womad 2008 | Musicosity

womad 2008

Bella Hardy

As a child Bella was always singing. Edale was the ideal place to nurture this natural ability, with an abundance of communal song. Having played the fiddle a small amount at school, Bella attended a Folkworks Youth Summer School in Durham age 13. Motivated by the number of young people playing folk music, she was inspired to begin working on folk fiddle. She also met many of her great friends and musical companions.

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Nathan Lee

There are several artists with that name. 1) Nathan Lee is a Vietnamese singer. Nathan was born in 1983 in Hanoi, but later moved to New York, US, with his family. He started his modelling career at 17 and later became a model under Elite Model Management. Nathan returned to Vietnam in 2008 to pursue a career in music. Albums:
H (2010)
Th?c (2011)
M (2012) 2) There's a Nathan Lee DJ from Toronto, Canada who's part of I Need Sugar. 3) And a Nathan Lee musician from the United States.

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Seun Kuti

Seun Kuti is Fela Anikulapo Kuti ‘s last son. Seun’s father, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, was Nigeria’s most beloved popular musician and most acerbic social critic until his death in 1997. Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, one of Africa s best-known pop music stars in the 1970s and 1980s and known for his songs criticizing the Nigerian military junta. Seun started learning to play saxophone when he was eight, which is also when he started taking piano lessons.

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Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba

Taj Mahal describes him as a genius, a living proof that the blues comes from the region of Segu. Bassekou Kouyate is one of Mali's best-known Ngoni players. He has collaborated with many important traditional musicians of his country as well as international such as Carlos Santana, U2 among many many others. Most recently he is featured on Ali Farkas posthumous album 'Savane' and toured with him leaving a lasting impression on the audience as the bands solo ngoni player.

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Justin Adams

A legend in his own life time..........worked with some of world musics top musicians. Recently working with the Gambian RITA player Juideh Camara. Has worked with the great Jah Wobble, Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant. One of his best records is Desert Roads from 2000.

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