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WOMEX NEWSLETTER #4/2009


WOMEX 09 JURY

WOMEX STAGE AT SXSW: SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED

WOMEX ON WIKIPEDIA

QUESTIONNAIRE WINNER

UK PETITION





Dear WOMEXicanos,

Since mid-February WOMEX 09 programme proposals keep coming in - but we haven't told you yet who the Jury is. Read all about the 09 Samurai here.


top WOMEX 09 JURY


Every year WOMEX chooses 7 well-respected members of the international world music community to work on the selection of the WOMEX Showcase artists and consult on the WOMEX Conference.

The 7 Samurai (we did not pick this name by accident) - here they are with full bios and photos:
www.womex.com/realwomex/jury

Please note that film proposals are independently juried by the IMZ International Music + Media Centre, Vienna: www.imz.at

Don't forget to send in your showcase, conference, film screening proposal before Friday, 17 April 2009. Here are all the details, tips on how to propose, even a handy FAQ on our online showcase proposal process: www.womex.com/realwomex/how-to-propose


top WOMEX STAGE AT SXSW: FULL ARTIST SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED


WOMEX is honoured to be working with SXSW this year, programming a world music stage at the Copa, Friday, 20 March 2009, in Austin, Texas.

The full schedule in now confirmed and features the kind of pace-setting artists regularly appearing on the WOMEX stages at our own event. Come join us ...

  • Alash, from Tuva, Siberia
  • La Pupuña, from Belém, Brazil
  • Tita Lima, from São Paulo, Brazil
  • Chiwoniso, from US/Zimbabwe
  • Polka Madre, from Mexico
  • Choc Quib Town, from Colombia

    Here is the full schedule: www.womex.com/realwomex/sxsw

    SXSW Blog: www.sxsw.com/node/1150



    top WOMEX ON WIKIPEDIA


    Please lend us your hand! The WOMEX article on Wikipedia needs some external editing and further links....

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WOMEX


    top QUESTIONNAIRE WINNER


    As a thank-you for completing the WOMEX 08 Questionnaire we raffled off one free registration for WOMEX 09 Copenhagen! It is going to Marek Mieleszko, Brave Festival, Poland. Congratulations!


    top UK PETITION LAUNCHED AGAINST ARTIST VISA LAWS


    UK music industry professionals have created an online petition to be sent to the British government, an effort to reverse new rules that will impact touring artists. You don't have to be UK-based to sign it. And... It's an excellent model for other countries. Have a look, here...

    www.petitiononline.com/MCvisit/petition.html

    www.manifestoclub.com/visitingartists


    Stay tuned and keep in touch -
    Best regards from your WOMEX team in Berlin


    womex@womex.com
    www.womex.com
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