Album of the week : Radio Mali from Ali Farka Toure on World Circuit

Radiothons, WOMAD encounters including Victor Deme cooking it up, Beat Boxers and a Modern Mongolian nomad all fired up from the night of hip hop and beat boxing.Plus some new releases and vintage Nigerian funk - all go to make up another eclectic GondwanaSound round the world music adventure.

To coincide with the summer appeal radiothon on Sheffield Live! we have Radio Mali as our album of the week. Please go to the Sheffield Live website to find out how you can donate or become a regular sponsor towards the work of the radio station.

We're back from this year's WOMAD festival at Charlton Park,a difficult drive through lashing rain. Listening to Bardot State, which Pathaan dropped into my hands at the festival, we managed to get lost in the pitch darkness of the English Countryside but with fine musical accompaniment.

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