The artists headlining this year’s WOMAD world music festival in Abu Dhabi are: Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley (Jamaica), Hakim (Egypt), Rachid Taha(Algeria/France), Transglobal Underground (UK),…
WOMAD Abu Dhabi 2010 Headliners Announced
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