Guardian Music — (World Village)The veteran troubadours of world fusion celebrate their 30th anniversary with a typically mercurial creation, brimming with musical styles and poetic evocations of place and mood. One moment singer Denis Péan is growling about a "mund... 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 — Globetrotting French daredevils Lo'Jo tell Andy Morgan why being shot in Chechnya only made them play harderIt's a rainy night in Georgia, but Randy Crawford is the last person on anyone's mind. This is Georgia in the Caucasus, not the US – and th... more info

Guardian Music — The Womad festival, for which the Guardian is a media partner, starts in Wiltshire this weekend. Acts playing include Lo'Jo, Seth Lakeman, Raghu Dixit, Khaled, Jimmy Cliff and Robert Plant and his new outfit, the Sensational Space Shifters. Get a tas... more info

Guardian Music — Event 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

Guardian Music — September 1981: Number 38 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of world and folk musicIn September 1981, the Clash played a seven-night residency at the Theatre Mogador in Paris. Post-Sandinista!, pre-Combat Rock, this incarnation of the... more info

Guardian Music — Justin Adams's collaborations span the globe from the ritti virtuosos of Africa to Robert Plant. The important thing, he says, is to keep getting caught off guardJustin Adams agrees that his life has been getting a little complicated. "I do have a bi... more info