Geneva, 18 March 2011 -Six albums and songs from the Central Asia series produced by the Aga Khan Music Initiative and Smithsonian Folkways were selected as finalists for the 10th Independent Music Awards. In addition, the Songlines Music Awards Nominees 2011 include Rainbow - Music of Central Asia Vol 8, the collaboration featuring the Kronos Quartet, Alim & Fargana Qasimov and Homayun Sakhi.
The Songlines finalists are nominated by popular vote whereas, for the Independent Awards, finalists become eligible for the Vox Populi awards, which are determined by fan voting.
Voting for the Independent Vox Populi awards is open through 11 July 2011. See links below to cast a vote.
The six nominations for artists supported by the Aga Khan Music Initiative are:
"Leyla", from Music of Central Asia Vol. 8: Rainbow, (Best World Traditional Song). To vote, please see:
http://www.independentmusicawards.com/imanominee/10th/Song/World-Traditional Music of Central Asia Vol. 9: In the Footsteps of Babur: Musical Encounters from the Lands of the Mughals, Various Artists (Best World Traditional Album). To vote, please see:
http://www.independentmusicawards.com/imanominee/10th/Song/World-Traditional Music of Central Asia Vol. 9: In the Footsteps of Babur: Musical Encounters from the Lands of the Mughals, Various Artists (Best Music Video - Long Form). To vote, please see:
http://www.independentmusicawards.com/imanominee/10th/Video/Long-Form Music of Central Asia Vol. 8: Rainbow, Various Artists (Best Music Video - Long Form) To vote, please see:
http://www.independentmusicawards.com/imanominee/10th/Video/Long-Form Music of Central Asia Vol. 7: In the Shrine of the Heart: Popular Classics from Bukhara and Beyond, Various Artists (Best Music Video - Long Form) To vote, please see:
http://www.independentmusicawards.com/imanominee/10th/Video/Long-FormThe Songlines Music Awards winners, to be selected by the Songlines editorial team, will be announced in the June 2011 issue (#76), which goes on sale April 29. More information is available here:
http://www.songlines.co.uk/music-awards/The Music of Central Asia series, the Aga Khan Music Initiative’s panoramic 10-volume audio-visual survey of contemporary tradition-based music from Central Eurasia, added the nominated volumes (volumes 7, 8, and 9) to the series in 2010. The new CD-DVD sets expand the scope of Music of Central Asia both geographically and conceptually – by encompassing different regions of Uzbekistan as well as India and by showcasing the Music Initiative’s cross-cultural collaborations, featuring, among others, the Kronos Quartet, Alim Qasimov and Homayun Sakhi.