The Dhol Foundation is both a dhol drum institute in London and a musical group playing bhangra music. The dhol school was founded in 1989 by former

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member Johnny Kalsi when several musicians asked him to be their teacher, and a first album was released by Kalsi and his students in 2001. Dhol drums are a traditional percussion instrument from the Punjab province in the north of India, from which Kalsi originates. In London he experimented with dance beats and electronic music, which he mixes with the traditional bhangra style in his albums. Their music has been featured in Hollywood films such as '' Gangs of New York'' and '' The Incredible Hulk'', and have worked with

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on the soundtrack to the film '' Rabbit-Proof Fence''. They opened the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in 2006. TDF have a connection to WOMAD, as they own the copyright to all of their songs, and they have also performed at WOMAD many times of the past few years. In fact, in the past two years, they have played at Womad Reading twice, despite not being scheduled to appear either time. Although officially released in 2005, 200 pre-release 'festival edition' copies of the album ''Drum-Believable'' were available to those who attended Womad Reading in 2004. These are now a rarity.

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*2001: '' Big Drum Small World'' *2005: '' Drum-Believable'' *2007: ''

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'' *2017: ''Basant''

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