Les Amazones d’Afrique announce European summer tour
The African female musical collective will perform new music with a new line-up
Sun, 03 March 19
Nara Ya Farid (live at Real World Studios)
Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali
‘Nara Ya Farid (Recitation of Farid)’ is a Manqabat in praise of the Sufi Saint Baba Farid Ganj-e-Shakar. Performed by Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali in The Wood Room at Real World Studios, the song features on their second album A Better Destiny (2001).
Further reading
Society of Sound: WOMAD 2018
Within the eclectic musical landscape that already marks WOMAD out as a champion of music and cultur...
Tue, 26 February 19
What is Qawwali? —A Beginner’s Guide
A brief introduction to the music of the Sufi mystics.
Wed, 06 March 19
Track of the Day: ‘Meáchan Rudaí’ by The Gloaming
The Gloaming's third album opens with a song based on a poem of the same name by Liam Ó Muirthile.
Tue, 26 February 19