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Festival: womad
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The World of Music Arts and Dance festival celebrates its 10th
year at the Reading site with yet another strong line-up over the
three days.
Headliners for Friday's opening day include the Afro Celt Sound
System and Angola's Waldemar Bastos. Saturday's big hitters include
Asian Dub Foundation, Ernest Ranglin and Johnny Clegg & Juluka.
Sunday also boasts a pedigree line-up with festival stalwart Billy
Bragg (right) together with the Blokes. There's also Femi Kuti, the
s...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research
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Gathering of the tribes
The Village Voice
; Afro Celt Sound System Volume I Sound Magic Real World lust you reinvent the past just to face the Future? Certainly, if you feel you're living in a ghastly, '50s sci-fi B-movie in which humans can no longer expose themselves to sunlight or sex. Afro Celt Sound System's Volume I Sound Magic beams
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 "Pretoria News (South Africa)")
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Vintage Johnny.(Entertainment)
Pretoria News (South Africa)
; BYLINE: Geraldine Frohling Johnny Clegg - One Life Venue: Nelson Mandela Stage, Johannesburg Civic Theatre Date: Until Sunday South Africa without Johnny Clegg? It's hard to imagine! Anthropologist, musical pioneer, teacher, storyteller, cultural ambassador - he's become a legend both here and
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Dancing to a world beat: Johnny Clegg's rhythm and racial harmony. (South African musician)
The Other Side
; Walking the two blocks from my car to a music club in Washington, D.C., one night, I was cut off by a car full of people yelling racial slurs at me, a White woman in the wrong neighborhood. After much hassling, they let me pass. I finally made it to the club, shaken by the encounter. Living and
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Johnny Clegg broke music rules
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Johnny Clegg broke music rules Band will take stage tonight at Summerfest By JON M. GILBERTSON Special to the Journal Sentinel Sunday, July 4, 2004 When Elvis Presley blended music from different racial cultures, the barriers against him were firm, yet indistinctly defined. When Johnny Clegg
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The sound of worlds colliding ; The Afro Celt Sound System's unusual blend of African and Irish beats should prove a winning festival act. Pierre Perrone meets their founder, Simon Emmerson
The Independent - London
; "Afro Celt Sound System, they do exactly what it says on the tin. That's what they told the audience when we got the Radio 3 Listeners' Award five years ago," remembers Simon Emmerson. The frontman for Afro Celt Sound System says he first thought of blending together African and Celtic music while
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