News – Tuesday 9^th May 2006

Mahmoud Ahmed on BBC Radio 3

BBC Radio Three will be broadcasting highlights from last month’s Nile Festival in the World Routes programme at 3pm on Saturday 13^th May 2006. The headline act is Mahmoud Ahmed, described by the Sunday Telegragh newspaper as “Addis Ababa’s very own James Brown”!

Mahmoud’s set was recorded at this year’s Nile Festival, an annual event at the Hammersmith Palais in London.

● BBC Radio 3 can be found at 90-93 FM.

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