Womad 2018 [Music Planet]

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Bcuc (south Africa), Korrontzi (spain), Calan (wales)20180729Lopa Kothari and Kathryn Tickell present the third day of our coverage from the globe's leading festival of world music, live from Charlton Park in Wiltshire. Tonight's music includes 'afropsychedelic' sounds from Soweto in the form of seven-piece Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness (BCUC), old-time boleros from Chile's answer to the Buena Vista Social Club JM & Juanin, BBC Introducing artist Seby Ntege and band (Uganda/UK), Welsh revivalists Calan and uplifting Basque Country folk from Korrontzi, led by accordion virtuoso Agus Barandiaran. Plus exclusive backstage sets in our Radio 3 Session Tent.

Radio 3 returns to WOMAD for year number 19, with live sets and highlights from the main stages as well as the BBC Radio 3 Charlie Gillett Stage, where Radio 3 has invited artists from across the globe to perform, many making their UK Festival debuts. There are broadcasts across the weekend on Radio 3, plus Cerys Matthews on 6 Music, as well as upcoming programmes on BBC World Service.

Lopa Kothari and Kathryn Tickell present live from Charlton Park in Wiltshire.

The best roots-based music from across the world.

Mohsen Sharifian (iran), Orchestre Les Mangelepa (kenya-dr Congo)20180728Lopa Kothari and Kathryn Tickell present further coverage from the globe's leading festival of world music, live from Charlton Park in Wiltshire. This evening's programme begins with a live to air performance from Mohsen Sharifian and the Lian Band, presenting the folk traditions of the Bushehr region of south-west Iran, and featuring the nay-anban (bagpipe) and nay-jofti (double-pipe reed flute). And from earlier in the day, we have highlights from sets by Tamala - the Senegalese-Belgian trio blending kora (west African harp), violin and vocals - and Orchestre Les Mangelepa, a band of Congolese musicians who settled in Kenya in the 1970s during the golden age of African rumba and are still going strong.

Radio 3 returns to WOMAD for year number 19, with live sets and highlights from the main stages as well as the BBC Radio 3 Charlie Gillett Stage, where Radio 3 has invited artists from across the globe to perform, many making their UK Festival debuts - this year with the participation of The British Council and Iran Art Research, who are bringing over the Lian Band from Iran. There are broadcasts across the weekend on Radio 3, plus Cerys Matthews on 6 Music, as well as upcoming programmes on BBC World Service.

Lopa Kothari and Kathryn Tickell present live coverage of the Womad festival in Wiltshire.

The best roots-based music from across the world.

Omar Souleyman (syria), Wazimbo (mozambique), Hanba! (poland)20180727Lopa Kothari and Kathryn Tickell present the first of a weekend of broadcasts from the globe's leading festival of world music, live from Charlton Park in Wiltshire. Syrian musician Omar Souleyman performs on the Open Air Stage - he is a cult figure with more than 500 live and studio albums to his name, most of them from his work as a wedding singer in Arab communities. One of Mozambique's greatest voices, Humberto Carlos Benfica, known as Wazimbo, performs on the BBC Radio 3 Charlie Gillett Stage. BBC Introducing presents The Scorpios, with musicians mainly from Sudan - and, also on the Radio 3 stage, Hanba! sets out to show that punk was born in the streets of 1920s Poland. Estonian singer Maria Kalkun and Ireland's Sharon Shannon perform in the Radio 3 Session Tent. Plus a Mixtape with Gilles Peterson.

Radio 3 returns to WOMAD for year number 19, with live sets and highlights from the main stages as well as the BBC Radio 3 Charlie Gillett Stage, where Radio 3 has invited artists from across the globe to perform, many making their UK Festival debuts. There are broadcasts across the weekend on Radio 3, plus Cerys Matthews on 6 Music, as well as upcoming programmes on BBC World Service.

Live music and recorded highlights from the globe's leading festival of world music.

The best roots-based music from across the world.

Womad Highlights With Lopa Kothari And Kathryn Tickell20180803Lopa Kothari and Kathryn Tickell with recorded highlights from Womad.

The best roots-based music from across the world.