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What with a frozen shoulder and the sheer volume of rain in the UK, festivals have been a bit of a wash out. But inspired by the World Music Network release, 
we've gone into the archives to bring a series of photos - its all about the music, the organic energy and the hand made instruments.
Every cloud has a silver lining and despite of the wash out at this year's rain hit Africa Oye festival, Melstar caught up with the deep rooted Kenny Gilmore. Full of passion he came to the festival to promote the film, "Deep Roots Malawi". Made in partnership with Promote Africa, its the only project so far to showcase the rich, yet often overlooked, musical traditions of Malawi. 
About eighteen months ago, here at GondwanaTowers, we received a surprise album, Ishilan In Tenere, from Chris Kirkley's 
Led by Bálint Tárkány-Kovács, one of Hungary’s foremost cimbalom players, Tárkány-Müvek fuse the raw energy of traditional Hungarian folk, the intellectual rigour of classical music, and the spiritual depth of avant garde jazz and poetry together into one fabulous mix. Tárkány-Müvek are a group of young musicians from Budapest, Hungary. Their sound welds together the raw energy of traditional Hungarian folk, with classical music and avant garde jazz. This bubbling brew is topped off with poetic lyrics and splashes of influence from artists as diverse as Bartók, John Coltrane, Toni Iodache and Dr. Dre. 
Get yourself along to the biggest free celebration of music and culture from Africa and the Caribbean. This year its their 20th anniversary featuring Endless Journey, Jaliba Kuyateh, Samba Mapangala, Yaaba Funk, Dele Sossimi, Diabel Cissoko and the Rasites. Full details on the 
. Shortly to be re - released under the Real World Gold banner, they've posted a track on Soundcloud. 
Celebrating the album release Icon Give Thank and the making of the album documentary Icon Eye, London gets ready for the world premiere of the Sun Araw & M. Geddes Gengras meet The Congos collaborative project at Village Underground in London (ticket details here), a second track from the critically-heralded album 'Icon Eye' is now
