Welsh songstress Cerys Matthews and Paris-based Arabic supergroup Orchestre National de Barbés are among the latest names to be added WOMAD 2010 world music festival…
Cerys Matthews and Orchestre National de Barbes Added to WOMAD 2010 Line Up
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