Guardian Music — The 1974 Zaire concert became a powerful documentary: its producers recall three magical daysStewart Levine, festival promoterI had been making records with Hugh Masekela since the early 1960s. We'd got this African-American hybrid going, and were al... more info

Guardian Music — How 60-year-old drummer nicknamed 'Hotstix' studied and passed the exams he had failed to sit 44 years beforeHe is one of South Africa's best loved musicians, has toured internationally and made an album that sold half a million copies. But for Sipho... more info

Guardian Music — Hugh Masekela kicks off the first of our exclusive live music sessions from the 2012 Womad music festival with a performance of Louis Armstrong's Rockin' ChairBen KapeAndy Gallagher more info

Guardian Music — Were you basking in the Wiltshire sunshine this weekend with Jimmy Cliff, Robert Plant et al? If so, we want to hear from youIf you find yourself wandering round today in an unusually meditative state for a Monday, smelling faintly of incense, sippin... more info

Guardian Music — Welcome to our coverage of Womad 2012. Stay tuned for news, views and reviews from the festival site as some of the biggest names in world music take to the stage11.44pm: Good morning, Caspar Llewellyn Smith here, and welcome to what is undoubtedly t... more info

Guardian Music — Various venues, LondonLondon Pleasure Gardens was a curiously bleak location for an ambitious pre-Olympic celebration: a gravel wasteland alongside an abandoned flour mill on the river's edge. It looked more like the set of a gritty movie than a conc... more info

Guardian Music — Hard Rock Calling, Hyde Park, LondonHe was clearly determined to get it right this time. Twenty-five years on from his controversial Graceland show at the Royal Albert Hall, Paul Simon was at a London festival to revive the songs from his hugely accl... more info

ContactMusic — Paul Simon closed Hard Rock Calling festival last night 15 07 12 The You Can Call Me Al hitmaker played the whole of his seminal Graceland album at the event backed by trumpet player Hugh Masekela and South African male choir Ladysmith Black... more info

Guardian Music — Old Billingsgate, LondonIn Rio, this annual celebration of the links between Brazil's black culture and Africa is held in a grand disused railway station. In London, the Back2Black festival took over Old Billingsgate, the enormous one-time fish marke... more info

Guardian Music — Hackney Weekend, LondonThose who scored free tickets for this Radio 1 event will be witnessing the business class end of hip-hop and R&B (Jay-Z, Rihanna), successful locals such as Plan B and Professor Green, and a few indie randoms like Kasabian. Mo... more info