Words: Moncef Battikh . Pictures Jules Annan
Boisdale Canary Wharf, hosted the 2019 Boisdale Music Awards this week, celebrating some incredible music from around the world.
The event was hosted by Boisdale Patron of Music Jools Holland and recently appointed Global Ambassador for the Puglia region of Italy, Nancy Dell’Olio. The awards were attended by a sell out audience of keen music lovers, celebrities, who included Megan Barton Hanson of the 2018 hit reality show Love Island and American actor Kelsey Grammer & various fellow musical artists singer-songwriter Lisa Maffiaand Mutya Buena of Sugababes fame, Toploaders Joe Washbourn and Daniel “Dan” Hipgrave of Toploader and Andrew Fletcher .
The awards ceremony was peppered with some incredible live performances, with most of the winners performing for the eager masses … our highlights included Dawn Penn performing her hit “No No No”, Judi Jackson singing with fellow winner Soweto Kinch and an emotionally charged performance by RJ Gibb, son of Bee Gee’s legend Robin Gibb .
Joe Jackson won the special award of Lifetime Achievement Award
The full list of winners were ….
1. Latino Award – Vanessa and Silva
2. Best Newcomer – Tallia Storm
3. Best Instrumentalist – Soweto Kinch
4. Best Jazz Artist – Judi Jackson
5. Best Soul Artist – Shaun Escoffery
6. Best Reggae Artist – Dawn Pen
7. Best Band – British Collective
8. Special Award – Jocelyn Brown
9. Singer Songwriter Award – Raye
10. Outstanding Contribution To British Music – RJ Gibb on behalf of Robin Gibb
11. Lifetime Achievement Award – Joe Jackson
12. Best International Band – Sharmoofers
