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Jamie Catto more »
From United Kingdom
1 Giant Leap man in singer-songwriter mode If you had managed to fulfil just one of the several achievements of Jamie Catto, you'd have plenty to be &hellip » read more
Son Colombia more »
From Colombia
Straight from the Caribbean coast of northern Colombia, this is the first visit to the UK by Son Colombia. The band plays salsa and merengue with a d&hellip » read more
The Gadflys more »
From Australia
A welcome reunion for the eclectic acoustic quartet that boldly put the clarinet in country, the fiddle in pop, the double bass in rock. Led by the v&hellip » read more
Toumani Diabaté & Symmetric Orchestra more »
From Mali
"TOUMANI DIABATE is the holder of the torch for one of the world's most breathtakingly beautiful art forms. This is a music that has been nurtured and&hellip » read more
Nick Krieg more »
From Australia
Hailing from Port Lincoln in regional SA, the multi-instrumentalist Krieg crafts blues-flavoured, left-of-centre songs of longing, damnation, redempti&hellip » read more
Carnival Arts more »
From Spain, United Kingdom
Carnival Arts han estado creando trajes de carnaval y actuando durante un buen número de años para WOMAD y para carnavales en el Reino Unido. Para los&hellip » read more
The Waifs more »
From Australia
In 1985, dad taught me how to play guitar. I was 15 years old. He's a classic campfire style guitarist who can play any song with 4 chords. He's also &hellip » read more
Barrule more »
From Isle of Man
Revealing the Manx musical riches Celtic music is usually shorthand for either Irish or Scottish traditional music. It's so much more than that thoug&hellip » read more
Telek more »
From Papua New Guinea
George Mamua Telek, or TELEK as he is known to his legion of fans in Papua New Guinea, has been at the forefront of the burgeoning Papua New Guinea mu&hellip » read more
Mory Kanté more »
Mory Kanté inherited the griot tradition from the jalis of Mande. At its height during the reign of Sundiata Keita in the thirteenth century, the Afri&hellip » read more
Patrick Bebey more »
From Cameroon
Patrick Bebey is a musician, singer and composer. He plays the piano, the sanza (thumb piano), percussion and the Pygmy flute. His vocal techniques dr&hellip » read more
Lior more »
From Australia
In early 2005, Lior released his critically acclaimed debut album Autumn Flow. The album went Gold, making it one of the most successful independent d&hellip » read more
Rae and Christian more »
From United Kingdom
The current success of Mark Rae and Steve Christian mirrors that of Grand Central Records, the critically lauded Manchester-based record label, which &hellip » read more
Totó La Momposina y sus Tambores more »
From Colombia
Some artists are totem figures for WOMAD, constant presences who?ve been with us right from those days when the organisation was taking its first teet&hellip » read more
Ben Taylor more »
From United States
If you've got one successful parent, the weight of expectation - if you choose to follow their career's footsteps - is not exactly unweighty. Imagine,&hellip » read more
Hakim more »
From Egypt
Hakim is the king of Jeel, the offshoot of Egyptian Sha'bi street-pop. Influenced from an early age by the great Ahmed Adaweyah, Hakim has a forward-l&hellip » read more
Mohammad Reza Mortazavi more »
From Iran
One-man percussion whirlwind It's not uncommon, at a solo performance by Mohammad Reza Mortazavi, for audience members to try to see beyond the trick&hellip » read more
Clave y Guaguancó more »
From Cuba
Biography by Andy Morgan, June 2003: Rumba is the spiritual and ancestral core of most Afro-Cuban music. It?s a vocal and percussive genre that pres&hellip » read more
Talilema more »
From Madagascar
Talilema is the result of the meeting between two musical icons from Madagascar, Kilema and Talike. Both of them bringing a long and succesful music c&hellip » read more
News Updates
- WOMAD Workshops In Ireland
Updated : 17-Jun-2013 - WANTED: Artists To Lead Children's Workshop
Updated : 15-Feb-2013 - The WOMAD Foundation heads to Malta.
Updated : 11-Feb-2013 - Last chance to trade at WOMAD
Updated : 01-Feb-2013 - FREE WOMAD FESTIVAL RETURNS TO SPAIN FOR 22ND YEAR
Updated : 31-Jan-2013
Performance Updates
- Mokoomba (Zimbabwe)
- World Routes Academy - Nefes/Fidan Hajiyeva/Dogan Mehmet & Boombox Karavan (Turkey/Azerbaijan/Cypru with
- The Dhol Foundation (United Kingdom)
- Diabel Cissokho (Senegal)
- Katy Carr & The Aviators (United Kingdom)
- the Barons of Tang (Australia)
- Sarah Savoy & The Francadians (France, United States)
- Desmali & D'Ambô de la Costa (Equatorial Guinea)
- Lévon Minassian (Armenia)
- Huun-Huur-Tu (Russia, Tuva)