WOMEX ROADSHOW

Next Stop: Eurosonic Noorderslag, 11-14 Jan

(Visual: © mhfoto - Fotolia.com) From 11-14 January we are paying a visit to our dear neighbours in the Netherlands. Eurosonic Noorderslag in lovely Groningen, aka Dutch Venice, is where we head to - to see the latest and hottest European acts play and meet friends and colleagues from the industry. Send us an email to arrange a last minute meeting. More...

WORLD MUSIC CHARTS EUROPE

Top-5 Records in January 2012

Here come the top-5 results of the World Music Charts Europe (WMCE), a monthly poll taken by world music radio programmers in twenty-four European countries. This month, Fatoumata Diawara takes the Nr. 1 spot:

1. FATOU - Fatoumata Diawara - Mali/France (World Circuit)
Last month: 2

2. KINSHASA SUCCURSALE - Baloji - Belgium/DR Congo (Crammed)
Last month: 19

3. TRAVELLER - Anoushka Shankar - India/Spain (Deutsche Grammophon)
Last month: 1

4. MADREPERLA - Riccardo Tesi et Banditaliana - Italy (Visage/Galileo MC)
Last month: 5

5. THE UNBROKEN SURFACE OF SNOW - Andrew Cronshaw - UK (Cloud Valley)
Last month: 4... More...

NEWS FROM THE COMMUNITY

R.I.P. Cesaria Evora

(Photo: Cesaria Evora, courtesy of Lusafrica) We are very sad to announce that Cesaria Evora (Cape Verde) has passed away on Saturday, 17 December at the age of 70. She performed at the first WOMEX in Berlin in 1994. Here's a report & recording of a beautiful concert in the US by Afropop Worldwide. More...

• NYT article about Cesaria Evora

SCAM WARNING

Beware of the Expo Guide

Expo Guide is regularly sending out database update requests to WOMEX delegates - they have recently re-designed their form so watch out! Please note that we are in no way related and never sell any of our customer data to any third party. The Expo Guide update is not free of charge - read the small print carefully.... More...

NEWS FROM THE COMMUNITY

Updates on John Collins' Flooded Ghanaian Archive

As already posted on FB and Twitter in November, John Collins' music archive in Accra, Ghana was flooded in late October. Here's an update by Afropop Worldwide and news coverage by BBC and others including information on how you can show your support. More...

• BBC on John Collins' Flooded Archive
• Batuki Music Society: Flood Relief for BAPMAF
• BAPMAF Music Archive Blog
• BAPMAF Archive on Youtube

WORLD MUSIC CHARTS EUROPE

Top-5 Records in December 2011

Here come the top-5 results of the World Music Charts Europe (WMCE), a monthly poll taken by world music radio programmers in twenty-three European countries. Anoushka Shankar from England takes the Nr. 1 position this month. Here's the entire top-5, along with a link to the WMCE site.

1.TRAVELLER - Anoushka Shankar, USA/India/Spain (Deutsche Grammophon)
Last month: 2

2.FATOU - Fatoumata Diawara, Mali (World Circuit)
Last month: 1

3.AAM ZAMEEN: COMMON GROUND - Kiran Ahluwalia, Canada/India/Mali (Kiran Music)
Last month: 4

4.THE UNBROKEN SURFACE OF SNOW - Andrew Cronshaw, UK (Cloud Valley)
Last month: 10

5.MADREPERLA - Riccardo Tesi & Banditaliana, Italy (Visage/Galileo MC)
Last month: 13 More...

WOMEX ROADSHOW

WOMEX at Medimex, 24-27 Nov, Bari

Next week, we will cross the Alps to attend Medimex, an event for music professionals from the Mediterranean organised by Puglia Sounds. It takes place from 24-27 November 2011 in Bari, Italy. WOMEX President Christoph Borkowsky will be available for a limited number of speed-dating consultations to advise artists and professionals on 'How To Go International' at Spazio 'Musica è Lavoro' on Saturday, 26 November from 10:30-12:30.

Plus, we will present the legendary German vinyl cutting specialists and manufacturers, Fritz & Souri Sourisseau, www.vinylrecorder.com, at our stand (no. 4) and offers you the opportunity to get your free custom-made 12" record. It's free of charge: All you need to bring is an audio CD with a track whose copyright you... More...

CLASSICAL:NEXT

C3 Festival, 23 Nov - 3 Dec, Berlin-Essen-Gdansk

The Club Contemporary Classical Festival is kicking off tomorrow in Germany and Poland. The C3 Festival, a "labor of love" put together by Classical:Next Director Jennifer Dautermann, presents new music which falls into the grey zone between the genres of contemporary classical and electronic club music, from tighly-structured techno through to free-flowing ambient.

An international program ranging from the avantgarde to the downright funky will be presented from 23 November through 3 December in unique locations in Berlin, Germany (Berghain and Radialsystem), in Essen,Germany (Welterbe Zollverein) and in Gdansk, Poland (St. John's Center).

Featured artists include Arandel, Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble,Francesco Tristano, Hauschka, Jacaszek& Silva Rerum, Julian Elvira & Jesus Navarro,... More...

WOMEX 12 THESSALONIKI

The Arts Bloom in Greece's Cultural Capital

According to an article in the New York Times by Charly Wilder from early November 2011, DIY initiatives in arts/culture/nightlife are blossoming all over Thessaloniki, WOMEX's next host city, 17-21 October 2012:

"It was early August, and clouds of tear gas drifted through much of Athens, the remnants of protests against austerity measures. But the country's financial woes seemed far from the minds of the smartly disheveled young Greeks packed onto the roof terrace of the newly opened Fragile bar in Salonika, about 320 miles north of the capital. T-shirt-clad art students shouted over a mix of vintage doo-wop and '90s alt-rock, or ducked into the covered bar area, which evoked a vaguely postal theme, its corkboard-lined walls cross-hatched with packing tape..."... More...

• WOMEX 12 Thessaloniki

WOMEX ROADSHOW

Next Stop: Fest'Napuan, Vanuatu, 10-12 Nov 2011

Just back from WOMEX in Copenhagen, WOMEX Director of Production, Daniela, is already busy networking at Fest'Napuan on Vanuatu, Pacific region, 10-12 November 2011. The Fest'Napuan Conference & Festival is a partner of the ACP Music Festivals Network. Artists from around the Pacific region are joined by top rating Australian and New Zealand bands each years presenting a line-up of nearly 30 groups appearing. Fest'Napuan has now developed into a truly South Pacific wide regional music event. With this regional exposure, new opportunities to partner with regional media have developed also bringing the event into the homes of many thousand's of listeners around the world, both through radio re-broadcasts and... More...

WORLD MUSIC CHARTS EUROPE

Top-5 Records in November 2011

Here come the top-5 results of the World Music Charts Europe (WMCE), a monthly poll taken by world music radio programmers in twenty-three European countries. This month, Fatoumata Diawara takes the Nr. 1 spot:

1. FATOU - Fatoumata Diawara - Mali/France (World Circuit)
Last month: 1

2. TRAVELLER - Anoushka Shankar - USA/Spain (Deutsche Grammophon)
Last month:- -

3. SEM NOSTALGIA - Lucas Santtana - Brazil (Mais Um Discos)
Last month: 2

4. AAM ZAMEEN: COMMON GROUND - Kiran Ahluwalia - Canada/India/Mali (Kiran Music)
Last month:- -

5. SONNET - Aldona - Poland (Jaro Medien)
Last month: 4... More...