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Jury Biographies
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Rita Ray
 Rita Ray is a club dj whose repertoire spans the musical spectrum from dance hall vibes and Afro Cuban rhythms to cutting edge jazz and nu beats. As one of the DJ partners in the London club 'The Mambo Inn', she helped set the standard for Global music clubs.
Rita runs an array of clubs combining dj sets and live music and poetry including the Club Space Race at London's Fridge Bar, The Mwalim Express, an Afro Chill Out Sunday afternoon club in South London and The Shrine which features live bands from Afro Beat to Rai. Rita guests at clubs all over the UK + Europe including The Big Chill, Future World Funk, The Limpopo Club at the Africa Centre, Dynamite - Dublin, Funkadelica - Turin and What's Up Bar in Paris as well as festival stints at Womad, Glastonbury and the Phoenix.
Her Shrine Afrobeat and Shrine Future Sounds from the Motherland compilations have been released on Ocho records to rave reviews while her radio work includes co presenting The African Review programme for 麻豆社 World Service, regular reviewer on London Live and presenter of "The Bokor Beats Show" on Spectrum Radio's Talking Africa. You'll also hear Rita's global music shows on several transatlantic airlines.
Sam Farah
 Sam Farah is a music producer for 麻豆社 World Service (Arabic Section). He is responsible for theh 麻豆社 Arabic's output of Western, Arabic and World Music. He's also producer and
presenter of the popular "Jukebox" programme on 麻豆社 Arabic, an English/Arabic
Western and World Music request show. Sam is a regular contributor to 麻豆社 Radio 3's
World Routes programme.
Simon Broughton
 Simon Broughton is an experienced writer, broadcaster and filmmaker and an authority on World Music. He is editor of Songlines, the World Music magazine launched in Jan 1999 and he is co-editor of the Rough Guide to World Music (now in its second edition) which is the essential handbook to popular and traditional music around the globe. He also wrote 100 Essential World Music CDs (Rough Guides), a choice of top recordings for those taking their first steps into some of the fantastic sounds around the world.
He has produced an array of radio and television programmes on world music and culture including "Gypsy in my Soul" for 麻豆社 Radio 4, a forthcoming pioneering series on music in Iran for 麻豆社 Radio 3 and 2 episodes of the groundbreaking 麻豆社 "Rhythms of the World" back in the early 90's.
Verity Sharp
 Verity Sharp joined 麻豆社 Radio 3 in 1993 where she has worked at all levels of radio production. She currently presents "Late Junction" which features an eclectic mix of repertoire reflecting her love of everything from world music to contemporary classical. Last year she won the Silver Sony Music Broadcaster Award.
Her education at Dartington College of Arts in Devon laid the foundation for her World Music credentials where she was introduced to African music by the expert, Frank Denyer, the Japanese shakuhachi by Yoshikazu Iwamoto and the Indian tabla by Sharda Sahai. She has a music degree from York University where she studied composition with John Paynter, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Steve Martland. She recently anchored the live web cast and concert for 麻豆社 Radio 3's Africa Music Night from London's Jazz Cafe. Verity plays the cello and piano and enjoys travelling.
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