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Womad | Festival watch

5027 days ago

Guardian Music — Charlton Park, Malmesbury, WiltshireAside from Jamie Oliver flying in by helicopter to oversee his lavish new food stall, Womad's 28th year could not escape a sense of belt-tightening. Perhaps the opening Friday falling in the school term contributed... more info

Womad 2010 | World music review

5033 days ago

Guardian Music — Charlton Park, WiltshireThis year's Womad will be remembered for a real-life world-music fairytale, as Staff Benda Bilili, the band formed by Congolese polio victims, made their first British festival appearance. Four of them came on in wheelchairs, ... more info

Staff Benda Bilili Justin Adams Nouvelle Vague Gabby Young

Paul Morley's showing off... World Music

5035 days ago

Guardian Music — AR Rahman, Staff Benda Bilili, Céu, Nitin Sawhney, Radioclit talk to Paul Morley about where they would like to be filedPaul MorleyChris Fenn more info

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Paul Morley's Showing Off: Staff Benda Bilili

5035 days ago

Guardian Music — A band whose history defies convention and whose music defies easy categorisationPerhaps certain music from, say, deep inside Africa, sounds lost inside the vast lostness of a multitude of countries that lose themselves inside their own histories and... more info

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Paul Morley's Showing Off: World music

5035 days ago

Guardian Music — AR Rahmen, Staff Benda Bilili, Céu, Nitin Sawhney, Radioclit - file under pop?Staff Benda Bilili, magnificent survivors singing at the top of their voices about a harsh, strange world and the implacable undermining of all that sustains reason and sa... more info

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Video: Paul Morley's Showing Off: Staff Benda Bilili interview

5035 days ago

Guardian Music — Paul Morley talks to Ricky Likabu of Staff Benda BililiPaul MorleyElliot SmithAlice Salfield more info

Staff Benda Bilili Elliott Smith

Paul Morley's Showing Off: Staff Benda Bilili perform Moziki

5035 days ago

Guardian Music — Staff Benda Bilili perform Moziki, a song from their debut album Trés Trés Fort, at the Hackney EmpirePaul MorleyElliot SmithAlice SalfieldJohn Domokos more info

Staff Benda Bilili Elliott Smith

Crammed Discs Reissues Roots of OK Jazz

5038 days ago

Altsounds — Following the recent success of contemporary bands such as Staff Benda Bilili and Konono NÃ‚Â°1, it's time once again for *Crammed Discs* to revisit the rich heritage of music from DR Congo, with the reissue of the Congo Classics album *Roots... more info

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