Sheer Sound Receives 34 SAMA Nominations

At last night's South African Music Award Nominees Announcement party, Sheer Sound once again dominated the list of nominees with an impressive 34 nominations:

Andile Yenana - We Used To Dance (SSCD 080)
Best South African Traditional Jazz album

Ernie Smith - Lovely Things (SSCD 087)
Best Adult Contemporary album: English
Best R&B album

Gloria Bosman - Stop & Think (SSCD 088)
Best Female Artist
Best jazz vocal album

Guy Buttery - When I Grow Up... (SLCD 030)
Best Newcomer
Best Instrumental Album

Hotep Idris Galeta - Malay Tone Poem (SSCD 083)
Best Male Artist
Best South African Traditional Jazz album
Best Producer - Zim Ngqawana

Landscape Prayer - Lontano (SLCD 018)
Best Instrumental album

The Map Marimba Band - Tears of Joy (SLCD 016)
Best Instrumental Album

Marcus Wyatt - Africans in Space (SSCD 081)
Best South African Traditional Jazz album

Marsha Moyo - Dark Child (SSCD 091)
Best African Artist

McCoy Mrubata - Face the Music (SSCD 090)
Best South African Traditional Jazz album

Moses Khumalo - Mntungwa (SSCD 079)
Best Newcomer

Nibs van der Spuy - Flower in the Rain (SLCD 029)
Best Adult Contemporary album: English

Oliver Mtukudzi - Vhunze Moto (SLCD 019)
Best African Artist

Oliver N'goma - Seva (SLCD 023)
Best African Artist

Paul Hanmer - Naivasha (SSCD 082)
Best contemporary Jazz Album

Pops Mohamed - Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (SSCD 086)
Best Male Artist

Prince Kupi - Loxion (SSCD 089)
Best Newcomer
Best contemporary Jazz album
Best Engineer - Sarah McGregor & Richard Mitchell

Shaluza Max - Impilo (SSCD 093)
Best Zulu Music

Sheer All Stars - Dance With Me (SSCD 092)
Best Duo or Group
Best Contemporary Jazz album
Best Engineer - Peter Pearlson

Steve Newman & Tony Cox - About Time (SLCD 017)
Best Duo or Group
Best Instrumental Album

Tony Cox - China (SLCD 015)
Best Instrumental Album

Tu Nokwe - African Child (SSCD 076)
Best Female Artist

Van der Want / Letcher - Bignity (SHIF 004)
Best Rock Album

Wambali - Zani Muwone (SLCD 021)
Best African Artist

For more information, please contact Sheer Sound International Division: Leemor Daniel-Lombard

Tel: +27 11 444 1818; Fax: +27 11 444 2275; Email [email protected]