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Interview: 숨[su:m] @ Womad 2014

Interview: 숨[su:m] @ Womad 2014

To understand 숨[su:m] you have to understand their music. On the one hand 숨[su:m] is one of the most forward-looking embodiments of traditional South Korean culture. On the other they are a breath of life, gentle and delicate, able to clear and brighten up the inner weather of a mind....
Interview: Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita @ Womad (July 2014)

Interview: Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita @ Womad (July 2014)

Centuries ago when the first Mandikas held the first examples of the kora and the Gaelic Welsh bards embraced the harp, they had arguably never heard of each other. Today, to meet two heirs of these traditions playing side by side with such harmony and synergy is one of the...
Interview: The Good Ones @ Womad (July 2014)

Interview: The Good Ones @ Womad (July 2014)

When you meet their dark, deep and imperturbable gazes for the first time, you can’t avoid locking your eyes with them; to stare, wordless, at them. Their expressive eyeballs are able to narrate a story which not even an in-depth one hour interview can disclose. They tell a story that...