Nominations The Planet Awards - BBC R3 Awards ...

Please find the nominations for the next The Planet Awards - BBC R3 Awards for World Music, annouced at the WOMEX 2005 in Newcastle Gateshead Sun 30.10.2005, for which the Poll Winners Concert will be held at the Brixton Academy London on Friday April 7 2006.

AFRICA:
Ali Farka Toure (Mali)
Amadou & Mariam (Mali)
Emmanuel Jal (Sudan)
Lura (Cape Verde)

AMERICAS:
Ry Cooder (USA)
Seu Jorge (Brazil)
Omar Sosa (Cuba)
Carlos Vives (Columbia)

MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA:
Ilham Al Madfai (Iraq)
Souad Massi (Algeria)
Rachid Taha (Algeria)
Dhafer Youssef (Tunisia)

ASIA PACIFIC:
Faiz Ali Faiz (Pakistan)
Susheela Raman (India/UK)
Sain Zahoor (Pakistan)
Yat-Kha (Tuva)

EUROPE:
Armenian Navy Band (Armenia)
Enzo Avitabile e Bottari (Italy)
Fanfare Ciocarlia (Romania)
Mariza (Portugal/Mozambique)

NEWCOMER:
Dobet Gnahore (Ivory Coast)
Konono No.1 (Congo)
Lura (Cape Verde)
Daby Toure (Mauritania)

CULTURE CROSSING:
Asha Bhosle & Kronos Quartet (India; USA)
Yasmin Levy (Israel)
Kimmo Pohjonen (Finland)
Nitin Sawhney (India/UK)

CLUB GLOBAL:
Mercan Dede (Turkey)
M.I.A. (Sri Lanka/UK)
DJ Shantel (Romania)
Cheb I Sabbah (Algeria)

Nominations for Album of the Year to be announced on 27th November.

• article submitted by: Alex Webb, BBC Radio 3