- Title: Sounds Off The Beaten Track
- Date: 3rd April 1989
- Summary: WOMAD (WORLD OF MUSIC ART AND DANCE) INVITED MUSICIANS AND DANCERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO PLAY ON ONE OF THE STAGES AT THE HUGE 1987 GLASTONBURY CND FESTIVA L. WOMAD HELD ITS FIRST FESTIVAL IN 1982 AND THE COLLABORATION WITH GLASTONBURY WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND. THE LOCATION WAS NEW, BUT THE AIM REMAINED THE SAME , BRINGING TOGETHER TOP ARTISTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, WOMAD HOPES TO WIDEN TH E AUDIENCE FOR WORLD MUSIC AND TO PROVIDE A MEETING POINT FOR WIDELY DIFFEREING CULTURES. THE PERFORMERS, FILMED ON STAGE ADN AT IMPROMPTU BACKSTAGE JAMS INCLU DE THE BHUNDU BOYS, NAJMA AKHTAR, KORA PLAYERS TOUMANI DIABATE (MALI) AND AMADOU JOBARTEH (GAMBIA) THE LONDON INSPIRATIONAL CHOIR AND OTHERS. PETER GABRIEL WHO PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE CREATION OF WOMAD IN 1982 APPEARS BRIEFLY IN THE PROGR AMME, OUTLINING THE FESTIVALS GOALS.
- Description:A YOUNG MAN LEAVES HIS VILLAGE IN MALI AND TRAVELS TO BRITAIN TO PERFORM AT WOMAD 87,A FESTIVAL OF 3RD AND 1ST WORLD MUSIC TO WHICH HE HAS BEEN INVITED TO PLAY. THE FILM FOLLOWS HIM AS HIS MUSIC MIXES WITH OTHER CULTURES.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Entertainment
- Producer:Antelope (UK) LTD
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:03/04/1989
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1980s