AWARDS, NOMINATIONS and achievements

• 2023: Seckou Keita awarded Honorary Doctor of Music, Nottingham Trent University

• 2022: Seckou Keita & Omar Sosa win The International Songwriting Competition for Seckou's composition Allah Léno (World Category)

• 2022: Seckou receives a prize for his contribution on promoting cultural diversity at the Casamance Music Award

• 2021: Seckou receives the Inspiration prize at the CFM/EW Award promoting Senegambian culture

• 2020: Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita become Artists in Residence at Liverpool Philharmonic for 2020/21

• 2019: Seckou Keita wins 'Musician Of The Year' in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2019

• 2019: Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita win 'Best Duo/Band' in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2019

• 2019: Seckou nominated for Musician of The Year in the BBC Radio2 Folk Awards 2019.

• 2019: SOAR Nominated for Best Album 

• 2019: Catrin and Seckou nominated for Best Band / Duo in the 2019 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards  

• 2018: SOAR wins fRoot s Critics Poll Album of the Year 2018

• 2018: SOAR wins Songlines Magazine Best Fusion Album 2018

• 2018: SOAR wins Best Transregional Album 2018 in the Transglobal World Music Chart Awards

• 2018: SOAR comes #3 overall in the World Music Charts Europe Albums of 2018

• 2018: SOAR was selected as one of MOJO Magazines Top Ten World Albums of 2018

• 2018: SOAR is awarded one of Songlines Magazines Top Ten Albums of 2018

• 2018: SOAR is nominated for the Welsh Music Prize 2018.

• 2018: SOAR charts at #16 in the UK Official Independent Album Charts on week of release.

• 2018: SOAR charts at #77 in the UK Official Album Charts on of release week

• 2018: SOAR is Number one in the Transglobal World Music Charts for June 2018

• 2016: 22 Strings Winner Best Album - Africa and Middle East Category in the Songlines Music Awards

• 2016: 22 Strings Nominated for Best Artist and Best Album - Africa and Middle East Category in the Songlines Music Awards 

• 2015: Runner-Up for Best Packaged CD in the fRoots Awards 2015     

• 2015: 22 Strings came No. 5 in  Mark Coles top twenty albums of 2015     

• 2015: 22 Strings was selected as one of Songlines Magazines Top Ten Albums of 2015

• 2015: 22 Strings voted as one of Sing Out!’s Top Ten Albums for 2015     

• 2014: BestCross Cultural Collaboration with Catrin Finch  Songlines Magazine     

• 2014: BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards - nominees Best Duo and Best Traditional Track (for Les Bras De Mer) with Catrin Finch    

• 2014: MOJO Magazine Top Ten World Albums of 2014 (for Clychau Dibon)     

• 2014: Clychau Dibon No.1 in the Amazon World Music Chart     

• 2013: fRoots Critics Poll Album of the Year 2013 for Clychau Dibon     

• 2012: Miro, No.1 in the European World Music Chart     

• 2010: Silimbo Passage, No.1 in the iTunes World Music Chart     

• 2001: Nomination for the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards – Audience choice     

• 2008: Honorary mention in the International Songwriting Competition – Instrumental Category