I am a big fan of Mr Gabriel’s music - his songs always struck me as intense and intelligent far apart from most pop music. His music videos were often groundbreaking and he was often involved at the leading edge of music technology. He is a strong supporter of legal music downloads and was one of the first artists to offer his stuff via the web. He also worked on several CD-ROM and multimedia projects.

But I also admire him for his early efforts to bring world music to the masses with his Womad festivals and his Real World Label and Studios. That was way before Bono could spell Africa.

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