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Radio 3 at Womad 2007

Lila Downs

You can now listen to audio of all the concerts broadcast by the BBC from this year's WOMAD. Listen here

Artists include Congolese rumba maestro Samba Mapangala, Mexican singer Lila Downs, Egyptian band El Tanbura and Malian ngoni virtuoso Bassekou Kouyate.

This year the globe’s leading festival of world music took over the rainy fields of Charlton Park in Wiltshire for its annual UK July weekend.

View BBC Wiltshire's image gallery from Womad 2007

    Verity Sharp
    Radio 3 Broadcasts from Womad

    Radio 3 returned to WOMAD for a weekend of live broadcasts and recorded highlights introduced by Andrew McGregor,  Fiona Talkington, Lucy Duran, Serena Dankwa and Verity Sharp – more than seven hours of WOMAD broadcasts. Listen again to these concerts here

      Pathaan
      Asian Network at Womad

      BBC Asian Network is proud to be part of such an important World music event for the second year running. Asian Network's specialist DJs Sonny Ji, Nerm and Pathaan were spinning a mix of heavy weight Bhangra Beats, Drum 'n' Bass and Globetronica over the three days.

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        Full details on the Festival and artist profiles at womad.org

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