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Womad Festival 2007

on BBC Radio 3

Twenty-five years after the very first Womad, the world music festival moves to the green and pleasant fields of Charlton Park in Wiltshire. Andrew McGregor and Verity Sharp begin a weekend of broadcasts with live performances and recorded highlights from the two main stages, the Open Air and the Siam Tent. Artists include Congolese rumba maestro Samba Mapangala ,
Mexican singer Lila Downs , and Egyptian band El
Tanbura. And from Radio 3's own stage in Charlton Park's arboretum, Fiona Talkington introduces a live set from Malian ngoni virtuoso Bassekou Kouyate. Producer Roger Short

Contributors

Unknown:
Verity Sharp
Unknown:
Samba Mapangala
Singer:
Lila Downs
Introduces:
Fiona Talkington
Unknown:
Bassekou Kouyate.
Producer:
Roger Short

BBC Radio 3

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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