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Three global bands to look out for, courtesy of WOMEX

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Three global bands to look out for, courtesy of WOMEX

A Mexican cumbia-punk band called Son Rompe Pera, a traditional singer from West Bengal named Rina Das Baul and a group from near Timbuktu called Al Bilali Soudan: three global acts on the rise.

Three global bands to look out for, courtesy of WOMEX

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