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Arranged marriages at Calgary Folk Festival
Posted on July 20th, 2010 in World Music.
The 31st Calgary Folk Festival in Canada takes place July 22-25 in Prince’s Park, Calgary and the festival likes to put together ‘arranged marriages’ between musicians who have never worked with each other and cross genre boundaries.
This year’s festival sees meetings between Kinshasa’s Konono No. 1 and southern blues-rockers Hill Country Revue, Scotland’s Peatbog Faeries and UK folk-punk singer-songwriter Frank Turner and UK-Arabic singer Natacha Atlas and reggae star Finley Quaye.
Join Songlines at WOMAD or watch online
Posted on July 20th, 2010 in World Music.
The Songlines Tteam will be at WOMAD Charlton Park in Wiltshire on the weekend of July 23-25, so if you are there come and find us. If you’re not…
…The Africa Channel – broadcast on Sky Digital channel 268 and the only TV channel devoted exclusively to African content – launches its Summer of Music in collaboration with Songlines from July 23. There will be coverage of WOMAD festival at Charlton Park available on both the Africa Channel and Songlines websites.
WOMAD this year plays host to such legends as Salif Keita, Horace Andy, Afro Celt Sound System and Gil Scott-Heron alongside hot acts like Staff Benda Bilili, Ska Cubano and Ozomatli. Throughout the weekend, you can catch artist interviews and exclusive live performances by some of the biggest names.
During the WOMAD weekend, the Africa Channel will also be broadcasting one of its live music premiere concerts – Cape Verdean star Mayra Andrade live in her homeland. This is one of a series of feature concerts and documentaries to be broadcast throughout July and August every Sunday and Wednesday night.
Other highlights include live concerts from Caribbean zouk legends Kassav’ on August 1 and Algerian gnawa and reggae fusionists Gnawa Diffusion on August 15. Watch out for more live world music in the months to come on the Africa Channel.
Calypso Rose and Mayra Andrade step in as Gurrumul cancels tour
Posted on July 7th, 2010 in World Music.
Australian Aboriginal sensation Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu has been forced to cancel his upcoming European tour due to illness. The tour included a date at London’s Barbican on July 24, the final concert in a run of seven that included WOMAD Festival, and dates in Germany, Switzerland and France.
Stepping in on the Barbican date is a double bill bringing together the rising Cape Verdean star Mayra Andrade and the Tobagonian calypso legend Calypso Rose.
We wish Gurrumul a speedy recovery.