Peter Gabriel on 30 years of Womad – and mixing music with politics

Womad festival is celebrating 30 years as a champion of global music. Founder Peter Gabriel talks about its troubled beginnings – and bonding with Kofi Annan over congasThis October, Peter Gabriel will disappear for a year. No recording, no touring, no interviews, just travelling the world with his young family on an expedition that he calls his Year of Interesting Things. "It's the gap-year philosophy," he says with a soft chuckle. "I meant to do it when I was 50 so I'm only 12 years late."Ga...

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