Category: Radio 3; 91Èȱ¬ FOUR
Date: 28.11.2005
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The 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3 Awards for World Music celebrate their fifth birthday with a dazzling set of nominations ranging from African pop sensation Amadou & Mariam to Mercury-nominated M.I.A.
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World music greats including Salif Keita, Ali Farka Toure and Ry Cooder are also represented, alongside newcomers like Lura and Konono No 1.
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The 33 nominated artists were voted for by delegates of WOMEX (World Music trade fair) - held in October at The Sage Gateshead - and in the Album of the Year category by a world panel of critics organised by fRoots Magazine.
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Winners will be announced early in 2006.
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The Poll Winners' Concert, featuring many of the winners, returns to London after two years away and will be at Brixton Academy on Friday 7 April 2006.
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The concert will be broadcast on Radio 3 and on television by 91Èȱ¬ FOUR, as well as being made available online.
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Voting for one final category, the Audience Award, begins on 1 January 2006. The winner of this category will be announced on the night of the Poll Winners' Concert.
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The 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3 Awards for World Music now enjoy a new name alongside the official title - the Planet Awards - after the planet-like trophies received by the winners.
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Past winners of Planet Awards include many of the greatest figures in World Music - such as Mariza, Khaled Manu Chao, Gotan Project and the late Ibrahim Ferrer.
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The 2006 nominations
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Africa: Ali Farka Toure (Mali); Amadou & Mariam (Mali); Emmanuel Jal (Sudan); Lura (Cape Verde)
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Americas: Ry Cooder (USA); Seu Jorge (Brazil); Omar Sosa (Cuba); Carlos Vives (Colombia)
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Middle East & North Africa: Ilham Al Madfai (Iraq); Souad Massi (Algeria); Rachid Taha (France/Algeria); Dhafer Youssef (Tunisia)
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Asia Pacific: Faiz Ali Faiz (Pakistan); Susheela Raman (India/UK); Sain Zahoor (Pakistan); Yat-Kha (Tuva)
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Europe: Armenian Navy Band (Armenia); Enzo Avitabile e Bottari (Italy); Fanfare Ciocarlia (Romania); Mariza (Portugal/Mozambique)
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Newcomer: Dobet Gnahore (Ivory Coast); Konono No.1 (Congo); Lura (Cape Verde); Daby Toure (Mauritania)
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Culture Crossing: Asha Bhosle & Kronos Quartet (India; USA); Yasmin Levy (Israel); Kimmo Pohjonen (Finland); Nitin Sawhney (India/UK)
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Club Global: Mercan Dede (Turkey); M.I.A. (Sri Lanka/UK); DJ Shantel (Ukraine/Germany); Cheb I Sabbah (Algeria)
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Album of the Year: Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate: In The Heart of The Moon (World Circuit); Amadou & Mariam: Dimanche à Bamako (Because Music); Salif Keita: M'Bemba (Universal Jazz France); Thione Seck: Orientations (Stern's).
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A compilation CD will be released on the Manteca label in March next year featuring all the nominees for 2006.
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The awards is a collaboration between 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3, WOMEX, fRoots, Songlines, the Rough Guides and Serious and the aim is to provide a showcase for the very best in world music.
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Notes to Editors
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The Poll Winners' Concert on 7 April at Brixton Academy - Box office: 0870 771 2000.
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The nominations for the Awards for World Music are chosen by the delegates to WOMEX, the World Music Expo.
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The 2,000 or so delegates at this yearly event each have a vote in all of the awards categories, except for the Album of the Year and the Audience Award.
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In addition, music specialists at the 91Èȱ¬ World Service choose one nomination in the geographical categories Africa, Americas, Middle East & North Africa and Asia-Pacific.
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All of the nominations are then reviewed by the Awards for World Music jury (details at bbc.co.uk/radio3) who choose the winning acts.
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There are two categories in which the jury has no say. The Album of the Year is voted on by a panel of critics assembled by fRoots magazine. The Audience Award is chosen by the general public, who vote for their own choices from the overall nominations list.
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