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Sahara Soul – featuring Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba, Tamikrest and Sidi Touré

By Damian Rafferty on January 14, 2013
This entry is filed under Events and tagged Barbican, Bassekou Kouyate, Celtic, dub, folk, Glasgow, London, Mali, ngoni, psychedelic, Sahara, soul, Tamikrest, tuareg, Worthy.

One of Africa’s richest musical heartlands, Mali today is sorely afflicted by internal conflict, an ongoing state of adversity from which this defiantly inspiring collaboration, uniting artists from three of Mali’s different musical cultures, arose to demonstrate their shared homeland’s strength, diversity, and its music’s power to bring people together.

26 January 2013 – Barbican, London

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WOMAD 2012 – Line up announced: Buena Vista Social Club, Robert Plant and Boubacar Traore

By Damian Rafferty on February 24, 2012
This entry is filed under Events and tagged Asian, blues, Boubacar Traore, Buena Vista, Celtic, Dizraeli, festival, folk, funk, Justin Adams, Latin, Malmesbury, Peter Gabriel, Raghu Dixit, Robert Plant, rock, Seckou Kouyate, Ska Paradise Orchestra, Solomon Islands, Steve Reich, Terem Quartet, The Roots, Womad.

Artists confirmed so far… Alaev Family (Tajikstan/Israel); Ane Brun (Norway); Boubacar Traore (Mali);Buena Vista Social Club (Cuba); Dizraeli and the Small Gods (UK); Grupo Fantasma (USA); Lo’Jo(France/Algeria); Joe Driscoll & Seckou Kouyate (USA/Guinea); Narasirato (Solomon Islands); Peatbog Faeries (UK); Raghu Dixit (India); Sensational Space Shifters (UK/USA/Gambia); Spiro (UK); Terem Quartet (Russia); Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra (Japan). Continue reading WOMAD 2012 – Line up announced: Buena Vista Social Club, Robert Plant and Boubacar Traore

Celebrating Sanctuary London 2011 – Sunday, 19 June 2011, 2 – 7pm

By Damian Rafferty on May 24, 2011
This entry is filed under Events and tagged Adib Rosatam, Aoifa Mannix, celebrating sanctuary, Celtic, DanKira Dance Ensemble, Duo Andelous, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, festival, folk, Garth Cartwright, Gypsy, Hari Sivenesan, Kadialy Kouyate, Kora, Krar Collective, live music, London, Lucy Angell, podcast, radio 3, refugee communities, Roma, rory mcleod, Shane Solanki, Solveig Thoroddsen, South, Spain, Womad.

Kerieva's playing at Celebrating Sanctuary

On Sunday, 19 June, Celebrating Sanctuary London, the annual free festival which launches Refugee Week (20-26 June 2011), returns to the South Bank with a profusion of new talent, including the dazzling Krar Collective from Ethiopia, one-man folk orchestra Rory McLeod, young virtuoso vena player Hari Sivenesan, the glittering harp collaboration “Home is Where The Harp Is” and nu-skool Roma singer Kerieva

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UNITE – A Gathering of Strangers

By Jack Kent on May 9, 2010
This entry is filed under Europe: Reviews and tagged Balkan, Celtic, dubstep, Europe, folk.

UNITE (Urban Native Integrated Traditions of Europe) is an idea dreamed up by UK-based Transglobal Underground members Hamid Man Tu and Tim Whelan. The collection of tracks included on the project’s album A Gathering of Strangers will delight and surprise even the most intrepid musical travellers as it criss-crosses Europe in search of contemporary takes on traditional folk tracks

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Gil Scott-Heron – Me And The Devil

By Gerry Hectic on February 19, 2010
This entry is filed under Europe: Reviews, US/Canada: Reviews and tagged Africa, Celtic, Damon Albarn, festival, Gil Scott-Heron, hip hop, Jerry Dammers, New York, rap, SBTRKT, South, South Africa, Speech Debelle, The Revolution.

If you’ve not got into the new album yet, try the first single taken from I’m New Here, it’s Gil Scott-Heron and the devil!

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Jamie Woon – Wayfaring Asset

By Gerry Hectic on June 22, 2009
This entry is filed under Europe: Features and tagged Barcelona, Belgium, Big Chill, Celtic, compilation, festival, James Pants, Jamie Woon, jazz, Joe Bataan, Private Domain, psychedelic, Spain.

Jamie Woon is relatively still at the start of his career even after the success of ‘Wayward Stranger’ of a couple of years ago; Hectic grabs a quick chat at Cargo where he’s on the same bill as Joe Bataan and James Pants!

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Baka Beyond – Beyond the Forest

By Conon Murphy on April 7, 2009
This entry is filed under Africa/Middle East: Reviews, Europe: Reviews and tagged Baka Beyond, Celtic, folk, soul.

For the past seventeen years Su Hart and Martin Cradick have been quietly and assiduously building a collection of recordings based around the Baka tribes of the Cameroonian rainforest.

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Marcina Arnold – A Secret of Talent

By Matthew Daniel on January 28, 2008
This entry is filed under Europe: Features and tagged Asian, blues, Celtic, Family, folk, Georgia, jazz, London, soul, South.

Marcina Arnold is a secret talent living in the heart of London. I went to meet her in Stockwell to speak to her about her new release on Counterpoint Records, an EP called ‘Introducing’

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Fanfare Ciocarlia – The Speed Brass Express

By Jill Sellner on January 18, 2008
This entry is filed under Europe: Features and tagged Celtic, festival, folk, Glasgow, Gypsy, London, Manchester, rock, soul, The Revolution, The Roots, World Music.

Balkan music connoisseur Jill Sellner finds out from band members Ionita Nicolae and Costica Trifan what keeps them going with such exuberance after the death of their beloved patriarch, Ioan Ivancea

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Acoustic Ladyland / John Peel Day – Poole, Dorset

By Gerry Hectic on October 11, 2007
This entry is filed under Europe: Reviews and tagged Acoustic Ladyland, Brighton, Celtic, compilation, festival, folk, jazz, John Peel, Portico Quartet, punk, rock, Russia, South. | 2 Comments

It’s that time of year again when we celebrate the great John Peel and this year, it’s off to Poole to see the brilliant punk-jazz of Electric Ladyland

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Rainforest World Music Festival – Sarawak, Malaysia (Live Review)

By Damian Rafferty on July 17, 2007
This entry is filed under Asia/Pacific: Reviews and tagged Celtic, festival, house, Latin, Malaysia, rock, Salsa, tropical, World Music, Zimbabwe. | 7 Comments

Picture steep-sided mountains covered in lush tropical rainforest with clouds forming in front of your eyes. The warm night air is filled with tantalising smells from the food stalls and above the sound of chirping cicadias, global sounds fill the natural bowl — the crowd turns its head as a flying fox is silhouetted against a giant floating globe light

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Peatbog Faeries – What Men Deserve To Lose

By Wyl Menmuir on July 17, 2007
This entry is filed under Europe: Reviews and tagged Celtic, festival, folk. | 1 Comment

The Peatbog Faeries put out a big sound for a small island and on What Men Deserve To Lose a rainy night on Skye meets the end of a scorching evening on Ibiza.

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