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September's edition of Global Beats showcases musical talent from the Edinburgh festivals

  • Global Beats at the BBC's big blue tent
  • Global Beats host in Edinburgh, Vic Galloway
  • Anna Meredith kicked off the show with a rousing fanfare called Nautilus
  • Anna Meredith's band members are mostly classical musicians
  • Kensaku Satou is a master Taiko drummer from Japan
  • On his first visit to Scotland Kensaku Sakou played the drums at Loch Ness hoping to lure out the monster!
  • The Danish String Quartet were performing as part of the official Edinburgh International Festival
  • For Global Beats the Danes performed a brand new folk tune
  • The Danish String Quartet are all striking blondes and three of them have rather fine beards...
  • Guitar player Antonio Forcione comes from Italy
  • This year he collaborated with singer songwriter Sarah Jane Morris
  • In contrast to Antonio Forcione, Magda Nova from Ukraine was playing at the Fringe for the first time
  • ...these include Sergio Bueno...
  • ...and Michał Jesionowski from Poland
  • Lady Rizo is a cabaret singer from New York city
  • She riffs on the idea that festival goers are as sleep deprived as new mothers...
  • ...but it was the arrival of baby Tennyson that really stole the show

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