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filed on April 26th, 2009 by Press Officer

Originally appeared in The National (UAE)

by Oliver Good

Festival goers were treated to stunning live performances from two legendary singers on the final night of Womad: the British rocker Robert Plant and the Egyptian pop star Mohamed Mounir. The two performers drew Saturday’s largest crowds, on a weekend that organisers have already called an astounding success.

Despite being billed as a “special guest” for the British guitarist Justin Adams and the Gambian master of the ritti (a rough-hewn one-stringed fiddle) Juldeh Camara, Plant took centre stage for the African-inspired blues-rock set. Playing to the crowd, the 60-year-old singer included several songs by Led Zeppelin, the band that launched his career, in the set. ||Continue reading||

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