Roskilde Festival World Music Award is given to ...
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 1:16PM For the third and, until further notice, final year the Roskilde Festival will present the World Music Award (RFWMA) to a fortunate recipient at WOMEX.
The winner of this year's Award is El Mastaba Center for Folk Music.
The board of the RFWMA has chosen the El Mastaba Center for Folk music as this year’s recipient of the Award worth €30,000. The El Mastaba Center for Folk Music aims to spread knowledge and to document, preserve and develop a range of traditional Egyptian music genres. The centre receives its Award particularly for its effort to introduce traditional Egyptian music to youth and children.
The Award will be presented to representatives from the centre by the Director of the Oslo World Music Festival and current chair of the EFWMF, Alexandra Archetti Stølen on Sunday morning, 30 October 2011, at the Award Ceremony accompanied by a WOMEX Networking Breakfast, both open to WOMEX delegates only.
The El Mastaba Center for Folk Music was founded in...
Read on at: http://www.womex.com/realwomex/2011/rfwma.html#more / http://elmastaba.weebly.com/
Babel Med 2012 - calling artists!
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 3:12PM 
BABEL MED MUSIC 2012 - 8TH EDITION
29 - 31 MARCH 2012 in MARSEILLES
A call with candidature is launched in direction of all the groups of the area, the Mediterranean and the world. The 30 selected groups will perform a showcase on one of the stages of the Dock des Suds, in Marseille, in front of hundreds of professionals from the music scene around the world, and in front of a large public.
Any artists wishing to be considered by the selection committee can complete the application form now !!
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CLOSING DATE FOR ALL APPLICATIONS IS THE :
23rd AUGUST 2011
All candidates should send us:
1. The completed application form
2. 2 copies of artist’s/group’s CD (demo accepted)
3.1 press book (information about artist/group, biography, photos…)
4. 1 copy of technical requirements
More info: http://www.dock-des-suds.org/