World Music

Alice Watts' World Of Music: The global Influences of This Emerging Icon Makes an Impression on an International Chart-topper

Kat Jackman | Posted 31.12.2012 | UK Entertainment
Kat Jackman

When Alice joined us at the Olympic Park this summer, she was incredible. Her striking blend of folk and soul is a delight alone, but being the experimental thinker she is, she also brought along a beatboxer for percussion.

In Search of the Music of the New Sudans

Tim Cumming | Posted 03.01.2012 | Home
Tim Cumming

As in Sudan itself, precariously tipped between expansion and implosion as a newly drawn state facing harsh realities, South Sudan 's uniting of tribal identity and modern aspiration into a national culture could unleash a music to blow the minds of the most experienced cultural traveller.