World Music Network
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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 and is one of the leading forces on the world music scene.
The World Music Network website is a portal to the international world music scene, and features up to date news, reviews, live listings, and informative guide sections on world music. The website also features an on-line Battle Of The Bands competition.
The Story
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 – who was also awarded the BBC Best Asian Artist[1] award in 2008 – a WMCE Top Label award[2] and more ‘Songlines Top of the World’[3] 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 numerous musical styles such as merengue, klezmer, salsa and Bollywood.[4]
Riverboat Records
Since its humble origins – the idea was originally conceived on a leaky barge on the Thames in 1989 – Riverboat Records has produced groundbreaking 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 exceptional and previously undiscovered musical talent from around the world. Delivered at an affordable price, 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. Daby Balde’s debut album on Introducing was described by The Observer as ‘astonishingly good… of extraordinary quality’[5], whilst Etran Finatawa’s was described by the Evening Standard as ‘one of the year’s most refreshing records’[6].
Other notable 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 combined the ideals of reducing poverty, defending human rights and protecting the environment with superb collections of cutting edge music from around the world. Releases included Think Global: Women Of Africa and Think Global: West Africa Unwired.
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. 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, 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.
Discography
Music Rough Guides
RGNET1281 - The Rough Guide To Caribbean Café
RGNET1280 - The Rough Guide To Highlife
RGNET1279 - The Rough Guide To Jazz Legends: John Coltrane
RGNET1276 - The Rough Guide To Reggae (Second Edition)
RGNET1275 - The Rough Guide To Mediterranean Lounge
RGNET1274 - The Rough Guide To Latin Lullabies
RGNET1273 - The Rough Guide To Celtic Lullabies
RGNET1272 - The Rough Guide To New Orleans
RGNET1271 - The Rough Guide To Celtic Women
RGNET1270 - The Rough Guide To Psychedelic Africa
RGNET1269 - The Rough Guide To African Roots Revival
RGNET1268 - The Rough Guide To Blues Legends: Charley Patton
RGNET1267 - The Rough Guide To Bluegrass (Second Edition)
RGNET1266 - The Rough Guide To The Music of Morocco (Second Edition)
RGNET1265 - The Rough Guide To Cajun and Zydeco (Second Edition)
RGNET1264 - The Rough Guide To Blues Legends: Bessie Smith
RGNET1263 - The Rough Guide To Blues Legends: John Lee Hooker
RGNET1262 - The Rough Guide To Sufi Music (Second Edition)
RGNET1261 - The Rough Guide To English Folk (Second Edition)
RGNET1260 - The Rough Guide To Fado (Second Edition)
RGNET1259 - The Rough Guide To African Guitar Legends
RGNET1258 - The Rough Guide Legends: Edith Piaf
RGNET1257 - The Rough Guide To Brazilian Cafe
RGNET1256 - The Rough Guide To World Playtime
RGNET1255 - The Rough Guide To World Lullabies
RGNET1254 - The Rough Guide To Jazz Legends: Miles Davis
RGNET1253 - The Rough Guide To Jazz Legends: Louis Armstrong
RGNET1252 - The Rough Guide To Klezmer (Second Edition)
RGNET1251 - The Rough Guide To African Lullabies
RGNET1250 - The Rough Guide To Paris Lounge
RGNET1249 - The Rough Guide To Bellydance (Second Edition)
RGNET1248 - The Rough Guide To Flamenco Dance
RGNET1247 - The Rough Guide To Jazz Legends: Duke Ellington
RGNET1246 - The Rough Guide To Jazz Legends: Charlie Parker
RGNET1245 - The Rough Guide To Jazz Legends: Ella Fitzgerald
RGNET1244 - The Rough Guide To Blues Legends: Leadbelly
RGNET1243 - The Rough Guide To Mozart
RGNET1242 - The Rough Guide To Beethoven
RGNET1241 - The Rough Guide To Bach
RGNET1240 - The Rough Guide To Paris Café Music (Second Edition)
RGNET1239 - The Rough Guide To Salsa Dance (Third Edition)
RGNET1238 - The Rough Guide To Desert Blues
RGNET1237 - The Rough Guide To The Music Of Afghanistan
RGNET1236- The Rough Guide To World Music For Children
RGNET1235 - The Rough Guide To Scottish Folk (Second Edition)
RGNET1234 - The Rough Guide To Blues Legends: Billie Holiday Re-born
RGNET1233 - The Rough Guide To Blues Legends: Muddy Waters Re-born
RGNET1232 - The Rough Guide To Blues Legends: Robert Johnson Re-born
RGNET1231 - The Rough Guide To The Music Of India (Second Edition)
RGNET1230 - The Rough Guide To Arabic Lounge
RGNET1229 - The Rough Guide To Merengue Dance
RGNET1228 - The Rough Guide To Salsa Divas
RGNET1227 - The Rough Guide To Brazilian Lounge
RGNET1226 - The Rough Guide To Irish Folk (Second Edition)
RGNET1225 - The Rough Guide To The Music Of Cuba (2nd Edition)
RGNET1224 - The Rough Guide To Tango Revival
RGNET1223 - The Rough Guide Blues and Beyond
RGNET1222 - The Rough Guide To Afrobeat Revolution
RGNET1221 - The Rough Guide To Gypsy Revival
RGNET1220 - The Rough Guide To Gypsy Music
RGNET1219 - The Rough Guide To Tango
RGNET1218- The Rough Guide To Afrobeat Revival
RGNET1217 - The Rough Guide To Colombian Street Party
RGNET1216 - The Rough Guide To Latin Lounge
RGNET1215 - The Rough Guide to Turkish Café
RGNET1214 - The Rough Guide To The Music Of Russian Gypsies
RGNET1213 - The Rough Guide To Calypso Gold
RGNET1212 - The Rough Guide To Latin Street Party
RGNET1211 - The Rough Guide To The Music Of Japan
RGNET1210 - The Rough Guide To The Music Of Romanian Gypsies
RGNET1209 - The Rough Guide To Salsa Gold
RGNET1208 - The Rough Guide To The Music Of Mali
RGNET1207 - The Rough Guide To Australian Aboriginal Music
RGNET1206 - The Rough Guide To Brazilian Street Party
RGNET1205 - The Rough Guide To Klezmer Revolution
RGNET1204 - The Rough Guide To Blues Revival
RGNET1203 - The Rough Guide To Klezmer Revival
RGNET1202 - The Rough Guide To Bhangra (Second Edition)
RGNET1201 - The Rough Guide To African Street Party
RGNET1200 - The Rough Guide To Congo Gold
RGNET1199 - The Rough Guide To Cuban Street Party
RGNET1198 - The Rough Guide To Hungarian Gypsy Music
RGNET1197 - The Rough Guide To Greek Café
RGNET1196 - The Rough Guide To Latin Funk
RGNET1195 - The Rough Guide To Arabic Café
RGNET1194 - The Rough Guide To The Music Of Paris
RGNET1193 - The Rough Guide To The Music Of The Andes
RGNET1192 - The Rough Guide To Indian Lounge
RGNET1191 - The Rough Guide To Salsa Clandestina
RGNET1190 - The Rough Guide To Latino Nuevo
RGNET1189 - The Rough Guide To Flamenco
RGNET1188 - The Rough Guide To The Music Of Brazil
RGNET1187 - The Rough Guide To North African Café
RGNET1186 - The Rough Guide To African Blues
RGNET1185 - The Rough Guide To Bellydance Café
RGNET1184 - The Rough Guide To Salsa (Second Edition)
RGNET1183 - The Rough Guide To The Music Of Vietnam
RGNET1182 - The Rough Guide To Bollywood Gold
RGNET1181 - The Rough Guide To World Music: Africa & Middle East
RGNET1180 - The Rough Guide To The Blues
RGNET1179 - The Rough Guide to Bollywood (Second Edition)
RGNET1178 - The Rough Guide To The Music Of South Africa (Second Edition)
RGNET1177 - The Rough Guide To Salsa Dura NYC
Riverboat Records
TUGCD1061 - Ramzi - Reflections Of Palestine
TUGCD1059 - Samba Toure - Crocodile Blues
TUGCD1058 - Sambasunda Quintet - Java
TUGCD1057 - John McSherry, Donal O’Connor and Bob Brozman - Six Days In Down
TUGCD1056 - Paban Das Baul - Music Of The Honey Gatherers
TUGCD1055 - Etran Finatawa - Tarkat Tajje
TUGCD1054 - Samba Touré - Songhai Blues: Homage To Ali Farka Touré
TUGCD1053 - Debashish Bhattacharya - O Shakuntala!
TUGCD1052 - Daby Balde - Le Marigot Club Dakar
TUGCD1051 - Seprewa Kasa - Seprewa Kasa
TUGCD1050 - Syran Mbenza & Ensemble Rumba Kongo - Immortal Franco
TUGCD1049 - Debashish Bhattacharya - Calcutta Chronicles: Indian Slide Guitar Odyssey
TUGCD1048 - Etran Finatawa - Desert Crossroads
TUGCD1047 - Saba - Jidka
TUGCD1046 - Bob Brozman Orchestra - Lumière
TUGCD1045 - Various Artists - Rhythm Of The River
TUGCD1044 - Benjamín Escoriza - Alevanta!
TUGCD1043 - Sally Nyolo & The Original Bands Of Yaoundé: Studio Cameroon
TUGCD1042 - Debashish Bhattacharya - Special Edition 3: Calcutta Slide Guitar
TUGCD1041 - Nuru Kane - Sigil
TUGCD1040 - Papua New Guinea Stringbands & Bob Brozman - Songs Of The Volcano
TUGCD1039 - Sierra Maestra - Son: Soul Of A Nation
TUGCD1038 - Abdel Gadir Salim & Emmanuel Jal - Ceasefire
TUGCD1037 - Shukar Collective - Urban Gypsy
TUGCD1036 - Debashish Bhattacharya - 3: Calcutta Slide Guitar
TUGCD1035 - Colombiafrica – The Mystic Orchestra - Voodoo Love Inna Champeta Land
TUGCD1034 - Mory Kanté - Sabou
TUGCD1033 - Rene Lacaille - Mapou
Introducing
INTRO117DD - Sufi Fakirs Of Bengal (Digital Only)
INTRO116DD - Dimitris Mistakidis (Digital Only)
INTRO115CD - Amadou Diagne
INTRO114CD - Mamane Barka
INTRO113CD - Akim El Sikameya
INTRO112CD - Dozan
INTRO111CD - Hanggai
INTRO110CD - Spam All-Stars
INTRO109CD - Perunika Trio
INTRO108CD - Wayne Gorbea's Salsa Picante
INTRO107CD - Kenge Kenge
INTRO106CD - Bela Lakatos & The Gypsy Youth Project
INTRO105CD - Etran Finatawa
INTRO104CD - Daby Balde
INTRO103CD - Sukke
INTRO102CD - Vakoka
INTRO101CD - Shiyani Ngcobo
Think Global
THINKBOX1 - Come Dancing Latin Style
THINK110CD - Think Global: Celebrate Africa
THINK109CD - Think Global: Fiesta Latina
THINK108CD - Think Global: Native America
THINK107CD - Think Global: Acoustic Brazil
THINK106CD - Think Global: Women Of Africa
THINK105CD - Think Global: Salsa
THINK104CD - Think Global: World Christmas
THINK103CD - Think Global: Tango
THINK102CD - Think Global: West Africa Unwired
THINK101CD - Think Global: Bellydance
References
- ^ name="bbc">http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worldmusic/a4wm2007/2007_debashish_bhattacharya.shtml
- ^ http://www.womex.com/realwomex/item.php?items_id=177
- ^ http://www.songlines.co.uk/topoftheworld/top-of-the-world.php
- ^ http://www.womex.com/virtual/world_music_network/
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2005/sep/18/shopping4
- ^ http://www.standard.co.uk/arts/music/cds-of-the-week-7289529.html