Womad 2012

Six Glastonbury acts that are lower down the bill but are worth watching – and may just be headlining in five years' time

It was the week that saw Duran Duran going for gold for Great Britain in London, the Womad festival, Wayne Coyne in that bubble of his again and much more ...

Folk singer and composer Seth Lakeman performs Blacksmith's Prayer in an exclusive live session at the 2012 Womad festival

Indian singer and composer Raghu Dixit performs Mysore se Aayi in an exclusive live session at the 2012 Womad festival

Alexis Petridis reports from Womad 2012 at Charlton Park, where the festival celebrated its 30th birthday with a record-breaking turnout

Hugh Masekela kicks off the first of our exclusive live music sessions from the 2012 Womad music festival with a performance of Louis Armstrong's Rockin' Chair

Robert Plant's Sensational Space Shifters and Jupiter & Okwess International provided the sparks the 30th anniversary festival needed, writes Robin Denselow

From Khaled to Robert Plant's Sensational Space Shifters, our gallery captures performances from the last two nights at the world music festival in Charlton Park in Wiltshire

From drumming classes to laughing yoga, our photographer Christian Sinibaldi spent the weekend capturing the atmosphere at the world music festival at Charlton Park in Wiltshire

If you're at Womad this weekend, this is the place to tell us what you think of the festival so far

Here we are at Womad on Saturday. We'll be reporting on the sights and sounds of the festival as the day goes on