Syrian Orchestra with Damon Albarn & Guests

[FuzzyDunlop]

The only Syrian act Ive ever seen was Omar Souleyman... and he was mega!

[jackarmy]

On 5/31/2016 at 3:41 PM, jackarmy said:

You'll possibly get Kano & Bashy appearing to rap on White Flag from the Plastic Beach album.

NME reporting that they will indeed appear on the Pyramid Stage.

http://www.nme.com/news/nme/94059

[dentalplan]

So they are actually doing Gorillaz stuff? 

[Homer]

I'm actually starting to consider missing James for this. The potential for other special guests is rather huge - as I remember, they had all sorts up there for the last Glasto Africa Express gig.

[CaledonianGonzo]

I'm missing James for it because of James.

[somecoolusername]

Pyramid's the place to be lads. I don't wanna see a hundred topics on here after the festival saying 'I can't believe I missed x guest because I was watching James' 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Or because the actual Syrian music itself will probably be beautiful....

[somecoolusername]

2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Or because the actual Syrian music itself will probably be beautiful....

Well yes - that's why I was anticipating this being the set of the weekend before they were even on the lineup. But I think it's the potential big names that will be making headlines, rather than the beautiful Syrian music 

[dentalplan]

I would actually urge people to watch James if they like James rather than spotting Modfathers or Mod-uncles perform in an ensemble they don't give a toss about.

[CaledonianGonzo]

* audience sits stony silent for 20 minutes of sufi classics until Alex James walks on and the place goes bananas *

[Mash011]

Absolutely love White Flag so I'll look forward to that with Kano and Bashy. Yes, even the orchestra bit. I'm not exactly clued in on Syrian music but I'm open to it - still obviously my hero Damon is the main draw.

[addicted2noise]

I'm probably going to miss James for them too, this video got me pretty hyped

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Africa Express have also confirmed that kora player Seckou Keita and Iranian-Brit grime mc / songstress TALA will be joining Damo and the lads onstage.

Maybe not the famous names that some were hoping for, but it very much looks like it's going to be a fusion sort of affair rather than a straightforward classical reading.

[dentalplan]

What was Glastonbury like before Damon Albarn invented world music?

[CaledonianGonzo]

If you want a vision of the past, imagine a Tim Booth singing about Sitting Down into a human face - forever

[eFestivals]

20 hours ago, dentalplan said:

What was Glastonbury like before Damon Albarn invented world music?

a festival with a womad stage...?

 

[clarkete]

1 hour ago, eFestivals said:

a festival with a womad stage...?

 

I've got a very fond recollection of seeing Peter Gabriel at Glastonbury, which having had a quick search I think may have been 1994  

*sits on porch in rocking chair*