GondwanaSound would like to congratulate all the winners of the categories in the Songlines Music Awards, aswell as the nominees plus all the musicians who worked hard to get a cd out there in 2008. Our lives are all the richer for your hard work and creativity... We have been playing tracks form all the nominees throughout April.....Read On for the winners.

BEST ARTIST: ROKIA TRAORÉ
album Tchamantché on Nonesuch/Warner)

BEST GROUP: AMADOU & MARIAM
(album Welcome To Mali on Because)

CROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATION: JAH WOBBLE & THE CHINESE DUB ORCHESTRA
(album Chinese Dub on 30 Hertz Records)

NEWCOMER: KIRAN AHLUWALIA
(album Wanderlust on World Connection)

You can win a years subscription to Songlines in our fundraising raffle as part of the Sheffield Live! 93.2FM Spring Appeal. Make sure you come to the Baka Beyond gig on 15th May and the Fundraiser at the Shakespeare on 9th May where GondwanaSound will be djaying - for your chance to buy tickets.