World Music Awards 2004-2005

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2004 KORA All-Africa Awards Best African Group JJC & 419 Squad - Nigeria Malaika - South Africa Best Traditional African Artist King Mensah - Togo Best Traditional African Group Mahube - South Africa Lifetime Achievement Award Salif Keita Best Male Artist From West Africa Kunle - Nigeria Best Female Artist From West Africa Kamaldine - Guinea Best Male Artist from East Africa Big Pin - Kenya Best Female Artist from East Africa Tsedenia Gebremarkos - Ethiopia Achien'g Abura - Kenya Best Male Artist From Central Africa Felix Wazekwa - D R of Congo Werra-son - D R of Congo Best Male Artist from Southern Africa Kabelo Mabalane (formerly of TKZee) - South Africa Best Female Artist from Southern Africa Thandiswa Mazwai (formerly of Bongo Maffin) - South Africa Best African Male Diaspora (U.S.A) Usher - USA Best Artist Europe-Caribbean Diaspora Kaysha - France Best Gospel Male Artist DNG - Kenya Best Female Gospel Artist Deborah Fraser - South Africa Best Gospel Group Schekina - Cote D'Ivoire/Ivory Coast Most Promising African Male Artist Madson Junior - Burkina Faso Most Promising African Female Swazi - South Africa Dinaly - Cameroon Best African video Zola - "Don't Cry" - South Africa Reggie Rockstone - "Ah" - Ghana Best African Arrangement Wanda Baloyi - "Nomikota" - South Africa Revelation of the Year Malaika - South Africa KORA Awards website 4th Independent Music Award Winners World: Katie Viqueira Latin: Angel Melendez & the 911 Mambo Orchestra New Age: Suzanne Teng and Mystic Journey For complete winner list, audio, links, and info, see www.disclogic.com International Songwriters Competition Click song name to download mp3, click artist name for more info. World category First Place: "Agapi Mou (My Love)" - Modeste Hugues (London, England) Second Place: "Samulai"– Opetaia Foai [songwriter and leader of Te Vaka] (Auckland, New Zealand) Third Place: "Waliyu" – Seydina Insa Wade (Dakar, Senegal) www.songwritingcompetition.com

BBC 2005 World Music Award Winners Best Artist - Audience Choice Ivo Papasov Best Artist - Africa Tinariwen Best Artist - Asia/Pacific K. Chakrabarty Best Artist - Americas Lhasa Best Artist - Europe Amparanoia Best Artist - Middle East & North Africa Khaled Best Artist - Newcomer Chango Spasiuk : mp3s Best Artist - Boundary Crossing Bebo and Cigala Best Artist - Club Global Clotaire K Best Artist - Critics Award Youssou N'Dour For more BBC world music info, see the BBC Web site World Music-related Grammy Winners Best Contemporary World Music Album: "Egypt," Youssou N'Dour. Best Traditional World Music Album: "Raise Your Spirit Higher," Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Best Native American Music Album: "Cedar Dream Songs," Bill Miller. Best Hawaiian Music Album: "Slack Key Guitar Volume 2," Various Artists. Best Reggae Album: "True Love," Toots and The Maytals. Best Polka Album: "Let's Kiss: 25th Anniversary Album," Brave Combo. Best Latin Pop Album: "Amar Sin Mentiras," Marc Anthony. Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album: "Street Signs," Ozomatli. Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album: "Ahora Si!" Israel Lopez "Cachao." Best Salsa/Merengue Album: "Across 110th Street," Spanish Harlem Orchestra featuring Ruben Blades. Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album: "Intimamente," Intocable. Best Tejano Album: "Polkas, Gritos y Acordeones," David Lee Garza, Joel Guzman and Sunny Sauceda. Best Latin Jazz Album: "Land of the Sun," Charlie Haden. 5th Latin Grammy Winners • Best New Artist/Best MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) Album : Maria Rita • Best Urban Music Album: Vico C - En Honor A La Verdad • Best Alternative Music Album: Café Tacuba - Cuatro Caminos • Best Salsa Album: Celia Cruz - Regalo Del Alma • Best Traditional Tropical Album: Bebo Valdés y Diego El Cigala - Lágrimas Negras • Best Instruental Album: Yo-Yo Ma - Obrigado Brazil Live In Concert • Best Folk Album: Kepa Junkera - K • Best Flamenco Album: Paco De Lucía - Cositas Buenas • Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album: Carlinhos Brown - Carlinhos Brown Es Carlito Marrón For more Grammy info, see Grammy.com Just Plain Folks 2004 Music Awards Song Winners Category - Song - Songwriter(s) - Artist - Location Best African Song -- Voz Do Sangue -- Ze Manel -- Ze Manel -- Guinea-Bissau Best Celtic Song -- Liquid Silver -- Beth Quist -- Guarneri Underground -- WA Best Instrumental Celtic Song -- Weeting Fair -- B. E. Eade -- Straight Furrow -- UK Best Ethnic Song -- Des Tics Et Tacs Et Lucia -- David Bursztein -- David Bursztein -- MD Best Jewish Song -- Mama Loshen -- Slandor Slomovits -- Gemini-Sandor Slomovits -- MI Best Latin Song -- Nuyorican Blues -- Garcia, Gold, Timmons -- L.A. Carpool Feat. Gloria T -- CA Best Reggae Song -- Let's Get Rowdy -- Terry Letman -- Lovechilde-Jemiah-Kormelo -- NC Album Winners Category -- Album -- Artist -- Location Best African Album -- African Citizen -- Ze Manel -- Guinea-Bissau Best Cajun/Zydeco Album -- Les Haricots Sont Pas Salés -- Legendary Masters of Cajun and Creole Music -- France Best Celtic Album -- Waitin' For A Ride -- Darby O'Gill -- OR Best Instrumental Celtic Album -- Free Time -- Straight Furrow -- UK Best Dance Album -- Le Boom-Chick -- SKAMP (also Group of the Year) -- Lithuania Best American Ethnic Album -- Sacred Journey -- Charlie Wayne Watson -- GA Best Asian Ethnic Album -- Tropical Sufferings -- Mother Of Soul -- Japan Best European Ethnic Album -- Faux Realism -- Les Sans Culottes -- France Best Middle Eastern Ethnic Album -- Yarus -- Mirage -- Armenia Best Jewish/Hebrew/Klezmer Album -- Old Roots New World -- Maxwell Street Klezmer Band -- IL Best Latin Album -- Salsa Pop -- L.A. Carpool Featuring Gloria T -- CA Best New Age Album -- Ethnic -- Shiva In Exile -- Germany Best Reggae Album -- Mr Progressive -- Shakey Ranks -- Barbados Read more at www.jpfolks.com

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