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Sevara Nazarkhan: Sen
For Perfect Balance of Old and New in the Silk Road Ambient category |
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Taksim Trio: Taksim Trio
For Voluptuous High-Level Trio Magic in the Turkish Chamber Music category |
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Roberto Fonseca: Zamazu
For Transcending Boundaries in the Cuban Piano category |
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Thierry Titi Robin: Anita!
For True Guitar Globe Trotting through Flamenco, Balkan and Rajasthani airs |
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The Cracow Klezmer Band: De Profundis
For The Sacred Heart Of The Tradition in the Polish Hasidic category |
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Tchavolo Schmitt: Lantcha
For A Rare Appareance By One Of The Living Greats in the manouche guitar category |
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Hossein Alizadeh: Endless Vision
For The Spirit Of An Ancient Country in the traditional Iranian category |
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Dhafer Youssef: Divine Shadows
For Building Beautiful Cultural Bridges between Islam and the West |
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Göksel Baktagir: Hayalgibi 2
For Masterful Instrumental Moods in the kanun, piano & cello trio category |
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George Dalaras: Mediterranean | 30th - 40th Parallel
For The Best Of Mediterrean Song in the live concert category |
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Renaud Garcia-Fons Trio: Arcoluz
For Taking Us Across The World & Beyond in the bass trio category |
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Stochelo Rosenberg & Romane: Gypsy Guitar Masters
For Pushing The Limits in the Gypsy Swing category |
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Chris Rea: Blue Guitars
A Compelling Personal History of the Blues through time |
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Vicente Amigo: Un Momento en el Sonido
The Quintessential Global Guitar Voice in the 21st century Flamenco category |
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Hüsnü Şenlendirici: Hüsn-Ü Klarnet
A Premium Showcase of the Art of the Turkish Solo Clarinet |
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Stellamara: The Seven Valleys
Potent Musical Magic And Transport Factor in the Middle-Eastern Ambient category |
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Kaloomé: Sin Fronteras
Fire, Passion And Drive in the Perpignan Gypsy category |
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Mike Marhsall: Brazil Duets
A Landmark Achievement in Brazilian Choro |
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Beyond The Pale: Consensus
A Very Juicy Live Performance in the Modern Klezmer category |
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The Tord Gustavsen Trio: The Ground
The New Contemplative Classic in the Jazz Piano Trio category |
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Romane & Stochelo Rosenberg: Double Jeu
For Swing As Hard As Mike Tyson's Fist in the Jazz Manouche category |
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Jason McGuire: Distancias
For America's Own Vicente Amigo in the Flamenco Puro category |
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Grey de Lisle: Grateful Ghost
For Elegance & Beauty in the Traditional American Country category |
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Mercan Dede: Su
For Masterful East-Meets-West Synthesis in the Ambient Sufi category |
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Maria del Mar Bonet: Reixa
For The Spirit Of Pure Heart Incarnate in the Catalonian Folk category |
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Nynke Laverman: Sielesalt
For Perfect Emotional Transcription in the Frisian Fado category |
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Dorantes: Sur
For Evocactive Mediterranean Soundscapes in the Spanish Piano category |
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Labryenco: Calle Ventana
For Best Dutch Surprise Album in the Flamenco Nuevo category |
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Bebo & Cigala: Lágrimas Negras
For Daring Concept & Brilliant Execution in the Flamenco/Cuban Jazz category |
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Chöying Drolma & Steve Tibbetts: Selwa
For Bridging the Unbridgeable in the Tibetan Ambient category |
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Wrasse Records: World 2004
For Coolacious Groovosity Factor in the WorldBeat Compilation category |
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Aynur: Keçe Kurdan
For Female Vocals of Fire & Fury in the Kurdish WorldBeat category |
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Renaud Garcia-Fons: Légendes
For Legendary Performances & Compositions in the upright solo bass category |
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Willard White: The Paul Robeson Legacy
For Vocal Interpretation & Historical Relevance in the African-American Spirituals category |
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Joscho Stephan: Django Forever
For Front-Rank Successorship in the Gipsy Swing guitar category |
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El Pele & Vicente Amigo: Canto
For Fury, Brilliance & Utter Conviction in the canto jondo category |
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Renaud Garcia-Fons: Navigatore
For Musicianship of the Very Highest Order in the upright bass category |
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Mísia: Canto
For Perfect Instrumental-to-Vocal Adaptation in the modern Fado category |
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Buenos Aires Madrigal
For Brilliant Juxtaposition and Stylistic Merging in the Italian Baroque & Argentine Tango categories |
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Lila Downs: La Sandunga
For An Eight-Course Five-Star Feast in the Mexican vocal folk category |
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Morelenbaum/Sakamoto: Casa
For Perfect Capture of Brazil's Night-Time Spirit in the Jazz Trio category |
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Eduardo Egüez: Le Maître du Roy
For Evocative Timelessness in the Baroque guitar category |
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Louis Winsberg: Jaleo
For Most Successful Genre Modernization in the Flamenco category |
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Wadih El Safi: Place des Arts, Montreal 1994
For Audiophilia Meets True Legend in the classical Lebanese category - also Best Album Discovery of 2003. |
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Dulce Pontes: O Primeiro Canto
For Visionary Masterpiece Jewel in the 'Nouveau Fado' category |
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Elliot Goldenthal: Music from the Motion Picture Frida
For Perfect Subject-to-Music Adaptation in the Mexican soundtrack category |
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Solomon Burke: Don't Give Up On Me
For Coolacious Groovosity By a Soul Legend in the Deep Blues Live category |
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Astor Piazzolla & Osvaldo Pugliese: Finally Together, I & II"
For Perhaps "The" Historical Live Recording in the Tango category |
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Debashish Bhattacharya & Bob Brozman: Mahima
For An Inspired Meet of Two Greats in the Indian/Hawaiian slide guitar category |
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Miary Lepiera: Soro
For First Contender as Year's Best in the Malagasy/Afro-Pop category |
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Natasha Atlas: Something Dangerous
For Ulta-Hip Intoxicating Genre Crossing in the Shaabi/Dance/Ambient Dub category |
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Será una Noche: La Segunda
For Groundbreaking Stylistic Reinvention in the Nouveau Tango category |
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Tomatito: Paseo de los Castaños
For Adventure, Style & Mastery in the Modern Flamenco category |
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Bobi Céspedes: Rezos
For Exemplary Stylistic Fusion Success in the Cuban/Yoruba/Funk category |
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Sevara Nazarkhan: Yol Bolsin
For Tribal/Modern Vocal Arrangements in the Uzbek WorldBeat category |
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Øystein Sevåg: Bridge
For Reference Recording Quality in the neo-classcial fusion category |
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Barrio Chino: Mediterra Nostra
For Recording of the Year 2002 in the Mediterranean WorldBeat category |
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Sezen Aksu: Sarki Söylemek Lazim
For Glorious Female Vocals & Sophisticated Tunes in the Turkish Pop category |
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Salif Keita: Moffou
For A Triumphant Return To Greatness by one of Africa's elder voices |
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Chucho Valdez: Fantasia Cubana
For Bravura Interpretations & Instrumental Mastery in the Classical/Jazz piano idiom |
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Anouar Brahem: Le Pas du Chat noir
For Atmospheric Beauty & Compositional Elegance in the World/Ambient oud category |
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Flamenco: Windham Hill
For Selection, Artistry & Musical Accomplishment in the Flamenco compilation genre |
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Django Reinhardt: NY Festival Live at Birdland
For Concept, Execution & Raw Musicianship in the Gipsy-Swing, Jazz Manouche category |
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Juan-Carlos Formell: las calles del paraiso
For Originality in Compositions & Performance in the Cuban music category |
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Zawose & Brook: Assembly
For Tribal/Modern Vocal Arrangements in the African WorldBeat category |
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