ireland, the north east of scotland come up in the highlands, in colchester, leeds, barnsley, but what unites them all is they are deeply embedded in their communities. they really were able to be agile, to adapt very quickly, to be agile, to adapt very quickly, to work out what their communities needed. so they started really immediately, after the lockdown was announced, thinking and doing things for their communities, notjust art for their communities, not just art packs for their communities, notjust art packs delivered to people s doors, but digitaljigsaws and pub visits online. one of them, the thackray museum of medicine, became the first vaccination centre amongst museums in the uk. timespan created recipes for a disaster online for their community. cca looked at what they could do with artists in kabul, londonderry. so there are all being imaginative and creative, punching far above their weight artists in
where the senegal river meets the sea, the old town of saint louis is famous for its colonial architecture and its love of music. in one packed bar, jamm, a fusion band from the capital, dhaka, do their thing. this is notjust art, it is commerce to. translation: the festival not taking place last year - was an economic disaster for saint louis. i understand why this year, despite the crisis, the festival was held. if it wasn t, it would have been a huge blow for the city. this is billed as africa s biggest jazz festival. its sound, its vibes survived a global pandemic. the music of saint louis goes on. tim allman, bbc news.
# let, let, let me love you.# in saint louis the sounds are always smooth, the groove is always fresh. the city s jazz festival draws in the crowds, safety precautions permitting. after this year s cancellation, this was a welcome sight for locals. i was relieved and everybody was relieved too, and it was a beautiful energy, a beautiful vibration, a beautiful link also between the stage and the audience. on a small island where the senegal river meets the sea, the old town of saint louis is famous for its colonial architecture and its love of music. in one packed bar, jamm, a fusion band from the capital, dhaka, do their thing. dakar, do their thing. this is notjust art,