What the Womad visa fiasco tells us about live music in Brexit Britain

This isn’t the first time esteemed overseas artists have been refused entry to the UK for a festival. The Home Office is killing our world music scene – and it’s going to get worseThe UK has long been a leading destination for discovering sounds from far-flung corners of the globe, whether it is the sparkling kora of Malian songbird Oumou Sangaré at Glastonbury, or the shadowy South African electro of DJ Lag in a sticky-floored club in London. But last weekend, that reput...

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