Womad feels like an undervalued jewel in the UK’s festival scene, both as an adventurous music fan’s treasure trove and a refreshingly unself-conscious, family-friendly festival. Perhaps it’s overlooked by the hipsters because of its age (it’s 42 this year) or because its institution around the explosion of “world music” in the 1980s now seems anachronistic. The cross-generational enthusiasm of its crowd – glittered-up kids dancing alongside pe...
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