It's become something of a tradition: the local school providing the weekend's curtain-raiser in the company of notable musos. This year the Malmesbury youth find themselves in cahoots with the Johnny Kalsi-led Dhol Foundation on a set of banging bhangra beats. Additional assistance is provided by Kay Charlton of Bollywood Brass Band who'll be marshalling the forces of the school's own Frock Band. This promises to be an enthusiastic and energetic collaboration that will supercharge the lush countryside of this particular corner of Wiltshire with the indestructible beat of the Punjab. That's the WOMAD creed all over - thinking global but very much acting local.
(Nige Tassell 2011)
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