http://musicbeyondmainstream.org.uk/news/ Latest news from Music Beyond Mainstream en alan.oreilly@gmail.com Copyright 2010 2010-02-06T17:19:58+00:00 http://musicbeyondmainstream.org.uk/site/news/111/ http://musicbeyondmainstream.org.uk/site/news/111/ Qeeen of Malian music chooses to tour with Mercury Prize nominee Sweet Billy Pilgrim in April/May 2010 after an acclaimed one off concert at the Barbican. 2010-01-20T17:19:58+00:00 http://musicbeyondmainstream.org.uk/site/news/105/ http://musicbeyondmainstream.org.uk/site/news/105/ The founder of The Specials and 2 Tone records, the writer of Ghost Town and Free Nelson Mandela, announces the first ever UK tour of JERRY DAMMERS’ SPATIAL A.K.A. ORCHESTRA , which includes such luminaries as Mercury Prize nominated Zoe Rahman, Denys Baptiste, Jason Yarde, Larry Stabbins (Working Week, Centipede), Finn Peters, Nathaniel Facey (Empirical), vocalists Anthony Jpseph and Francine Luce and many more. 2009-12-09T15:36:51+00:00 http://musicbeyondmainstream.org.uk/site/news/103/ http://musicbeyondmainstream.org.uk/site/news/103/ Oumou Sangaré‘s album ‘Seya’ has been nominated for a GRAMMY.  ‘Seya’ is the first album in six years from ‘Mali’s Star of Stars’ and already hailed by some as her best, with the Observer Music Monthly and The Independent both calling it “a masterpiece”. 2009-12-03T16:21:41+00:00 http://musicbeyondmainstream.org.uk/site/news/64/ http://musicbeyondmainstream.org.uk/site/news/64/ We are delighted to announce a fabulous line up for African Soul Rebels 2010: Oumou Sangare (Mali) Orchestre Poly Rythmo (Benin) The Kalahari Surfers (South Africa). 2009-10-26T06:52:23+00:00