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Steven Sogo to join Africa Oye! line up.
Africa Oyé is the UK's largest celebration of African music and culture and takes place in Liverpool's Sefton Park, on 18 and 19 June. Steven Sogo and Hope Street are a late addition to the...
Date: 26th May 2011
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Bayou Seco, change of Hitchin venue
Bayou Seco will now be playing at the Sun Hotel Ballroom in Hitchin on Thursday 26 May. Catch them then as they depart for the USA two days later! Contact Steve Smither 07775 583581 for...
Date: 19th May 2011
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Richard Thompson and Alistair Anderson jam with Savoy Family Cajun Band
Check out this Youtube video of Richard Thompson and Alistair Anderson jamming with The Savoy Family Cajun Band at a crawfish boil and barn dance deep down in Louisiana,...
Date: 10th May 2011
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White Cajun trash at posh English racecourse!
Sarah Savoy and the Francadians are the latest act to be added to the already phenomenal Wychwood line-up, playing the main stage on Saturday 4 June at Cheltenham's famous racecourse. A Louisiana...
Date: 6th May 2011
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Rango to Roskilde
Rango will be one of the first groups to perform on Roskilde Festival's new Gloria stage when they visit Skandinavia's biggest music festival on Friday 1 July. For more information check out...
Date: 17th April 2011
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Sain Zahoor and Baaba Maal
Al Ain's spectacular Jahili Fort was the scene for a magical WOMAD moment on 8 April when Baaba Maal stepped up to join Sain Zahoor for the last number on what had been a mesmerising trip into the...
Date: 17th April 2011
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BBC World of Music and 17 Hippies
The very last ever "World of Music" programme on the BBC World Service was broadcast last Sunday. And the last ever tune came from 17 Hippies - you may wish to click on this link to...
Date: 29th March 2011
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WOMAD Aus and NZ conquered, Abu Dhabi next stop!
Rango and 17 Hippies have just returned from a hugely successful trip down under where they amazed crowds at WOMAD festivals in Adelaide and Taranaki. We'll be at the WOMAD festivals in Abu...
Date: 24th March 2011
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El Tanbura – from Tahrir Square to a venue near you!
Veteran Egyptian master musicians and Sufi philosophers El Tanbura, fresh from their inspirational appearances in Tahrir Square during the Egyptian Revolution, will be returning to Europe in July...
Date: 1st March 2011
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El Tanbura – How music fuelled the revolution in Egypt
Check out this fascinating article by Andy Morgan writing in The Observer (27.2.11) about the part musicians had to play in the uprisings across the Arab...
Date: 28th February 2011
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