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| World Music Network | |
|---|---|
| Founder | Phil Stanton, Sandra Alayón-Stanton |
| Genre | World Music |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Location | London |
The Network
World Music Network is a UK based record label specializing in world music.
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 competition.
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, Riverboat Records, Introducing and Think Global. Music Rough Guides releases the Rough Guides CD compilations.
Accolades include a 2009 Grammy nomination for Debashish Bhattacharya[1] – who was also awarded the BBC Best Asian Artist award in 2008[2] – a WMCE Top Label award[3] and more ‘Songlines Top of the World’[4] releases than any other independent world music label.
Music Rough Guides
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.
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.
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, klezmer, salsa and Bollywood.[3]
Riverboat Records
Since 1989 Riverboat Records have produced artists from around the world. Releases in recent years include those by the artists; Debashish Bhattacharya,[5] Samba Touré, Nuru Kane, Ramzi Aburedwan, Sambasunda Quintent and Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis.
Introducing
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.
The Introducing label has had a number of releases including Senegalese guitarist Daby Balde and Saharan blues masters Etran Finatawa.
Other projects include albums from South African maskanda maestro Shiyani Ngcobo, Chinese folk band Hanggai and a release by the desert blues master Mamane Barka.
Think Global
World Music Network has released a number of fund raising 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 included Think Global: Women Of Africa and Think Global: Tango".
Batlle 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[6] . 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.
T-Music
Designed by Catalan artist, Xavier Salvador[7] , the T-Music range is World Music Network's T-shirt range. Each T-shirt features a picture of a stylized musical instrument and comes with a free 30-track download album of music from across the World Music Network catalogue.
T-shirts are available in a range of colours with images of the acoustic guitar, kora, piano, trumpet, banjo, bongos and sitar.
References
- ^ Rediff India Abroad. "Indian musician bags Grammy nom". Rediff. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
- ^ BBC. "Awards for World Music '07". Retrieved 27 July 2012.
- ^ a b Womex. "Womex Top Label Award". Retrieved 27 July 2012. Cite error: The named reference "Womex" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Songlines Magazine. "Top Of The World". Retrieved 27 July 2012.
- ^ Hudson, Mark (04/08/09). "Debashish Bhattacharya: O Shakuntala! CD review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 04/12/12.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Songlines Magazine. "Battle Of The Bands". Retrieved 27 July 2012.
- ^ Xavier Salvador. "T-Music". Retrieved 27 July 2012.
World Music Network
| World Music Network | |
|---|---|
| Founder | Phil Stanton, Sandra Alayón-Stanton |
| Genre | World Music |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Location | London |
The Network
World Music Network is a UK based record label specializing in world music.
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 competition.
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, Riverboat Records, Introducing and Think Global. Music Rough Guides releases the Rough Guides CD compilations.
Accolades include a 2009 Grammy nomination for Debashish Bhattacharya[1] – who was also awarded the BBC Best Asian Artist award in 2008[2] – a WMCE Top Label award[3] and more ‘Songlines Top of the World’[4] releases than any other independent world music label.
Music Rough Guides
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.
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.
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, klezmer, salsa and Bollywood.[3]
Riverboat Records
Since 1989 Riverboat Records have produced artists from around the world. Releases in recent years include those by the artists; Debashish Bhattacharya, Samba Touré, Nuru Kane, Ramzi Aburedwan, Sambasunda Quintent and Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis.
Introducing
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.
The Introducing label has had a number of releases including Senegalese guitarist Daby Balde and Saharan blues masters Etran Finatawa.
Other projects include albums from South African maskanda maestro Shiyani Ngcobo, Chinese folk band Hanggai and a release by the desert blues master Mamane Barka.
Think Global
World Music Network has released a number of fund raising 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 included Think Global: Women Of Africa and Think Global: Tango".
Batlle 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[5] . 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.
T-Music
Designed by Catalan artist, Xavier Salvador[6] , the T-Music range is World Music Network's T-shirt range. Each T-shirt features a picture of a stylized musical instrument and comes with a free 30-track download album of music from across the World Music Network catalogue.
T-shirts are available in a range of colours with images of the acoustic guitar, kora, piano, trumpet, banjo, bongos and sitar.
References
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