Azerbaijan Society – 88 Sambasunda Quintet – Java – Riverboat Records/WMN – 82 Samech – Quachatta – Tzadik New York – 88 Seeds of Creation – Hackey Vibes – Raide Records – 85 Shaolin Afronauts – Quest Under Capricorn – Freestyle Records – 88 Sharon Shannon and the RTE Concert Orchestra – Flying Circus – IRL – 89 Shazalakazoo – Karton City Boom – Eastblok Music – 82 Sheelanagig – Cirque Insomnia – Sheelanagig – 86 Shogun Orchestra – Shogun Orchestra – Economy – 85 Show of Hands – Wake the Union – Hands on Music – 89 Shubha Mudgal, Ursula Rucker & Business Class Refugees – No Stranger Here – EarthSync – 83 Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars – Radio Salone – Cumbancha – 84 Skatalites – Walk With Me – Wrasse Records – 86 Solus 3 – Corner of the World – Solus 3 – 83 Son Yambu – La Maravilla – Apollo Sound – 88 Sotho Sounds – Junk Funk – Riverboat Records – 88 Soumik Datta & Bernhard Schimpelsberger – Circle of Sound – Baithak Records – 84 Sousou & Maher Cissoko – Stockholm-Dakar – Ajabu – 82 Spiro – Kaleidophonica – Real World Records – 82 Staff Benda Bilili – Bouger Le Monde – Crammed – 87 Steep Canyon Rangers – Nobody Knows You – Rounder – 87 Stockholm Lisboa Project – Aurora – Westpark Music – 89 Sultans of String – Move – Mckhool – 82 Sunday Driver – The Mutiny – Bakul Bagan Records – 84 Taner Akyol Trio – Dance To The Sun – Enja – 86 Tango Crash – Accidente De Tango [9 CDs] – Galileo Music – 88 Tango Siempre – Malandras Del Tango – Tango Siempre – 84 Tashi Lhunpo Monks – Wisdom & Insight – 30IPS – 85 Terakaft – Nel Tamasheq – World Villiage – 87 TG Collective – Release the Penguins – Stoney Lane Music – 85 The Alaev Family Band – The Alaev Family Band & Tamir Muskat – Olamale – 83 The Albion Band – The Vice of the People – Fighting Room – 84 The Band Courtbouillon feat Wayne Toups, Steve Riley & Wilson Savoy – The Band Courtbouillon – Valcour – 84 The Black Seeds – Dust And Dirt – Proville Records – 85 The Campbells – Fonn – Watercolour Music – 85 The Chieftains – Voice of Ages – Decca/Concord Records – 84 The Destroyers – Hole in The Universe – Transition Records – 84 The Dirt Daubers – Wake Up – Sinners – Colonel Knowledge Records – 85 The Dualers – Prince Buster Shakedown – Cherry Red Records – 86 The FLK – We Know Where the Time Goes – ECC Records – 82 The Gundecha Brothers – Night Prayer – Felmay – 87 The Halton Quartet – Based on True Events – The Halton Quartet – 87 The Harris Brothers – Suitcase Blues – Scuffletown Records – 83 The Hot 8 Brass Band – The Life and Times Of… – Tru Thoughts – 89 The Hot Seats – Feel – The Hot Seats – 87 The Hut People – Picnic – Fellside – 85 The Imagined Village – Bending The Dark – ECC Records – 84 The Klezmatics – Live At Town Hall (2CDs) – Frea Records/Klezmatics – 83 The Linetzky Family – Diaspora in Buenos Aires – Winter & Winter – 87 The London Bulgarian Choir – Goro Le Goro – The London Bulgarian Choir – 83 The London Lucumi Choir – Un Solo Palo No Hace Monte – London Lucumi Choir Records – 83 The Long Notes – In the Shadow of Stromboli – Hobgoblin Records – 85 The Musical Art Quintet – Nuevo Chamber – Classical Revolution Records – 85 The Old Dance School – Chasing The Light – Transition Records – 86 The Other Europeans – Splendor – Kikiyon – 82 The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band – Between the Ditches – Side One Dummy – 88 The Shee – Mumurations – The Shee – 89 The Souljazz Orchestra – Solidarity – Strut – 88 The Sweetback Sisters – Looking for a Fight – Signature Sounds – 82 The Toure Raichel Collective – The Tel Aviv Session – Cumbancha – 87 The Two Gentleman Band – Dos Amigos Una Fiesta! – Serious Business Records – 82 The Unthanks – Songs from the Shipyards – RabbleRouser Music – 89 The Unthanks – The Unthanks with Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band – RabbleRouser – 87 The Very Best – MTMTMK – Moshi Moshi Records – 86 The Woodbine & Ivy Band – The Woodbine & Ivy Band – Folk Police Recordings – 83 The Woohoo Revue – Moreland’s Ball – The Woohoo Revue – 87 The Young ‘Uns – When our Grandfathers Said No – Navigator – 88 Three Cane Whale – Three Cane Whale – Idyllic Records – 82 Tim Dorofeyev’s Project – East North – Leo – 88 Tim Edey and Brendan Power – Wiggle and Writhe – Gnatbite – 84 Toni Kitanovski & Cherkezi Orchestra – Shukar – Yellow Bird – 83 Toots & The Maytals – Unplugged On Strawberry Hill/Reggae Got So Treacherous Orchestra – Origins – Navigator Records – 83 Trio Garufa – El Rumor de Tus Tangos – Garufa Records – 87 Umoza – Tumbuka Voices – IRL – 86 Urban Folk Quartet – Off Beaten Tracks – UFQ – 85 Valkyrien Allstars – Ingen Hverdag – Grappa – 84 Varttina – Utu – Rockadillo – 88 Veretski Pass – The Klezmer Shul Live – Golden Horn – 82 Victor Menace – VM – River Rat Records – 82 Warsaw Village Band – Nord – Jaro – 86 Whirimako Black & Richard Nunns – Te More – Rattle – 89 Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi – The Devil’s Bride – ARC Music – 83 Zita Swoon Group – Wait For Me – Crammed Discs – 84 Zykopops – Z is for Zykopops – Z is for Zykopops – 89
Voting for the 2013 Awards is now open in four categories: Best Artist, Best Group, Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Newcomer – for more details on these,?click here . Eligible artists are those who had albums reviewed in?Songlines ?during 2012 (from issues #82 – #89 inclusive).Songlines ?#91 (April/May 2013). The?Songlines ?editorial team will then select the winners which will be announced in?Songlines ?#92 (June 2013). A compilation album featuring all 16 nominated artists, will be released on Monday March 18, 2013.Songlines Music Awards 2012 ?CD featuring all of last year’s winners and nominees.
Don’t delay – have your say and be part of the?Songlines Music Awards ?now. The deadline for voting is midnight (GMT) on Thursday, January 31, 2013.
Author: Shahidul Alam
Time Magazine Person of the Year 2018. A photographer, writer, curator and activist, Shahidul Alam obtained a PhD in chemistry before switching to photography. His seminal work “The Struggle for Democracy” contributed to the removal of General Ershad. Former president of the Bangladesh Photographic Society, Alam set up the Drik agency, Chobi Mela festival and Pathshala, South Asian Media Institute, considered one of the finest schools of photography in the world.
Shown in MOMA New York, Centre Georges Pompidou, Royal Albert Hall and Tate Modern, Alam has been guest curator of Whitechapel Gallery, Winterthur Gallery and Musee de Quai Branly. His awards include Mother Jones, Shilpakala Award and Lifetime Achievement Award at the Dali International Festival of Photography.
Speaker at Harvard, Stanford, UCLA, Oxford and Cambridge universities, TEDx, POPTech and National Geographic, Alam chaired the international jury of the prestigious World Press Photo contest. Honorary Fellow of Royal Photographic Society, Alam is visiting professor of Sunderland University in UK and advisory board member of National Geographic Society.
John Morris, the former picture editor of Life Magazine describes his book “My journey as a witness”, (listed in “Best Photo Books of 2011” by American Photo), as “The most important book ever written by a photographer.”
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