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Bombay Picture Palace more »
From India
New Bollywood films have traditionally been promoted with vast oil paintings on canvas, hung on the facades of cinemas as giant hoardings. This iconic&hellip » read more
Darbar Morchang Party more »
From India
Transcendental sounds for (nearly) the midnight hour The ethnomusicologically minded have a perfect opportunity this weekend to compare and contrast &hellip » read more
Channi Singh Bhangra Band more »
From India
It is not an unusual experience that we, at one time or the other are totally enchanted by music and stay astounded for a considerable length of time.&hellip » read more
Raghu Dixit more »
From India
Transcendental, folk-rocking singer-songwriter Microbiologists don't tend to make pop stars. Raghu Dixit has bucked that trend. A huge star back home&hellip » read more
Ravi Shankar more »
From India
Ravi Shankar, the legendary sitarist and composer is India's most esteemed musical Ambassador and a singular phenomenon in the classical music worlds &hellip » read more
Djan Djan more »
The kora of Mali's Mamadou Diabate, tabla of Mumbai's Bobby Singh and searing acoustic blues guitar of Australia's Jeff Lang first came together for a&hellip » read more
Kathakali Dance Ensemble more »
From India
From the Kerala Kalamandalam, the ensemble will present excerpts from the epic Indian poem The Mahabharata, as a dramatic dance-drama with dancers, ac&hellip » read more
Soumik Datta more »
From India, United Kingdom
The smartest sarod player on the block Not too many of this weekend's artists can claim to have collaborated with a certain Beyonce Knowles. Nor to ha&hellip » read more
Rajendra Prasanna more »
From India
Only one Indian musician excels in playing both the flute and shehnai, an ancient oboe-like instrument - Pandit Rajendra Prasanna. His delicate, song&hellip » read more
The Manganiyar Seduction by Roysten Abel more »
From India
An audio-visual feast bar none How many times have you seen a band that satisfies the ears but does nothing for the eyes, that's seemingly unconcerne&hellip » read more
Dhols of Jaipur more »
From India
Doldrums-defeating dhol drums Right from the off in 1982, when the Drummers of Burundi shared a stage with Echo & The Bunnymen, WOMAD has had a very s&hellip » read more
The Gotipuas, young dancers and acrobats from Orissa more »
From India
Child performers recreate sacred rituals Scroll back through the ever-thickening mist of time, almost three whole decades back in fact, and a certain&hellip » read more
Hari Sivanesan more »
Soulful custodian of the sitar-like veena Not too many of this weekend's performers can claimed to have had recordings produced by one of The Beatles&hellip » read more
Jaipur Kawa Brass Band more »
From India
Sound the brass and the drum. Hailing from a long family lineage of musicians and sharing his life between Jaipur and Paris, Hameed Khan Kawa, a tabla&hellip » read more
King Gurcharan Mall more »
From India, United Kingdom
High-energy bhangra dance from the Punjab. &hellip » read more
Sudha Ragunathan more »
From India
Ragunathan is one of the most highly regarded singer in the South Indian devotional Carnatic tradition. Adored by audiences, her pure voice and charm&hellip » read more
Debapriya & Samanwaya more »
From India
Indian classical music's young blades Despite the world's most famous proponent of the sitar, Ravi Shankar, passing away last December, the instrumen&hellip » read more
Kissmet more »
From India, United Kingdom
Bhangra-rock fusion from London Town "You've got to have guts to coalesce bhangra with Led Zeppelin guitar shredding." This quote, from the pages of &hellip » read more
Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio - 'Il Flauto Magico' more »
From Argentina, Cuba, Ecuador, Hungary, India, Italy, Senegal, Tunisia, United Kingdom
The Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio, is a band of 20 musicians and singers from Italy, Hungary, UK, Tunisia, Senegal, India, Cuba, Ecuador and Argentina.&hellip » read more
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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)