Awards for World Music 2008-Nominees

2008 Nominees
The nominees for the 2008 BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music were announced at the Womex Fair in Seville on Sunday 28th October and on Radio 3's World Routes on 3rd November. The 4 nominees in each category are listed below:
AFRICA
-Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba
-Simphiwe Dana
-Tinariwen
-Toumani Diabate and the Symmetric Orchestra

ASIA/PASIFIC
-Anoushka Shankar & Karsh Kale
-Faiz Ali Faiz
-Huun Huur Tu
-Sa Ding Ding

AMERICAS
-Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective
-Bajofondo Tango Club
-Hazmat Modine
-Maria Rita

EUROPE
-Manu Chao
-Ojos de Brujo
-Son de la Frontera
-Thierry 'Titi' Robin

MID EAST & N.AFRICA
-Malouma
-Nass El Ghiwane
-Rachid Taha
-The Idan Raichel Project

NEWCOMER
-Balkan Beat Box
-Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba
-Mayra Andrade
-Vieux Farka Toure

CULTURE CROSSING
-Balkan Beat Box
-Bole 2 Harlem
-The Idan Raichel Project
-Juldeh Camara & Justin Adams

CLUB GLOBAL
-Balkan Beat Box
-Bajofondo Tango Club
-Gaudi Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
-Transglobal Underground

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
-Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective
-Winner - Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba
-Orchestra Baobab
-Tinariwen
Voting for the BBC Radio 3 Audience Award 2008 will open in 2008.
(www.bbc.co.uk)