Nominees BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music

Here are the nominations for the BBC Radio 3 Awards For World Music 2003 (see below), chosen by delegates to WOMEX 2002 in Essen and announced at Sun 27 Oct in Essen and, for one nomination in each geographical category, by the BBC World Service.

AFRICA:
Bembeya Jazz
Kasse Mady Diabate
Orchestra Baobab
Tony Allen

AMERICAS:
Los de Abajo
Susana Baca
Yusa
Lila Downs

ASIA/PACIFIC:
Mahwash & Ens. Kaboul
Te Vaka
Trilok Gurtu
Alka Yagnik

EUROPE:
Mariza
Ojos de Brujo
Kimmo Pohjonen
Sergey Starostin

MIDDLE EAST, FOCUS REGION 2003:
Kayhan Kalhor
Omar Faruk Tekbilek
Yair Dalal
Samira Said

BOUNDARY CROSSING:
Papa Noel & Papi Oviedo
Ellika & Solo
Oi Va Voi
Gotan Project

NEWCOMER:
DuOuD
Gotan Project
Mariza
Yusa

The Critics awards nominations will be announced on 30 November - and on the same day we will announce the WOMEX prize winner.

The Poll Winners' Concert 2003 will take place at Hackney's Ocean on Monday 24th March 2003.

More information will also be made available in due course on the Radio 3 website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/world/awards2003/

• article submitted by: WOMEX