World On 3: WOMAD 2016

Lopa Kothari and Mary Ann Kennedy are joined by Kathryn Tickell for the first of a weekend of broadcasts from the globe's leading festival of world music, live from Charlton Park in Wiltshire.

With highlights from the Siam Tent set by Bamba Wassoulou Groove, a band formed by members of Mali's legendary Super Rail Band; La Mambanegra, who come from Colombia's salsa capital Cali, also in the Siam Tent; and from the BBC Radio 3 Charlie Gillett Stage there's Volosi, a mix of classical string players with folk musicians from the Poland's Carpathian Mountains. Plus, interviews and a live visit to the Radio 3 Session Tent, starting off more than ten hours of live broadcasting across the WOMAD weekend.

Radio 3 returns to WOMAD with more live broadcasting than ever before, with live sets and highlights from the main stages as well as the BBC Radio 3 Charlie Gillett Stage, where Radio 3 has invited artists from across the globe to perform, many making UK Festival debuts. The weekend includes a Sunday morning simulcast with Cerys on 6, artists from BBC Introducing, and video performances from the Radio 3 Session Tent.

World On 3: WOMAD 2016 continues after the Prom (11.45pm-1am). Direct from the Siam Tent, Indian classical music mixed with Rajasthani desert folk from Desert Slide, featuring Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, a virtuoso of the Indian slide guitar; and live from the BBC Radio 3 Charlie Gillett Stage, Otava Yo from St. Petersburg, a band blending Russia's folk heritage with more than a hint of punk rock; and highlights from BBC Introducing band Amaraterra, Italian expats performing the ecstatic tarantella music of Southern Italy. Plus, interviews and a visit to the Radio 3 Session Tent.

Presenters/Lopa Kothari, Mary Ann Kennedy and Kathryn Tickell, Producer/Roger Short for the BBC

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