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OWMR Awards - 2023

Welcome to the 2023 One World Music Radio awards, we will bring you our montly nominees and results here as we go through the year, and each January, we will bring you the final results for the year!

Our 11th Annual Awards have been announced listen and see all the results below 

OWMR 11th Annual Awards

 

Best Album of 2023

Hiroki Okano – Tenkawa: Pilgrimage of the Sacred Sound - 1st

RAF21 – Dream Among Nature - 2nd

Michael Whalen – Walk in Beauty, Like the Night - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award of Best Album 2023

Ian Cameron Smith – Freedom Road - 1st

Anantakara – Before Completion - 2nd

Robert Scott Thompson – Placid - 3rd

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Chrissie Sheppard Award of Best Album 2023

Peter Phippen & Ivar Lunde Jr. – Primordial Forest - 1st

Wychazel – The Temple of Hathor - 2nd

Liesbet Leroy – Chakra Balance - 3rd

 

Best Single of 2023

Freedom Candlemaker – Resurrection - 1st

Dave Mohan – Somewhere Beyond the Blue - 2nd

Silvia Blaser – Morning Haze - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Single of 2023

RAF21 – Peaceful Walk in the Forest - 1st

Louis Anthony DeLise – Iridescence ft Nancy Rumbel - 2nd

Michelle Qureshi – Open Window - 3rd

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Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Single of 2023 

Steven Newton – Black Wolf - 1st

Kimberly Haynes and MB Gordy – The Enchantment - 2nd

Embassy of Sound – Neither Here Nor There - 3rd

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Monthly Awards:

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Best Album for December 2023

Jon Richards - Midwinter (Remaster) - 1st

Apocliptic and Romerium - Air (Ambient, Ethereal, Symphonic) - 2nd

Henrik Meierkord - Zeitreisen - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Album  December 2023   Francis V — A Place for Dreamers

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Album  December 2023  James Michael Stevens — Winterfelt Piano

 

Best Single for December 2023

Ian Cameron Smith - Remembering - 1st

Ambient Solstice - Iceblink - 2nd

Paul Adams & Elizabeth Geyer - A Journey of Dreams - 3rd

Dave Mohan - Somewhere Beyond the Blue - Wild Card

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Single for December 2023 CosmoMoose — Coventry Carol

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Single for December 2023  Embassy of Sound  Neither Here Nor There

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Best Album for November 2023

Sherry Finzer—Live from the Tank ft Elise - 1st

Zanov—Lost in the Future - 2nd

Tom Caufield & Sangeet-Richard Downs—Collaboratia - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Album  November2023   Lynn Tredeau — The Everlasting Light

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Album  November 2023  Peter Phippen & Ivar Lunde Jr.  Primordial Forest

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Best Single for November 2023

Freedom Candlemaker—Resurrection - 1st

 Michelle Qureshi—Luminous Fields - 2nd

Steve Sheppard—Winter Solitude - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Single for November 2023 Neil Tatar — November Skies

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Single for November 2023  Sharon Chen — Thoughts on a Still Night

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Best Album for October 2023

RAF21 - Dream Among Nature- 1st

Lynn Tredeau - Many Branches - 2nd

David J. Peña - Zero Gravity - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Album October 2023   Ashok Prema — A Quiet Day

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Album October 2023  Guy Sweens  Odin's Raven

 

Best Single for October 2023

Liesbet Leroy - Dreams of Harayoshi - 1st

Kevin Kerrigan - Tenderly - 2nd

Diane Arkenstone - Echoes of the Past Float Away - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Single for  October 2023  Kevin Kendle — Sand Patterns (Chill Out Mix)

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Single for October 2023  Bill Cornish  Hiraeth

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Best Album for September 2023

Chronotope Project - Chronology - 1st

Kluane Takhini & James Hill - To Catch Lightning in a Bottle - 2nd

Lis Addison - Songs from the Mara - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Album September 2023   David Arkenstone — Winterlüde

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Album September 2023  Liesbet Leroy  Chakra Balance

 

Best Single for September 2023

Rick Sparks - Sea of Serenity - 1st

CosmoMoose - Forest Reflections - 2nd

Fred Grenot - Unearthing - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Single for September 2023  Listening Wind — Memory Lane

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Single for September 2023  Shambhu  Afternoon Rye

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Best Album for August 2023

Tom Eaton — Weathering - 1st

Chris Russell & eyes cast down — Fragments in the Maze - 2nd

Hyperion V — Accretion Disc - 3rd 

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Album August 2023   Ian Cameron Smith — Freedom Road

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Album August 2023   Ashron  Reiki Healing Light

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Best Single for August 2023

Timothy J.P. Gomez — 22º Halo - 1st

Ceramic — We're Not Lost - 2nd

Jacquelyn G. Kleine — Otherworld 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Single for August 2023   Louis Anthony deLise — Iridescence ft Nancy Rumbel

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Single for August 2023   Radhika Vekaria  Kali

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Best Album for July 2023

Michael Whalen — Walk in Beauty, Like the Night - 1st

Alan Matthews — Seasons Change - 2nd

Lisa Swerdlow — Through It All - 3rd

Madness Men — The Journey - Wild Card

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Album July 2023   SydbySyd — Nature Spirits part 2

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Album July 2023   Chris Conway  Deep Ocean Dreams

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Best Single for July 2023

Lis Addison —  Sunset on the Mara - 1st

Diane Arkenstone — Ascension - 2nd

Edoardo Gastaldi & Le Code — Flores Veritatis - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Single for July 2023   James Asher & Hiroyuki Otsuki — A Star As One

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Single for July 2023   Helen's Willow Wind  & Timothy JP Gomez Northern Lights Wind

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Best Album for June 2023

Theda Phoenix — Crystal Calm 2 - 1st

Loneward — Willoweald - 2nd

James Filkins — Cranes in the Moonlight - 3rd

Andrew Kinsella — Mandala - Wild Card

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Album June 2023   Peter Sterling — Mystic Voyager

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Album June 2023   Wychazel  The Temple of Hathor

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Best Single for June 2023

Ryan Judd — Holding This Moment - 1st

Ceramic — Now That You’re Here - 2nd 

David Whaler — Blue Rose - 3rd

Johannes Linstead—Kealakekua Bay - Wild Card

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Single for June 2023   RAF21 — Peaceful Walk in the Forest

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Single for June 2023   Kirsten Agresta Copely Aquamarine

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Best Album for May 2023

David De Michele — Midnight Rain - 1st

Deborah Martin & Jill Haley — Into The Quiet - 2nd

Blue Is Nine — City Spaces - 3rd

Drifting In Silence — Timeless - Wild Card

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Album May 2023   Robert Scott Thompson — Placid

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Album May 2023   Morton Jones  Infinite

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Best Single for May 2023

Zen Music Planet & Shere Fraser —Healing Journey - 1st

Suzanne Herman — Sailing to a Sunset - 2nd

​Scott & Maria — Lokah Samastah - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Single for May 2023   Jacquelyn G. Kleine — Magnificent Gaia

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Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Single for May 2023   Kimberly Haynes and MB Gordy The Enchantment

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Results for Best Single for April 2023

Sivia Blaser Morning Haze - 1st

Liesbet Leroy Sacred Voices - 2nd

Richard Zelada The Start of Something - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Single for April 2023   James Filkins — Unfettered

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Single for April 2023   Steven Newton Black Wolf

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Results for Best Album for April 2023

Malakan Essor - 1st

David De Michele To The Far Reaches - 2nd

Billy Denk In Praise of Shadows - 3rd

David Margam — Immune - Wild Card

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Album for April 2023   Fred Grenot S.W.A.N.

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Album for April 2023   Joe Yeatman — Standing Free

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Best Single for March 2023

Silvia Blaser Behind the Window - 1st

Michael Hoppé Dreaming in Blue and Yellow (Violin) - 2nd

The Song Gardeners April Sky - 3rd

David De Michele Midnight Rain - Wild Card

 

Steve Sheppard Award for Best Single for March 2023   Michelle Qureshi Open Window

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Single for March 2023   Cattl.L In The Wind featuring Shere Fraser

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 Best Album for March 2023

Kevin Kendle Norfolk Landscapes - 1st

Sherrie Davis Children of Mother Earth - 2nd

Ryan Judd Echoes of Peace - 3rd

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Steve Sheppard Award for Best Album for March 2023   Anantakara Before Completion

Chrissie Sheppard Award for Best Album for March 2023   Sandrayati Safe Ground

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Best Single for February 2023

Dulce Joya Night Fall 1st

Dave Mohan For Polina Till Tears Run Dry ft Juliet Lyons 2nd

Lorna James Stargazing 3td

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Best Albums for February 2023

Andy Rogers Dolphin Moon 1st

Janice Lacy Dreaming of Daybreak 2nd

Peter Phippen Ghosts 3rd

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Best Single for January 2023

Matias Bacoñsky Together Again 1st

Opium Moon Woman Life Freedom ft Hengameh  2nd

James Asher Egyptian Halo 3rd

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Best Album for January 2023

Hiroki Okano Tenkawa: Pilgrimage of the Sacred Sound 1st 

David De Michele Worlds Beyond 2nd

David J. Peña The Journey 3rd

Spencer Brewer — Beyond the Vale - Wild Card

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