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Watch Africa Express at Glastonbury 2007 – video

4467 days ago
Guardian MusicThe musical collective known as Africa Express played its first-ever proper gig at the Glastonbury festival in 2007. Here is Algerian singer Rachid Taha covering the Clash's Rock the Casbah with Damon Albarn, Billy Bragg, Baaba Maal and more more info

Rio Ferdinand: 'I love the rawness in African music'

4474 days ago
Guardian MusicThe Manchester United star explains why he's supporting Africa Express, which features 80 musicians on one train as it makes a string of stops across the UKThe Manchester United player grew up in Peckham, south London. He has worked on football proje... more info

Kano: 'Africa Express is random and surreal. Wicked, though'

4474 days ago
Guardian MusicThe London MC and actor on this year's Africa Express, which features 80 musicians on one train as it makes a string of stops across the UKBorn Kane Robinson in Newham, east London, Kano is a grime MC and actor. His fifth solo album is out this year.... more info

Fatoumata Diawara: 'We can present our culture in a new way'

4474 days ago
Guardian MusicThe Malian singer on her hopes for African music and Africa Express, which features 80 musicians on one train as it makes a string of stops across the UKSince the release of her acclaimed debut, Fatou, last year, the statuesque Malian singer has prov... more info

Jupiter Bokondji: 'The cultural riches of Congo are immense'

4474 days ago
Guardian MusicThe Congolese star on his country's music and the UK Africa Express tour, featuring 80 musicians on one train as it makes a string of stops across the UKJupiter Bokondji is the star of Jupiter's Dance, a seminal documentary about the music scene in K... more info

Africa Express: a magical mystery tour

4474 days ago
Guardian MusicEighty musicians, one train and a string of stops across Britain. This could be the most extraordinary tour of the year…It's late afternoon in west London and the Senegalese star Baaba Maal and Damon Albarn, from nearby in the neighbourhood, are lo... more info

Damon Albarn: 'We're there to spread the joy'

4474 days ago
Guardian MusicThe singer, one of the driving forces behind Africa Express, on his hopes for the tour, which features 80 musicians on one train as it makes a string of stops across the UKDamon Albarn's creative period didn't end when Blur pressed pause in 2003: it ... more info

JJ DOOM - Keys To The Kuffs (album stream)

4475 days ago
Totally Fuzzy JJ DOOM, the collaboration between DOOM (formerly MF DOOM) and producer/rapper Jneiro Jarel, released their full-length, Key to the Kuffs, August 20 through Lex Records. Now, you can hear finally hear what the Damon Albarn collaboration "Bite the ... more info

Hear Damon Albarn and Beth Gibbons on JJ Doom’s Key to the Kuffs

4483 days ago
Consequence of SoundStream the entire album. more info

Doom: 'It's all new, all fun'

4483 days ago
Guardian MusicRapper Doom is back in London, the city where he was born, with Key to the Kuffs, an album that references rhyming slang and My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding"It's really hot but it's got air-conditioning," says Doom, when asked if his mask might make things ... more info

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