"A World of Calm" at WOMAD festival Dear Reader, WOMAD (World of Music and Dance) festival was wonderful. Hard to put into words but it was mind-expanding and heart-opening. The variety, talent and creativity was amazing: 20-somethings mashing Chinese jazz with Lesotho hiphop; an 85 year-old benju player from Balochistan (a benju is a cross between a zither and type-writer - and this guy could type!); harmonies from ancient Europe; and microtonal melodies from the subcontinent that stirred my...