Songlines Music Awards 2014 Winners

Voting for the 2014 Songline Awards is now complete and the nominees have been whittled down into four categories. Sadly Mulatu Astatke isn't a winner for Best Artists though I must say the competition was tight. Check out the winners below. 

• Cigdem Aslan (for Mortissa on Asphalt Tango)
• Bassekou Kouyate (for Jama Ko on Out Here)
• Manu Chao (for Siberie M'Etait Conteee on Because)
• Mulatu Astatke (for Sketches of Ethiopia on Jazz Village)

• Clannad (for Nadur on ARC Music)
• Los Desterrados (for Dos Amantes on Enkalador)
• R.U.T.A. (for Na Vschod on Karrot Kommando)
• Tamikrest (for Chatma on Glitterbeat)

• Dizraeli and The Small Gods (for Moving in the Dark on ECC Records)
• Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita (for Clychau Dibon on Astar Artes)
• Monoswezi (for The Village on Riverboat Records/World Music Network)
• Fanfara Tirana Meets Transglobal Underground (for Kabatronics on World Village)

• Family Atlantica (for Family Atlantica on Soundway)
• Monsieur Doumani (for Grippy Grappa on Monsieur Doumani)
• Will Pound (for A Cut Above on Lulubug Records)
• We Banjo 3 (for Roots of the Banjo Tree on We Banjo 3)

Plus make sure to catch our interview with Mulatu in Issue 3 of Ethio Beauty Magazine.

Let us know your thoughts on the final results in the comment box below.