For the next few weeks I will be your travelling world music correspondant,  writing my note from Spain and Portugal. First stop is WOMEX, the premiere world music conference, where everyone who makes, sells, and books world music will be meeting, greeting, and playing. It's an amazing event and we always come away from it with loads of DVDs to sort through. Many of the programs and videos that you see here on Link TV were discovered at this wonderful conference. This year there will be performances from some of our favorite bands, like Väsen, and artists like Magnifico and Salamat Sadikova. WOMEX is a forecaster of who is going to be hot in the world music biz for years to come, so stay tuned - let's see who really knocks my socks off this time around. Then I'm off to Torres Vedras, in Portugal, for an International Accordion Festival. I can't wait for that one-- there'll be lots of tango, fandango, Gypsy soul, and plenty of unexpected delights as well. I'll report all of that to you, too!