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17 Hippies welcomed in England! - 31.08.11

Over the August Bank Holiday the 17 Hippies came over to England where they played three very contrasting festival in three days. Starting with a storming gig in Towersey's Festival Dance House, they kept a throbbing, wall-to-wall crowd on their feet. How do you follow 17 Hippies? With 3 Daft Monkeys, of course!  On to Shrewsbury, where band member Christopher Blenkinsop (right, in the picture) demonstrated the Maori tradition of hongi with the band's rather bemused agent, Graham...

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Savoy Family go Organic! - 19.08.11

The Savoy Family Cajun Band including Sarah Savoy, brought not just the sounds of  Louisiana's Cajun culture to this year's WOMAD festival in Charlton Park, they brought the tastes too. WOMAD's Taste the World stage is the place where artists get to prepare and cook their favourite dishes -  with a side order of spontaneous music - and the audience gets to savour the experience. TTW enjoys the continued support and involvement of Guy Watson and his team from Riverford Organic...

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Kawa Circus at the Edinbugh Fringe - 17.08.11

Kawa Circus, our amazing traditional Rajisthani musical circus head to Scotland to appear at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, specifically at the mela at Leith Links, on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 September.  For more details on Scotland's multi-cultural celelebration visit  www.edinburgh-mela.co.uk...

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Another successful WOMAD. - 09.08.11

WOMAD's festival in Charlton Park, Malmesbury was a huge success all round with audience figures bucking the national trend and going up by 29% on last year, 35,000 on site each day. And our artists were proud to be part of the success story - Kawa Circus amazed everyone with their special brand of Rajasthani circus skills, El Tanbura turned the main stage arena into a Tahrir Square replica and Savoy Family Cajun Band pulled in one of the biggest crowds ever seen in the Siam tent on a Sunday...

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Savoy Family Cajun Band at No. 1 in Songlines Top Five - 21.07.11

The latest edition of Songlines names the Savoy Family Cajun Band first in their top five gigs.   The tour begins this Friday in London's File Gumbo Club and continues and highlights include Southern Fried Festival Perth, Summertyne Americana Festival Gateshead, Mac in Birmingham and WOMAD Charlton Park.    ...

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