No, LIMúR is not the the latest Icelandic pop sensation or a cute little arboreal animal from Madagascar: it’s the Iberian Roots Music Chart.
LIMúR aims to celebrate, recognize, promote and disseminate the highest quality Iberian roots music productions.
We understand Iberian roots music as any musical expression with roots in Iberian cultures made anywhere on the planet, as well as any musical expression with roots anywhere on the planet made by Iberian artists and/or in Iberian lands, Iberian being understood as referring to any territory under Spanish, Portuguese, Andorran or Gibraltarian administration, including those located outside the Iberian Peninsula.
LIMúR brings together a team of specialists in roots music in its different aspects: traditional, folk, the so-called world or global music, or styles such as flamenco, fado or any other, with an open spirit to evaluate any record production according to its artistic quality, beyond its musical style.
LIMúR produces every year a chart with the recent albums of the above mentioned characteristics best rated by the panelists, in a unique category that will gather any record production, regardless of format or method of release and distribution.
LIMúR was conceived and is managed by Juan Antonio Vázquez (Mundofonías, Mil mundos, Transglobal World Music Chart…). For any additional information, interviews requests, etc., please do not hesitate to contact.
How does it work?
The panelists’ voting is based on a closed list comprising the albums submitted to the LIMúR through the web form, or authorised to be shared with the LIMúR panelists, as well as those nominated by anyone through this other form.
Albums released throughout the whole year will be taken into account, together with those released during the last quarter of the previous year that were not considered in the previous year’s voting.