The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize Concert, held in the Oslo Spektrum Arena and hosted by the Norwegian Nobel Institute, will honor this year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate, the European Union. A Train is pleased to announce that the legendary Romanian brass orchestra, Fanfare Ciocarlia, is among the renowned performers which include Seal and Jennifer Hudson. Fanfare Ciocarlia will blow their horns for a Europe of peace and reconciliation, for democracy, and the uncompromising respect of human rights.
The concert will be broadcast on TV in 120 countries with estimated views of up to 350 million households. For more information, please visit: http://nobelpeaceprizeconcert.org
The 13th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards was an evening lit up by amazing performers, stunning visuals, and winner announcements. A Train congratulates all the winners and wants to highlight the inclusion of its artists below:
Best Folk Album – Lila Downs, Pecados Y Milagros
Best New Urban Music Album – Don Omar, MTO² New Generation (contains the hit “Ella No Sigue Modas” co-written by Juan Magan)
Notable performances of the night included artists Lila Downs and Pitbull:
“But the most elaborate costumes flanked Lila Downs, a neo-traditionalist Mexican singer whose “Pecados y Milagros” was named best folk album; she sang “Zapata Se Queda” with the Colombian folk singer Totó la Momposina and the Mexican accordionist Celso Piña, as a lavish Day of the Dead procession filled the aisles and the stage.” -Jon Pareles, New York Times
The ceremony closed with artists Pitpull and Dominican rapper Sensato performing Sak Noel’s collaboration “Crazy People” as dancers shimmied the night away.
We are excited to announce that a number of Canyon Records artists were nominated in various categories by the Aboriginal People’s Choice Music Awards and below are the Canyon artist winners!
Best Hand Drum CD: Fawn Wood, Iskwewak
Best Duo or Group: Northern Cree, Drum Boy
Best Pow Wow CD – Contemporary: Northern Cree, Drum Boy
To view both the nominees and winners from Canyon, please click here.
World renowned percussionist, Airto Moreira, wins Best Percussionist in the 77th Annual DownBeat Readers Poll, again. This marks his third win in a row since claiming the top spot in the 75th Readers Poll. Established in 1934, DownBeat’s Annual Readers Poll award is a prestigious honor. The ‘percussion’ category was initiated in 1973 in honor of Airto. Since then, he has won Best Percussionist multiple times in both the Readers and Critics polls. A Train thanks the Readers for voting and congratulates Airto on his recognition.
“The explosive debut album from Staff Benda Bilili is perhaps an example of African street music at its finest. The sound is a curious mix of Afro Rumba, Latin Rhythms and rich vocal harmonies. Each track is diverse, vibrant and wholly unique, yet the album retains a uniformity of sound and style that is both interesting and infectious…” – Johnny Lais BBC (UK)
“Crazy People”, Sak Noel’s collaboration with Pitbull and Sensato, and “Ella No Sigue Modas”, composed and performed by Juan Magan, will be performed live November 15th on international television as part of the 13th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards Show! Both compositions come from the popular Clippers Music catalog; “Crazy People” was also performed at the Billboard Magazine Latin Music Awards, earlier this year. Congratulations to both artists!
We are very happy to announce that Lila Downs, nominated for Best Folk Album, will be performing “Zapata Se Queda” on the internationally broadcast XIII Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards. The biggest night in Latin music is set for Nov. 15 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and will air live on the Univision Network from 8-11 p.m. ET/PT
(7 p.m. Central). For a list of other performing artists, updates, and breaking news, please visit www.latingrammy.com
Lila will also be performing at the Person of the Year Gala honoring Caetano Veloso on Nov. 14th. A portion of the net proceeds from the gala will benefit Veloso’s chosen charity, Fundación Viva Cazuza in Brazil – a not-for-profit HIV prevention and treatment organization for children and young people – as well as The Latin Recording Academy’s outreach and education programs.
The nominations for the 2012 Soul Train Awards were announced Wed., Sept. 19 and among the nominees are some of the cream of the crop in urban music, including Beyonce, Usher, Estelle, Frank Ocean and Mary J. Blige, to name a few. The show is scheduled to be taped Thurs., Nov. 8 at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas and airs at 9 pm Eastern/Pacific time Sun., Nov. 25 on both the BET and Centric cable networks. A Train is excited to announce that amazing acoustic guitarist, Peter White, has been nominated for Best Contemporary Jazz Artist/Group among others:
Peter White, Here We Go
Ben Tankard, Full Tank
Brian Culbertson, DREAMS
Cassandra Wilson, Another Country
Esperanza Spalding, Radio Music Society
The winner will be determined by online voting. For more information and to cast your votes, please click here.
A Train is pleased to announce our nominations for the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards! The list this year includes so many talented artists in a variety of categories that we encourage you to click on the link below to view all the nominations. We are excited and wish our nominees all the best during the awards process.
A Train wants to congratulate a number of Clipper’s writers/artists for their nominations is the XIII Annual Latin Grammy Awards for the following categories:
Juan Magan – Best New Artist, Best Album of Fusion Tropical and Best Urban Album
Antonio Orozco – Song of the Year “Estoy hecho de pedacitos de ti”
Chambao – Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album
Enrique Bunbury – Best Long Form Music Video
Sak Noel – Best Urban Song “Crazy People”
Winners will be announced November 15th in the auditorium at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. We’re excited for all the nominees and have our fingers crossed for some wins!
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