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Womad festival – review

4259 days ago
Guardian MusicCharlton Park, MalmesburyWomad's 30th anniversary required memorable performances, and they finally arrived as the festival drew to a close on Sunday night. Robert Plant has worked with guitarist Justin Adams in the past, but in his new band, Sensati... more info

BT River of Music, Africa and Americas stages – review

4266 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

Umoza: Tumbuka Voices – review

4291 days ago
Guardian Music(IRL/Daisy Label/Proper)Southern Africa is a region packed with great singers and choirs, many non-professional. Last month's album from the Malawi Mouse Boys was a set of classy village music, and now comes a rousing and unlikely youth choir. Umoza... more info

Robert Plant to unveil new band at 30th anniversary of Womad festival

4417 days ago
Guardian MusicEvent founded by Peter Gabriel to see other performances by Raghu Dixit and the Buena Vista Social ClubRobert Plant and his new band the Sensational Space Shifters will make their live debut as headliners of this year's Womad, as the festival celebra... more info

Iness Mezel – review

4574 days ago
Guardian MusicSouthbank Centre, LondonThe London African music festival is an impressively eclectic affair, so it was no surprise that two of this year's most interesting artists should be based in Paris and pioneers of North African fusion styles. Iness Mezel's f... more info

This week's new live music

4577 days ago
Guardian MusicTranscender, London"Ecstatic, hypnotic and just plain psychedelic" is the motto for the Transcender festival, the pervasive feeling of the event being that music from anywhere in the world can blow someone's mind. Now in its third year, Transcender b... more info

Les Triaboliques – review

4711 days ago
Guardian MusicLexington, LondonLes Triaboliques are a quirky, much-travelled trio with impressive credentials. Their first ever show was in Siberia; their most recent appearances were in North Sudan and Norway; and now they are launching a UK tour in the upstairs ... more info

Iness Mezel: Beyond the Trance – review

4781 days ago
Guardian Music(Wrasse Records)Iness Mezel has perfect credentials for a fusion artist. Her mother is French-Italian, her father is Algerian and she was brought up in Algeria and France, where she listened to disco and funk, and studied piano, singing and jazz impr... more info

The Upside Down, 'God's Bare Hands' -- Video of the Day

4948 days ago
Spinner.comFiled under: Video of the DayArtist: The Upside Down Video: 'God's Bare Hands' Highlight: "It's a love story in the tradition of John Hughes' 1985 film 'Weird Science.' When the perfect woman, the Earth angel is created, she's 'got on headphones, li... more info

Womad 2010 | World music review

4995 days ago
Guardian MusicCharlton 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

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