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Hugh Masekela, Hay Festival, review: 'the George Formby of South Africa'

3832 days ago
The TelegraphHugh Masekela, now 75, shows he has lost none of his passion in a golden performance at the 2014 Hay Festival more info

Al Murray to appear at Hay Festival 2014

3921 days ago
The TelegraphAl Murray will bring his Pub Landlord stand-up act and talk about his new WW2 history book at the 2014 Hay Festival, as first acts are announced, including Hugh Masekela, PJ O'Rourke and Bear Grylls     more info

How we made: Stewart Levine and Jeffrey Levy-Hinte on Soul Power

4463 days ago
Guardian MusicThe 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

Sipho Mabuse: the South African music legend who went back to school

4497 days ago
Guardian MusicHow 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

Hugh Masekela: Rockin' Chair live session - Womad 2012 video

4497 days ago
Guardian MusicHugh 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

Womad festival: how was it for you?

4498 days ago
Guardian MusicWere 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

Womad 2012 day one, live: Jimmy Cliff, Hugh Masekela, Lo'Jo

4501 days ago
Guardian MusicWelcome 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

BT River of Music, Africa and Americas stages – review

4505 days ago
Guardian MusicVarious 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

Paul Simon's Graceland – review

4512 days ago
Guardian MusicHard 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 acc... more info

Paul Simon - Paul Simon Closes Hard Rock Calling

4512 days ago
ContactMusicPaul 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

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