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Review: WOMAD 2018 – Friday
Visa problems and contentious programming decisions fail to put a dampener on the first full day of WOMAD Charlton Park 2018.
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's 'Lost Album' To Be Released
A collection of recordings, dating back to 1990, by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan are to be released in September as 'Chain of Light'
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South Asian Joy
Revelatory qawwali, North Indian wonderment and frighteningly deep bass sitars were all in the offing as Simon Broughton attended the Southbank Centre’s festival of South Asian music
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Johnny Kalsi
The British Indian drummer Johnny Kalsi has done more for the popularity of the Punjabi double-sided barrel drum known as the dhol than anyone else
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Baaba Maal named UN Goodwill Ambassador
Senegalese “nightingale” assumes a new role in environmental action advocacy
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The Sabri Brothers: A Beginner's Guide
Jameela Siddiqi celebrates the legacy of the first qawwali group to find fame and send devotees into spiritual ecstasy around the world
