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 The Audience Award
 One of the main awards has now been decided by you the audience. The winner will be announced at the Poll Winners concert in March. A huge thanks to all those who contributed. It was wonderful to see such a wide-ranging list of nominations (left) and the way so many of the musicians have touched your lives.
Visit the Awards for World Music homepage to discover the best music on the planet in 8 other categories.
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YOUR NOMINEES |
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TOP FOUR NOMINATIONS |
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 A.R.Rahman Alka Yagnik Amadou et Mariam Anouar Brahem Baaba Maal Badmarsh and Shri Baka Beyond Bembeya Jazz Bob Brozman Cachaito Lopez Cara Dillon Cheikh Lo Dhafer Youssef Djelimady Tounkara Djivan Gasparyan Eddie Palmieri Edith Lefel Eliseo Parra Eliza Carthy Ellika and Solo Faiz Ali Faiz Femi Kuti Gaiteiros de Lisboa Ghalia & Timnaa Gjallarhorn Gotan Project Issa Bagayogo Hukwe Zawose Iva Bittova Javier Ruibal Kamel Nitrate Kando Bongo Man Kimmo Pohjonen Kim Young-Ja Khaled Kristi Stassinopoulou La Bottine Souriante Lila Downs Los de Abajo Madredeus Mahotella Queens Manu Chao Mari Boyne Mariza Martin Carthy Mary Gauthier Natasha Atlas Oi Va Voi Ojos de Brujo Oliver Mtukudzi Omar Faruk Tekbilek One Giant Leap Orchestra Baobab Oysterband Papa Noel & Papi Oviedo Praying For The Rain Rachid Taha Rokia Traor茅 Sahotas Sainkho Namtchylak Salif Keita Sekouba Bambino Seize The Day Sergey Starostin Souad Massi Susana Baca Tarkan Tarika Tata Pound Te Vaka TerraFolk The Be Good Tanyas Trilok Gurtu U-cef Vardos 痴盲谤迟迟颈苍盲 Yair Dalal Youssou N'Dour Zakir Hussain
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 Here are the bands who were voted onto the final shortlist. Click on each name to read more about them and click on the 'listen' icon to hear a selected track from each band. A large selection of your comments can be found by clicking on the list to the left.
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 Cara Dillon (Ireland)
nominated by:
Stephen Lismore, Chesterfield:
'If I reach heaven when I die this will be how the angels sound.'
Gary Donoghue, Bradfield:
'I saw Cara for the first time at Snape Maltings on the UK East Coast in Autumn 2002 after her Radio 3 appearance. The live set was, supported by the superbly understated musicianship of Sam and Seth Lakeman, a stunning introduction to her special gift: a voice of such unbelievable purity yet, contained within, all of life's joy and pain. Never have I seen so many tears evoked in an audience as by her solo rendition of The Maid of Culmore. An incredible talent. For once, hearing is believing.'
Elly, Bristol:
'Her sweet, sweet voice can only be described as liquid velvet....'
David Moon, Horsham:
'There are sounds, there are voices, that I listen to and do not hear. Cara Dillon's spirit gets through.'
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AWARDS HOMEPAGE
 FEATURES
 AUDIENCE AWARD
 SCREENSAVER
 AWARDS PHOTOS

NOMINEES:
 Alka Yagnik
 Bembeya Jazz
 DuOuD
 Eliza Carthy
 Ellika and Solo
 Gotan Project
 Kasse Mady Diabat茅
 Kayhan Kalhor
 Kimmo Pohjonen
 Lila Downs
 Los de Abajo
 Mahwash and Ensemble Kaboul
 Mariza
 Oi Va Voi
 Ojos de Brujo
 Omar Faruk Tekbilek
 Orchestra Baobab
 Papa Noel and Papi Oviedo
 Salif Keita
 Samira Said
 Sergey Starostin
 Susana Baca
 Te Vaka
 Tony Allen
 Trilok Gurtu
 Yair Dalal
 Youssou N'Dour
 Yusa

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