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Womad 99

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Founded by Peter Gabriel in the eighties, Womad (World of Music and Dance) celebrates its tenth year at
Reading's Rivermead site. Highlights include La Bottine Souriante from
Quebec; the Jamaican jazz guitar of Ernest Ranglin ; gospel music from the Blind Boys of Alabama; Sufi music with Rizwan Qawwali ; Cuban son from
Colombian singer Toto La Momposina; and Afro-soul from Nigeria's Femi Kuti. The festival also plays host to the BBC Concert Orchestra performing a shakuhachi concerto with Japanese musician Joji Hirota. Lucy Duran and Andrew McGregor introduce the best of the music, meet the musicians and visit the workshops.
Producers Roger Short and Felix Carey

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Gabriel
Unknown:
Ernest Ranglin
Unknown:
Rizwan Qawwali
Unknown:
Femi Kuti.
Musician:
Joji Hirota.
Musician:
Lucy Duran
Musician:
Andrew McGregor
Producers:
Roger Short
Producers:
Felix Carey
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

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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