Winner for Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album

Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
Live! Worldwide
Aim Trading Group

In the past twenty-five years, Terrance Simien and his bandmates have toured the globe, visiting more than thirty countries. His fans have long been asking for a live CD, and on his eighth release, he responds! Terrance Simien’s live performances are legendary, garnering Billboard recognition for one of the Best Live Performance Acts of the Year. On LIVE Worldwide, Simien and his Zydeco Experience bandmates have recorded performances from tours that span the globe from Mali to New York and Brazil to Havana. Features tracks recorded all over the world, with incendiary performances from Simien and his Zydeco Experience band.

Winner for Best Chamber Performance and Winner for Best Classical Producer of the Year ( Judith Sherman)

Eighth Blackbird
Strange Imaginary Animals
Cedille Records

"Everything about this enterprising new music ensemble bespeaks lightness and dynamism." - BOSTON GLOBE

Winner for Best Classical Producer of the Year ( Judith Sherman)

Rachel Barton Pine: vln/Matthew Hagle: pno
American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell
Cedille Records

Chicago native Rachel Barton Pine was a child prodigy who began performing in public at age seven. Today she is one of America’s most acclaimed violinists, as well as the best selling artist on Cedille Records. Maud Powell (1867-1920) was the premier female American violinist of her era, and she made numerous classic recordings between 1904 and 1919 that are still sought after by collectors. This CD is a tribute from one eminent American violinist to another, honoring Maud Powell for the tremendous positive influence she had on later American artists. All of the selections are works recorded originally by Powell, now able to be heard in contemporary sound. Many of the selections are seldom or never recorded elsewhere, and all are extremely accessible.