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Deolinda wins Songlines Music Awards
Following on from the success of last year's inaugural awards, Songlines magazine is delighted to announce this year's winners. The Songlines Music Awards recognise outstanding talent in world music and are voted by Songlines readers and the general public. There are four categories: Best Artist, Best Group, Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Newcomer – the results from the public vote generate the final nominees, the top four in each category. The winners, selected by the Songlines editorial team, listed below, are published in the June issue of Songlines, (#68) on sale in the UK from tomorrow, April 30. The winners will also be announced on BBC Radio 3's 'World on 3' programme, on April 30, by last year's Best Artist winner, Rokia Traoré.
"The audience for world music is greater now than it's ever been,"
says Simon Broughton, editor-in-chief of Songlines, "and it's reaching out in
ever more diverse directions. It's still essential to have awards in which the leading
names can be celebrated and the new and innovative names highlighted."
And the winners are:
BEST ARTIST
Goran Bregovic (for the album Alkohol on Wrasse Records)
Goran Bregovic will be presented with his Songlines Music Award by Simon Broughton
after his performance at the Festival de Jazz de Nice on July 18
BEST GROUP
Staff Benda Bilili (for the album Tres Tres Fort on Crammed Discs)
Staff Benda Bilili will be presented with their Songlines Music Award
after their performance at WOMAD Charlton Park on July 23
CROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATION
Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara (for the album Tell No Lies on Real World)
Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara will be presented with their Songlines Music Award
after their performance at WOMAD Charlton Park on July 24
NEWCOMER
Deolinda (for the album Canção ao Lado on World Connection)
Deolinda will be presented with their Songlines Music Award by Jo Frost, Songlines editor,
after their performance at CCB in Lisbon on June 8
A 16-track compilation album (SPLCD003) featuring the four winners and 12 final nominees is out now on CD and download. A Songlines Music Awards 2010 app, for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, featuring excerpts and profiles on the winners and nominees, is also available to download for free from the iTunes App store.
Deolinda in top 100 of Times
Deolinda's album Cancao ao Lado is on a third place in the top 20 of the world section of Times' top 100 of 2009:3 Deolinda: Cancao ao Lado (World Connection)
Ana Bacalhau and her hip young colleagues combine strains of fado with a pop sensibility and an eye for the foibles of the people of Lisbon. The tunes are gorgeous.
read more here
WOMEX TOP LABEL AWARD 09
World Connection is enlisted for the WOMEX TOP LABEL AWARD 09 for her
album Cancao ao Lado by Deolinda. World Connection is on a 12th place in their top 20 of best labels of the past year.
see the top 20 here
Deolinda feature in Songlines Magazine!
Deolinda is called the 'Fresh face of fado' in the new Songlines (November) issue:"There's a new musical phenomenon taking Portugal by storm. Goncalo Frota meets the quartet that thinks fado should stop taking valium - Deolinda."
DEOLINDA new tour dates
30 October 2009 SHOWCASE WOMEX, Copenhagen - Denmark
31 October 2009 Sodra Teatern, Stockholm - SE
Deolinda at Womex Copenhagen, Denmark - 30 October 2009
Don't miss Deolinda at WOMEX Copenhagen, Denmark:
Koncerthuset (Copenhagen Concert Center),
Emil Holms Kanal 20, 0999 Copenhagen C,
www.dr.dk/Koncerthuset
Date: Friday, 30 October
Time: 23:00
Venue: Ground Stage
Deolinda tour in the Netherlands
Deolinda showcase at WOMEX 2009
Deolinda has been selected for a showcase at the prestigious World Music Meeting and Festival WOMEX that will take place in October and November of 2009.
They will play on Friday the 30th of October in Copenhagen. The exact location is still to be announced.
Congratulations to Deolinda!
Their latest show in London was wowed with the following review in the Times:
Ana Bacalhau, a sensual figure blessed with infinitely mobile hips and infectious humour, was the centre of attention
No question: the next time they come back, they will be playing a bigger venue. Ana Bacalhau and her colleagues might even end up giving the fado queen, Mariza, some serious competition. The Portuguese group’s debut album, Cançao do Lado, certainly belongs among the most uplifting releases of the year.
- Clive Davis
Deolinda still in the European World Music Charts
Deolinda is still in the charts of the European world music dj panel that keeps an eye on everything that goes round in the field of world music. For the 4th month in a row, the album Cancao ao Lado is being pointed out as one of the best albums from today. It has gone from place 6 to place 18. Congrats to Deolinda too.See full charts here
Summer disc of the year?
June 21, 2009
Deolinda:
Cancao ao Lado
Summer disc of the year? It’s easy to see why this album has been such a
success in its native Portugal. Ana Bacalhau and her compact but endlessly
versatile band concoct an updated version of fado without resorting to crass
commercialism or faux nostalgia. Exploring the world of a fey young woman
who watches life from her apartment window in Lisbon, the songs weave a
near-faultless patchwork of folk melodies, cleverly crafted pop hooks and a
sprinkling of dance rhythms from Brazil and Cape Verde. Above all, there’s
an undercurrent of gentle, self-mocking humour. Just for a change, you get
English translations on the sleeve, so nobody should miss the jokes.
Delightful, absolutely delightful.
World Connection WC43084
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