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Lopa Kothari - Songlines Music Awards 2016

Lopa Kothari is joined by Jo Frost to announce the winners of the Songlines Music Awards 2016. Plus BBC Introducing artist Yaz Fentazi live in session.

Lopa Kothari is joined by Songlines magazine editor Jo Frost to announce the winners of the Songlines Music Awards 2016. Plus new music from across the globe, and BBC Introducing artist Yaz Fentazi live in session.

The nominees for this year's Songlines Awards embrace artists from around the world, including Portuguese fado star Mariza, Canadian folk band Le Vent du Nord, Indian classical artist Anouskar Shankar and Malian newcomers Songhoy Blues. The award categories are Best Artist, Best Group, Fusion and Newcomers, plus - new for this year - four geographical categories, Africa and Middle East, Americas, Europe, also Asia and South Pacific.

BBC Introducing artist Yaz Fentazi, an oud virtuoso from Algeria, performs live with percussionist Samir Nacer and bass player Robyn Hemmings. Their style is described as a 'breathtakingly rootsy blend of Gnawa, Chaabi, Andalusian music, jazz and blues'.

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Fri 6 May 201623:00
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Music Played

  • The Souljazz Orchestra

    Greet The Dawn

    • Resistance.
    • Strut.
    • STRUT 136CD.

  • Seckou Keita

    The Path from Gabou (Songlines Awards)

    • 22 Strings.
    • ARC.

  • Lila Downs

    Balas y Chocolate (Songlines Awards)

    • Balas y Chocolate.
    • Sony Music.

  • Yaz Fentazi

    I am closer to you than your vain (Studio Session)

  • Yaz Fentazi

    Blues It (Studio Session)

  • Sam Lee

    Jonny O'The Brine (Songlines Awards)

    • The Fade In Time.
    • Nest Collective.

  • Debashish Bhattacharya

    Mehfil-E-Jashn (Songlines Awards)

    • Slide Guitar Ragas from Dusk Till Dawn.
    • Riverboat Records.

  • Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal

    Passa Quatro (Songlines Awards)

    • Musique de Nuit.
    • No Format!.

  • El Hadj Mohamed El-Anka

    Sbaby Felmout (Heritage Track)

    • Double Best: Mohamed El Anka (Le grand maître du chaâbi algérien).
    • MLP.

  • Yaz Fentazi

    Sahara Nights (Studio Session)

  • Yaz Fentazi

    The Look of Wisdom (Studio Session)

  • Bareto

    La Negra y el Fantasma

    • Impredicible.
    • World Village.
    • 5.

  • Caci Vorba

    Yasemi mou

    • Satrika.
    • ORIENTE.
    • 3.

  • Angélique Kidjo

    Bana (feat. Yvonne Kidjo)

    • EVE.
    • 429 Records.
    • 13.

  • Songhoy Blues

    Al Hassidi Terei (Songlines Awards)

    • Music In Exile.
    • Transgressive Records.
    • 3.

  • Terry Riley

    In C Mali (Songlines Awards)

    Performer: Africa Express.
    • In C Mali.
    • Transgressive Records.

  • Mariza

    Rio De Mágoa (Songlines Awards)

    • Mundo.
    • Warner Music.

  • Bombino

    Inar (If You Know The Degree Of My Love For You)

    • Azel.
    • Partisan Records.
    • 3.

  • Leyla McCalla

    Peze Café (feat. Marc Ribot, Louis Michot & Aurora Nealand)

    • A Day for the Hunrter A day for the Prey.
    • Jazz Village.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Fri 6 May 201623:00
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