Songlines Music Awards 2012 Winners' Concert – review

Barbican, LondonThere has been a gaping hole in the global-music calendar since 2008, when the BBC axed its adventurous Radio 3 awards for world music. Congratulations, then, to Songlines magazine for stepping in with a replacement. It's a fine idea, but it felt as though this show was being staged a year too late. The winners were announced in April, but chosen largely on the strength of albums released in 2011. This year's most interesting newcomers were therefore excludedThat said, the b...

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