Peter Gabriel

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

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NPR Music previews Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's Live at WOMAD 1985, which is released on Real World Records this Friday. "It's a 30-plus-year-old album, which means that — at least for the album's duration – it offers a sonic refuge from the world we all presently inhabit, one that's shadowed by decades of fear, suspicion, growing nationalism and acrimony."

Part 2 of Peter's WOMAD Festival preview show is on NTS Radio today at 2pm BST. Tune in - and you can also listen back to Part 1 - here >> https://www.nts.live/shows/peter-gabriel/episodes/womad-presents-peter-gabriel-15th-july-2019

Nelson Mandela founded The Elders on this day 12 years ago to "foster agreement where there is conflict and inspire hope where there is despair." #MandelaDay https://theelders.org

"Really sad to learn of Johnny Clegg’s death. He was one of South Africa’s most loved musicians. I remember him very warmly, especially from the concerts against apartheid and then for Mandela and Amnesty. His energy and enthusiasm always illuminated the world around him." - PG In full >>> https://petergabriel.com/news/johnny-clegg/

Peter is the guest host of two shows on NTS Radio this week, playing music from a selection of artists performing at WOMAD Festival this month. Details >>>

Everybird is a track from the recent Rated PG album, written for the film 'Birds Like Us'. A brand new video for the song is premiering over on You Tube shortly >> https://youtu.be/oe4uMj-0LrA

Who's watched the whole of Stranger Things 3 already? They've used Peter's version of 'Heroes' in the show again, but you have to wait to the season finale...

10 things you must check out at this year's WOMAD Festival - Real World Records

Real World Records

World Music Day offer over at Real World Records - ends midnight on Saturday...

🎉 Today marks the 30th anniversary of Real World Records. On this day in 1989, the label launched with the release of Passion and four other albums which showcased beautiful and unusual music by artists from across the world, including the legendary Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. To mark the milestone, Real World has announced the release of Nusrat's historic first gig at WOMAD Festival in 1985, which was the beginning of his relationship with Peter and Real World.

The Starmus festival has announced the 2019 winners of the Stephen Hawking Medal, one of the world’s most celebrated science communication awards. Brian Eno is one of the recipients, for his contribution to the popularisation of science: "I am delighted that Brian Eno has been chosen for this year’s Hawking Medal. Not only has he been an extraordinary and pioneering artist, composer and producer he has always been a science evangelist. Brian has often created the doorway through which the avant-garde enters the mainstream." - pg Read Peter's words in full >> https://petergabriel.com/news/stephen-hawking-medal-brian-eno/

'Everybird' kicks off the newly updated Peter Gabriel Playlist on Spotify >>> https://open.spotify.com/user/itspetergabriel/playlist/0BQLxjtTWVatsQNNBGZI8s?si=rxII8-4QT5WQzNq_wql2Qg

Les Amazones d'Afrique are a musical collective of singers from Africa and members of the diaspora around the world who are campaigning for gender equality. In a brand new song out today on Real World Records, 17 voices sing out in unison, calling for a future without the threat of female genital mutilation (FGM), sexual violence, lack of education and forced marriage. Listen to 'Amazones Power': smarturl.it/RWS74

The WOMAD Festival at Charlton Park takes place 25-28 July 2019. Now celebrating its thirty-seventh year, WOMAD is still a glorious melting pot of music, dance, food, art, spoken-word, poetry, science and more; embracing the joys of diversity and tolerance at a time when the world needs it more than ever. https://womad.co.uk

“I’ve pushed myself to do things, go where I was afraid, and what I was uncomfortable in and I’ve always got a lot back from it. I feel very grateful and very lucky in lots of ways”. Peter talks to Mary Jordan in the new What It Takes podcast that covers the early days of Genesis, going solo, writing for film, WOMAD Festival, Real World Records, WITNESS and The Elders. https://petergabriel.com/news/what-it-takes/

Last summer, VICE joined the US WITNESS team for a series of their training courses with local organisers in the Rio Grande Valley on the US/Mexico border and filmed the following report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_ILl04HBME

Thanks to everyone who went to their local record shop to buy Rated PG yesterday. We know not everyone was successful, so we'll try and let you know which shops still have stock, as best we can, over the next few days. In the meantime, please don't pay the very high prices we can already see on EBay.

Unwrapping Rated PG at Real World Studios. The LP is available from Saturday for Record Store Day, but you can listen to This Is Party Man now >> http://smarturl.it/thisispartyman

New interview with Peter on BBC Radio 6 Music today... https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003zly

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Real World Records are calling for those who attended Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's famous performance WOMAD Mersea Island in 1985 to share their memories as part of a tribute to the singer.