It’s been nearly 30 years since Afro Celt Sound System turned world fusion on its head with their debut album, Volume 1: Sound Magic . They fused Celtic, African, Indian and Middle Eastern music in a ...

Afro Celt Sound System has established such a solid artistic identity over the last decade that it was surprising when the group announced recently that it would change both its name and its style.

The third album from these studiomeisters (in stores Tuesday) expands the group’s already omnivorous musical interests in two important areas. The first is the apparent desire to broaden its potential ...

The blueprint of this decade of global assimilation began with a band of Irish and African musicians that began to jam in Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios. Released on June 18, 2001, The Afro Celt ...

In an ever-shrinking world, artisans are often drawn to fusions that would have been unthinkable a generation or two ago — often, these boundary-breaking combinations work better on paper than in ...

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Afro Celt Sound System have been regulars at festivals especially Womad where they have build up quite a reputation. This is no surprise as their mix of traditional Western African and Irish music ...

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Afro Celt Sound System formed more than 20 years ago when Simon Emmerson brought a group of musicians from the UK and Africa to Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios. Since then, they have released a ...

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