WORLD MUSIC

2008 Winners & Nominees

Best Traditional World Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• When The Soul Is Settled: Music Of Iraq
Rahim Al Haj With Souhail Kaspar
[Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]

• From Mali To America
Cheick Hamala Diabate & Bob Carlin
[5-String Productions]

• Live At Couleur Café
Konono Nº1
[Crammed Discs/Rykodisc]

• African Spirit
Soweto Gospel Choir
[Shanachie Entertainment]

• Singing For Life: Songs Of Hope, Healing, And HIV/AIDS In Uganda
Various Artists
Gregory Barz, producer
[Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]


Best Contemporary World Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Céu
Céu
[Six Degrees Records/Urban Jungle Records/Starbucks Entertainment]

• Gil Luminoso
Gilberto Gil
[DRG Brazil]

• Momento
Bebel Gilberto
[Ziriguiboom/Crammed Discs/Six Degrees]

• Djin Djin
Angelique Kidjo
[Razor & Tie Direct/Starbucks Entertainment]

• An Ancient Muse
Loreena McKennitt
[Verve Records/Universal Music Group]

2007 Winners & Nominees

Best Traditional World Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Music Of Central Asia Vol. 2: Invisible Face Of The Beloved: Classical Music Of The Tajiks And Uzbeks
  The Academy Of Maqâm
  [Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]

• Endless Vision
  Hossein Alizadeh & Djivan Gasparyan
  [World Village]

• Hambo In The Snow
  Andrea Hoag, Loretta Kelley & Charlie Pilzer
  [Azalea City Recordings]

• Golden Strings Of The Sarode
  Aashish Khan & Zakir Hussain
  [Moment Records]

• Blessed
  Soweto Gospel Choir
  [Shanachie]
  
  

Best Contemporary World Music Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Tiki
  Richard Bona
  [Decca]

• M'Bemba
  Salif Keita
  [Decca]

• Wonder Wheel - Lyrics by Woody Guthrie
  The Klezmatics
  [Jewish Music Group]

• Long Walk To Freedom
  Ladysmith Black Mambazo
  [Heads Up International]

• Savane
  Ali Farka Toure
  [World Circuit/Nonesuch]