BBC Awards for World Music 2006

Powur to the ppl [][] . De BBC World Music Awards werd onlangs aangekondigd. Dit jaar opvallend veel Desi's/Desi muziek dat genomineerd staat in de verschillende categorien. Hieronder een kort overzicht.

Culture Crossing:
• Asha Bhosle & Kronos Quartet

A marriage made in heaven? That's one way to describe this extraordinary collaboration between the ubiquitous San Francisco-based string quartet and the Queen of Bollywood filmi (film music).

• Nitin Sawhney

Sawhney has produced such a staggering array of work and his interests seem so broad and deep, that you can only wonder at the filtering system that operates in his restlessly creative mind.

Club Global:
• M.I.A

M.I.A.'s life story has already been the focus of much British media attention but if you missed the hype here it is: born in Sri Lanka, she relocated to a West London council estate as a child after her father left the family to found a Tamil revolutionary party (read "terrorist organisation" to the Sinhalese majority).

• Cheb I Sabbah

Algerian-born DJ Cheb I Sabbah mixes up heady Arabic and Indian sounds into a sitar, tabla and oud tinged groove that is proving popular across Europe and the USA.

Asia/Pacific:
• Susheela Raman

Born in Hendon to a Tamil family who emigrated to Australia when she was four, Susheela's journey to her Tamil roots and a home in the British countryside is a truly contemporary story of migration, music and planting roots all over the world.

Je kan tot 31 januari stemmen op je favoriet via de BBC World Music site. Voor de gelegenheid is er van elke artiest een nummer van hun laatste werk in de jukebox (rechtsboven) geplaatst. Sommige nummers zul je pas echt begrijpen nadat je ze een paar keer goed gehoord hebt.