About

Worldmusic.co.uk is a new website devoted to people interested in world music. Our focus is to support and promote independent labels and artists as well as consumers and live event managers .

We aim to provide useful information on gigs, festivals, tours, recordings, collaborations, history, biographies, lifestyles, cultures etc as well as some alternative viewpoints (and listening-posts) in this vast world of music. We hope to write interesting, even challenging, articles that educate as well as entertain and leave you thinking. Please bear with us as we start to push this boulder uphill during the early stages - we’ll get there!

We are looking for contributors to the site on any and all aspects of world music. If you think you have something worth saying then get in touch, especially if it’s an angle not yet covered in the mainstream world music media! English is our language of first choice, but Spanish, Portuguese and French are also possibilities. Photos, videos, sounds etc - all welcome! There’s no money in this - just the opportunity to participate, have your say, set the agenda, put your point of view, open people’s mind and ears, introduce us all to new sounds and share your enthusiasm . . . And remember, what we’re about is passion, enthusiasm, positivism and ultimately a love of great music!

OK, so who are we?

My name is Glyn Phillips (Editorial Director).
I’m also a musician (percussion and drums) and DJ (mostly afro-latino). I’ve been drumming since 1973 and DJing since the late 80s.

My main areas of interest are Latin American musics (in all their infinite glories!) although I was brought up on jazz and blues by my jazz trombonist father so I hold a soft spot for African-American music forms in general; as well as European gypsy music, musics of the English/Dutch/French speaking Caribbean and, well, a whole load of stuff!

I don’t pretend to be an expert in any area, but the day you become an expert is the day you stop learning . . . and I enjoy journeying on the World Music Oceans.

My brother and founder in this enterprise, Dylan (Managing Director), leans toward the ‘chill-out’ side of world music (including dubby Asian fusions) and other more eclectic tastes - as well as some traditional styles such as Asian,  West African Kora through to Blues.

We also have a very talented special lady called Tessa Burwood (Editorial team & Promotional areas) who brings a wealth of experience in finding and promoting new unfound artists, writing on a wide range of arts & experiences.

She is  fluent in Spanish and Portuguese and lived for some time in Brazil and Cuba. Tessa's time as a New Media Producer for the BBC taught her much about Arts PR and marketing. Tessa also runs her own operation as a freelance arts publicist and consultant known as Magpie Brown.

We are also lucky to be collaborating with other long-term writers such as Graham Radley of World Unlimited and  Steve Williams of UKVibe.

Hope you enjoy the site - and come back and contribute!