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Last broadcast on Fri, 25 Jul 2008, 22:30 on BBC Radio 3.

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From Charlton Park in Wiltshire, Andrew McGregor introduces the first in a weekend of broadcasts from the globe's leading world music festival.

Including performances from Algerian Rai rocker Rachid Taha on the Open Air stage, desert bluesmen Terakaft in the Siam Tent and star of Irish folk Sharon Shannon on Radio 3's own stage in the shady Arboretum. Plus highlights from performances by Malian kora maestro Toumani Diabate and French acapella singers Lo Cor de la Plana, interviews and truck sessions, and the chants of the Tashi Lhunpo Monks of Tibet.

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  1. Fri 25 Jul 2008
    22:30

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