Thieves And Liars - When I Gatecrashed Daler Mehndi & The Wolfmen
- Bobby Friction
- 28 Aug 07, 01:31 PM
Any regular listener of the Asian Network can't have missed the explosion of Punjabi guitar adrenalin called 2 Eyes that we played exclusively on the Friction show a month ago. It got passed to us after leaking out of a studio in South London, and we just had to play it as no one knew Daler Mehndi was secretly recording in London with The Wolfmen.
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Remembering Nusrat
- Mark Strippel
- 16 Aug 07, 07:41 PM
A decade has passed since we lost the finest exponent of Qawwali music that the world has ever known. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan passed away in London on 16th August 1997, and in many ways it was fitting that he spent his final days in the UK rather than in his home town of Faisalabad in Pakistan.
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London Mela 2007
- Noreen Khan
- 12 Aug 07, 12:38 PM
Excitement's building fast, but crowds are building slower, there's a real buzz about the place. It's Asian timing as ever as the soundcheck's over running. But I'm really happy, cos someone's noticed my shoes match my outfit. DJ Kayper's about to go on. 
Check out the video too, there's Rish Rich and H. Dhami backstage with Adil, plus Heera!.
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Old Skool, New Skool and Uncooked Samosa's
- DJ Kayper
- 8 Aug 07, 06:59 PM
Its just around the corner, London Mela, Gunnersbury Park, in the past I never really had great experiences of Melas. You know what it was like Uncooked Samosas, dragged round by your parents, white suits and muddy parks and chutney flying all over the place.
This all changed for me last year, when I performed for the first time at London Mela. The day started off with rain rain and more rain, but when this stopped, things really warmed up, the atmosphere was great, the vibe was buzzing and I went red in the face from blowing my whistle to much!!!!
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Womad... Or Wo-Mud?
- Pathaan
- 2 Aug 07, 02:23 PM
Phew! Just got back and what a crazy MUD-fuelled fun weekend it was too! :-)
The drive to the site on Friday was picturesque, especially when I came off the motorway and had to drive through Malmesbury to get to the new site. WOMAD had moved to Charlton Park in Wiltshire to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the festival, in the glorious English countryside.
When I arrived, I had an incline it was going to be a wet affair. But I had no idea over the course of the weekend, WOMAD (my favourite festival) would be renamed WO-MUD!
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