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Tom chats to Peter Gabriel about his career to date and the upcoming 30th anniversary of the WOMAD festival.

Tom chats to Peter Gabriel about his career to date and the 30th anniversary of the WOMAD festival, which takes place next weekend.

Peter has had an illustrious career. He was the original frontman with seminal prog rockers Genesis, who he left in 1975. Between 1977 and 1982 he released 4 albums, all self-titled. However it was the release of his So album in 1986, three years in the making, that really broke him into the mainstream. He has since released two further studio albums and made music for film soundtracks and projects including the Millenium Dome.

He has had a long term interest in world music, and in 1980 was a co-founder of WOMAD, the aim of which is to celebrate the world's many forms of music, arts and dance. In 1982 they put on their first festival and they have staged festivals in the UK each year, with some other locations. This year's festival is celebrating their 30th anniversary.

3 hours

Last on

Sat 21 Jul 2012 21:00

Music Played

  • War

    Low Rider

  • La Shark

    Mr Modern Man

  • Golden Fable

    Sugarloaf

  • Totem Terrors

    Beaux Esprits

  • Splashh

    Need It

  • MonMon

    Monmon - Punch Drunk

  • Mary Cigarettes

    Next Year's Ghost

  • Rodeo Terrorists

    Harder

  • The Drummers of Burundi

    Live At Real World

    • EXTRACT.
  • Genesis

    Supper's Ready

    • EXTRACT.
  • Peter Gabriel

    Jetzt Kommt Die Flut

  • Peter Gabriel

    D.I.Y

  • Peter Gabriel

    Games Without Frontiers

  • Peter Gabriel

    The Intruder

  • Peter Gabriel

    No Self Control

  • Peter Gabriel

    Shock The Monkey

  • Peter Gabriel

    Sledgehammer

  • Peter Gabriel

    Mercy Street

  • Peter Gabriel

    A Quiet Moment

  • Peter Gabriel

    Solsbury Hill

    • from New Blood.
  • Roston Abel

    The Manganiyar Seduction Suite

    • EXTRACT.
  • Spiro

    We Will Be Absorbed

  • Dead Can Dance

    Amnesia

    • Radio Edit.
  • The Folk

    Stay

  • The Zoom Quartet

    Regress

  • Morrissey

    Lifeguard On Duty

  • The Savage Nomads

    An Empty Seat

  • Thin White Dude

    Anger

  • Genesis

    Supper's Ready

Broadcast

  • Sat 21 Jul 2012 21:00