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'''World Music Network''' is a [[UK]] based record label specializing in [[world music]].<ref name="Womex1">{{cite web|last=Womex|title=Virtual Womex: Companies: World Music Network|url=http://www.womex.com/virtual/world_music_network|accessdate=31 March 2013}}</ref>
'''World Music Network''' is a [[UK]]-based record label specializing in [[world music]].<ref name="Womex1">{{cite web|last=Womex|title=Virtual Womex: Companies: World Music Network|url=http://www.womex.com/virtual/world_music_network|access-date=31 March 2013}}</ref>


The World Music Network website is a portal to the international world music scene, and features up-to-date news, reviews, live listings, and guide sections on world music. The website also features an on-line [[#Battle of the Bands|Battle Of The Bands]] competition.<ref name="Battle of the Bands Songlines">{{cite web|last=Songlines|title=World Music Network Battle of the Bands Winner Announced|url=http://www.songlines.co.uk/world-music-news/2013/02/world-music-network-battle-of-the-bands-winner-announced/|accessdate=31 March 2013}}</ref>
The World Music Network website features news, reviews, live music listings, and guide sections on world music. It also features an online "Battle of the Bands" competition.<ref name="Battle of the Bands Songlines">{{cite web|last=Songlines|title=World Music Network Battle of the Bands Winner Announced|url=http://www.songlines.co.uk/world-music-news/2013/02/world-music-network-battle-of-the-bands-winner-announced/|access-date=31 March 2013}}</ref>


= History =
== History ==


Founded in 1994 by husband and wife team Phil Stanton and Colombian-born Sandra Alayón-Stanton, World Music Network consists of four record labels – [[#Music Rough Guides|Music Rough Guides]], [[#Riverboat Records|Riverboat Records]], [[#Introducing|Introducing]] and [[#Think Global|Think Global]]. [[#Music Rough Guides|Music Rough Guides]] releases the [[Rough Guides]] CD compilations.
Founded in 1994 by husband-and-wife team Phil Stanton and Colombian-born Sandra Alayón-Stanton, World Music Network consists of four record labels – [[#Music Rough Guides|Music Rough Guides]], [[#Riverboat Records|Riverboat Records]], [[#Introducing|Introducing]] and [[#Think Global|Think Global]].


Accolades include a 2009 [[Grammy Award]] nomination for [[Debashish Bhattacharya]]<ref name=Rediff>{{cite web|last=Rediff India Abroad|title=Indian musician bags Grammy nom|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/dec/10india-musician-bags-grammy-nom.htm|publisher=Rediff|accessdate=27 July 2012}}</ref> – who was also awarded the BBC Best Asian Artist award in 2008<ref name="BBC Award">{{cite web|last=BBC|title=Awards for World Music '07|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worldmusic/a4wm2007/2007_debashish_bhattacharya.shtml|accessdate=27 July 2012}}</ref> – a WMCE Top Label award<ref name="Womex2">{{cite web|last=Womex|title=Womex Top Label Award|url=http://www.womex.com/realwomex/item.php?items_id=177|accessdate=27 July 2012}}</ref> and more [[Songlines (magazine)]] 'Top of the World’<ref name=Songlines>{{cite web|last=Songlines Magazine|title=Top Of The World|url=http://www.songlines.co.uk/topoftheworld/top-of-the-world.php?id=2|accessdate=27 July 2012}}</ref> releases than any other independent world music label.
Accolades include a 2009 [[Grammy Award]] nomination for [[Debashish Bhattacharya]]<ref name=Rediff>{{cite web|last=Rediff India Abroad|title=Indian musician bags Grammy nom|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/dec/10india-musician-bags-grammy-nom.htm|publisher=Rediff|access-date=27 July 2012}}</ref> – who was also awarded the BBC Best Asian Artist award in 2008<ref name="BBC Award">{{cite web|last=BBC|title=Awards for World Music '07|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worldmusic/a4wm2007/2007_debashish_bhattacharya.shtml|access-date=27 July 2012}}</ref> – a WMCE Top Label award<ref name="Womex2">{{cite web|last=Womex|title=Womex Top Label Award|url=http://www.womex.com/realwomex/item.php?items_id=177|access-date=27 July 2012}}</ref> and more [[Songlines (magazine)]] 'Top of the World’<ref name=Songlines>{{cite web|last=Songlines Magazine|title=Top Of The World|url=http://www.songlines.co.uk/topoftheworld/top-of-the-world.php?id=2|access-date=27 July 2012}}</ref> releases than any other independent world music label.


World Music Network, along with Riverboat Records, was [http://www.womex.com/realwomex/2013/Label_Award.html presented with the WOMEX Label Award in 2013]. <ref>{{cite web|title=WOMEX Awards 99 - 13|url=http://www.womex.com/realwomex/main.php?id_headings=272&id_realwomex=16|work=WOMEX Awards|publisher=WOMEX|accessdate=26 March 2014}}</ref>
World Music Network, along with Riverboat Records, was presented with the [[WOMEX Awards#Awards|WOMEX Label Award]] in 2013.<ref name="womex13LA">{{cite web|url=http://www.womex.com/realwomex/2013/Label_Award.html |title=WOMEX 13 Label Award |date=2013 |work=womex.com |access-date=7 December 2014}}</ref>


[[File:Riverboat_Records_2013_WOMEX_Label_Award.jpg|thumb|right|WMN is announced winner of the WOMEX 2013 Label Award.]]
[[File:Riverboat_Records_2013_WOMEX_Label_Award.jpg|thumb|right|WMN is announced winner of the WOMEX 2013 Label Award.]]


Following on from the death of founder Phil Stanton in 2019, World Music Network has been managed by Neil Record, John Ditchfield and Phil's daughter India Stanton.<ref>''[https://www.songlines.co.uk/news/riverboat-records-founder-phil-stanton-dies-aged-54] Riverboat Records founder Phil Stanton dies aged 54''</ref>
Among the notable mentions of artists and records released on Riverboat Records were:
* [http://www.worldmusic.net/store/item/TUG1070/ Debashish Bhattacharya & Friends] (''Beyond the Ragasphere'')
* [http://www.worldmusic.net/store/item/TUG1063/ Monoswezi] (''The Village'')
* [http://www.worldmusic.net/store/item/TUG1068/ Nuru Kane](''Exile'')
* [http://www.worldmusic.net/store/item/TUG1065/ Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis] (''Greekadelia'')
* [http://www.worldmusic.net/store/item/TUG1071/ Etran Finatawa] (''The Sahara Sessions'')


=Labels=
==Labels==
=== Music Rough Guides ===
=== Music Rough Guides ===
{{See also|List of Rough Guide albums}}
{{See also|List of Rough Guide albums}}


Music Rough Guides has been releasing the Rough Guide music series in association with the [[Rough Guides]] travel book publishers for well over two decades.
Music Rough Guides has been releasing the Rough Guide music series in association with the [[Rough Guides]] travel book publishers since 1994, when the first world music book and album in that series were released.<ref name="Google Books">{{cite book|title=World Music: The Rough Guide - Simon Broughton|year=1994|via=[[Internet Archive]]|url=https://archive.org/details/worldmusicroughg00brou|url-access=registration|access-date=29 January 2013}}</ref>


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Since then, Music Rough Guides have covered destinations as diverse as [[Afghanistan]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Japan]], and [[Hungary]]. They have also covered musical styles such as [[merengue music]], [[klezmer]], [[salsa music|salsa]] and [[Bollywood]].<ref name="Womex1"/>
World Music Network initially began working with the [[Rough Guides]] book publishers in 1994, when the first world music Rough Guides book and album were released.<ref name="Google Books">{{cite web|title=World Music: The Rough Guide - SImon Broughton|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/World_music.html?id=cpEYAAAAIAAJ|work=Google Books|publisher=Google|accessdate=29 January 2013}}</ref>

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Since then Music Rough Guides have covered destinations as diverse as [[Afghanistan]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Japan]], and [[Hungary]]. They have also covered musical styles such as [[merengue music]], [[klezmer]], [[salsa music|salsa]] and [[Bollywood]].<ref name="Womex1"/>


=== Riverboat Records ===
=== Riverboat Records ===


Since 1989 Riverboat Records have produced artists from around the world. Releases in recent years include those by the artists; [[Debashish Bhattacharya]],<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news|last=Hudson|first=Mark|title=Debashish Bhattacharya: O Shakuntala! CD review|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/5933012/Debashish-Bhattacharya-O-Shakuntala-CD-review.html|accessdate=04/12/12|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=04/08/09}}</ref> [[Mory Kante]], [[Nuru Kane]], Ramzi Aburedwan,<ref name="PopMatters">{{cite web|title=Ramzi Aburedwan: Reflections of Palestine|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/164697-ramzi-aburedwan-reflections-of-palestine/|work=David Maine |publisher=PopMatters|accessdate=31 March 2013}}</ref> [[SambaSunda]] and [[Kristi Stassinopoulou|Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis]].
Since 1989 Riverboat Records have produced artists from around the world. Releases in recent years include those by the artists; [[Debashish Bhattacharya]],<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news|last=Hudson|first=Mark|title=Debashish Bhattacharya: O Shakuntala! CD review|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/5933012/Debashish-Bhattacharya-O-Shakuntala-CD-review.html|access-date=4 December 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=4 August 2009|location=London}}</ref> [[Mory Kante]], [[Nuru Kane]], [[Ramzi Aburedwan]],<ref name="PopMatters">{{cite web|title=Ramzi Aburedwan: Reflections of Palestine|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/164697-ramzi-aburedwan-reflections-of-palestine/|work=David Maine |publisher=PopMatters|access-date=31 March 2013}}</ref> [[SambaSunda]], [[Kristi Stassinopoulou|Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis]] and 'Gaelic Americana' artist [[Kyle Carey]].


=== Introducing ===
=== Introducing ===


A separate artist label to [[#Riverboat Records|Riverboat Records]], '''Introducing''' was launched by World Music Network in 2004, out of a desire to promote exposure for previously undiscovered musical talent from around the world. Introducing showcases artists previously unreleased or unavailable outside their own country.<ref name="Introducing on WMN">{{cite web|title=Introducing|url=http://www.worldmusic.net/store/browse/label/introducing/|work=Introducing on World Music Network|publisher=World Music Network|accessdate=29 January 2013}}</ref>
A separate artist label to [[#Riverboat Records|Riverboat Records]], '''Introducing''' was launched by World Music Network in 2004, out of a desire to promote exposure for previously undiscovered musical talent from around the world. Introducing showcases artists previously unreleased or unavailable outside their own country.<ref name="Introducing on WMN">{{cite web|title=Introducing|url=http://www.worldmusic.net/store/browse/label/introducing/|work=Introducing on World Music Network|publisher=World Music Network|access-date=29 January 2013}}</ref>


The Introducing label has had a number of releases including features for Ethiopian reggae-fusion project [[Invisible System]], and Saharan blues band [[Etran Finatawa]].<ref name=Finatawa>{{cite web|title=Recordings - Etran Finatawa|url=http://www.etranfinatawa.com/recordings.html|work=Etran Finatawa|publisher=FidjoMusic|accessdate=29 January 2013}}</ref>
The Introducing label has had a number of releases including features for Ethiopian reggae-fusion project [[Invisible System]], and Saharan blues band [[Etran Finatawa]].<ref name=Finatawa>{{cite web|title=Recordings - Etran Finatawa|url=http://www.etranfinatawa.com/recordings.html|work=Etran Finatawa|publisher=FidjoMusic|access-date=29 January 2013}}</ref>


Other projects include albums from Miami Latin hip-hop collective [[Spam Allstars]], South African [[maskanda]] player [[Shiyani Ngcobo]],<ref name="Introducing: Shiyani Ngcobo">{{cite web|title=Shiyani Ngcobo - Introducing Shiyani Ngcobo|url=http://bbc.preview.somethinelse.com/africabeyond/africaonyourstreet/cdreviews/238/18340.shtml|work=Yves Ngoo|publisher=BBC|accessdate=31 March 2013}}</ref> Chinese folk band [[Hanggai (band)|Hanggai]] and a release by the desert blues master Mamane Barka.<ref name="Introducing: Mamane Barka">{{cite web|title=Album: Mamane Barka, Introducing..., (Introduction Records)|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/album-mamane-barka-introducing-introduction-records-1767142.html|work=Michael Church|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=31 March 2013}}</ref>
Other projects include albums from Miami Latin hip-hop collective [[Spam Allstars]], South African [[maskanda]] player [[Shiyani Ngcobo]],<ref name="Introducing: Shiyani Ngcobo">{{cite web|title=Shiyani Ngcobo - Introducing Shiyani Ngcobo|url=http://bbc.preview.somethinelse.com/africabeyond/africaonyourstreet/cdreviews/238/18340.shtml|work=Yves Ngoo|publisher=BBC|access-date=31 March 2013}}</ref> Chinese folk band [[Hanggai (band)|Hanggai]] and a release by the desert blues master [[Mamane Barka]].<ref name="Introducing: Mamane Barka">{{cite news|title=Album: Mamane Barka, Introducing..., (Introduction Records)|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/album-mamane-barka-introducing-introduction-records-1767142.html|work=Michael Church|publisher=The Independent|access-date=31 March 2013|location=London|date=2 August 2009}}</ref>


=== Think Global ===
=== Think Global ===
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World Music Network has released a number of fundraising albums released in association with [[Amnesty International]] and [[Oxfam]].
World Music Network has released a number of fundraising albums released in association with [[Amnesty International]] and [[Oxfam]].


The Think Global series aims to promote music that reduces poverty, defends human rights and encourages protecting the environment. Releases include ''Think Global: Women Of Africa''<ref name="All Music">{{cite web|title=Think Global: Women of Africa|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/think-global-women-of-africa-mw0000490093|work=AllMusic|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=29 January 2013}}</ref> and ''Think Global: Tango''.<ref name="World Music Central">{{cite web|title=Think Global: Tango|url=http://worldmusiccentral.org/2007/04/27/think-global-tango-a-rollercoaster-of-emotions/|work=World Music Central|publisher=WordPress|accessdate=29 January 2013}}</ref>
The Think Global series aims to promote music that reduces poverty, defends human rights and encourages protecting the environment. Releases include ''Think Global: Women Of Africa''<ref name="All Music">{{cite web|title=Think Global: Women of Africa|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/think-global-women-of-africa-mw0000490093|work=AllMusic|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=29 January 2013}}</ref> and ''Think Global: Tango''.<ref name="World Music Central">{{cite web|title=Think Global: Tango|url=http://worldmusiccentral.org/2007/04/27/think-global-tango-a-rollercoaster-of-emotions/|work=World Music Central|publisher=WordPress|access-date=29 January 2013}}</ref>


= Battle of the Bands =
== Battle of the Bands ==


In the Battle of the Bands section of World Music Network's website musicians are invited to post their best original track and build their page with photos and text. Members of the public and World Music Network staff then review and vote for the winner.<ref name="Battle Of The Bands">{{cite web|last=Songlines Magazine|title=Battle Of The Bands|url=http://www.songlines.co.uk/world-music-news/tag/battle-of-the-bands/|accessdate=27 July 2012}}</ref> Each winner gets to have their material featured on future projects and a link to the winning track also gets sent to all the tens of thousands of people on World Music Network's mailing lists. Winners have included [[Giuliano Modarelli]] and Julaba Kunda (featuring Gambian griot [[Juldeh Camara]])
In the Battle of the Bands section of World Music Network's website musicians are invited to post their best original track and build their page with photos and text. Members of the public and World Music Network staff then review and vote for the winner.<ref name="Battle Of The Bands">{{cite web|last=Songlines Magazine|title=Battle Of The Bands|url=http://www.songlines.co.uk/world-music-news/tag/battle-of-the-bands/|access-date=27 July 2012}}</ref> Each winner gets to have their material featured on future projects and a link to the winning track also gets sent to all the tens of thousands of people on World Music Network's mailing lists. Winners have included [[Giuliano Modarelli]] and Julaba Kunda (featuring Gambian griot [[Juldeh Camara]])


== References ==
== References ==


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World Music Network
FounderPhil Stanton, Sandra Alayón-Stanton
GenreWorld Music
Country of originUnited Kingdom
LocationLondon
Official websitewww.worldmusic.net

World Music Network is a UK-based record label specializing in world music.[1]

The World Music Network website features news, reviews, live music listings, and guide sections on world music. It also features an online "Battle of the Bands" competition.[2]

History

[edit]

Founded in 1994 by husband-and-wife team Phil Stanton and Colombian-born Sandra Alayón-Stanton, World Music Network consists of four record labels – Music Rough Guides, Riverboat Records, Introducing and Think Global.

Accolades include a 2009 Grammy Award nomination for Debashish Bhattacharya[3] – who was also awarded the BBC Best Asian Artist award in 2008[4] – a WMCE Top Label award[5] and more Songlines (magazine) 'Top of the World’[6] releases than any other independent world music label.

World Music Network, along with Riverboat Records, was presented with the WOMEX Label Award in 2013.[7]

WMN is announced winner of the WOMEX 2013 Label Award.

Following on from the death of founder Phil Stanton in 2019, World Music Network has been managed by Neil Record, John Ditchfield and Phil's daughter India Stanton.[8]

Labels

[edit]

Music Rough Guides

[edit]
See also: List of Rough Guide albums

Music Rough Guides has been releasing the Rough Guide music series in association with the Rough Guides travel book publishers since 1994, when the first world music book and album in that series were released.[9]

Since then, Music Rough Guides have covered destinations as diverse as Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Japan, and Hungary. They have also covered musical styles such as merengue music, klezmer, salsa and Bollywood.[1]

Riverboat Records

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Since 1989 Riverboat Records have produced artists from around the world. Releases in recent years include those by the artists; Debashish Bhattacharya,[10] Mory Kante, Nuru Kane, Ramzi Aburedwan,[11] SambaSunda, Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis and 'Gaelic Americana' artist Kyle Carey.

Introducing

[edit]

A separate artist label to Riverboat Records, Introducing was launched by World Music Network in 2004, out of a desire to promote exposure for previously undiscovered musical talent from around the world. Introducing showcases artists previously unreleased or unavailable outside their own country.[12]

The Introducing label has had a number of releases including features for Ethiopian reggae-fusion project Invisible System, and Saharan blues band Etran Finatawa.[13]

Other projects include albums from Miami Latin hip-hop collective Spam Allstars, South African maskanda player Shiyani Ngcobo,[14] Chinese folk band Hanggai and a release by the desert blues master Mamane Barka.[15]

Think Global

[edit]

World Music Network has released a number of fundraising albums released in association with Amnesty International and Oxfam.

The Think Global series aims to promote music that reduces poverty, defends human rights and encourages protecting the environment. Releases include Think Global: Women Of Africa[16] and Think Global: Tango.[17]

Battle of the Bands

[edit]

In the Battle of the Bands section of World Music Network's website musicians are invited to post their best original track and build their page with photos and text. Members of the public and World Music Network staff then review and vote for the winner.[18] Each winner gets to have their material featured on future projects and a link to the winning track also gets sent to all the tens of thousands of people on World Music Network's mailing lists. Winners have included Giuliano Modarelli and Julaba Kunda (featuring Gambian griot Juldeh Camara)

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Womex. "Virtual Womex: Companies: World Music Network". Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  2. ^ Songlines. "World Music Network Battle of the Bands Winner Announced". Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  3. ^ Rediff India Abroad. "Indian musician bags Grammy nom". Rediff. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  4. ^ BBC. "Awards for World Music '07". Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  5. ^ Womex. "Womex Top Label Award". Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  6. ^ Songlines Magazine. "Top Of The World". Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  7. ^ "WOMEX 13 Label Award". womex.com. 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  8. ^ [1] Riverboat Records founder Phil Stanton dies aged 54
  9. ^ World Music: The Rough Guide - Simon Broughton. 1994. Retrieved 29 January 2013 – via Internet Archive.
  10. ^ Hudson, Mark (4 August 2009). "Debashish Bhattacharya: O Shakuntala! CD review". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  11. ^ "Ramzi Aburedwan: Reflections of Palestine". David Maine. PopMatters. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  12. ^ "Introducing". Introducing on World Music Network. World Music Network. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  13. ^ "Recordings - Etran Finatawa". Etran Finatawa. FidjoMusic. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  14. ^ "Shiyani Ngcobo - Introducing Shiyani Ngcobo". Yves Ngoo. BBC. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  15. ^ "Album: Mamane Barka, Introducing..., (Introduction Records)". Michael Church. London: The Independent. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  16. ^ "Think Global: Women of Africa". AllMusic. AllMusic. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  17. ^ "Think Global: Tango". World Music Central. WordPress. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  18. ^ Songlines Magazine. "Battle Of The Bands". Retrieved 27 July 2012.
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