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Womad: Not Just the Music
Friday, 17 December 2010, 4:20 pm | Womad
With three days of music and celebration at its core, transcending and splicing cultures, WOMAD is also: Starlit film screenings Colourful cooking demonstrations Workshops Artists in conversation Sustainabile Village Te Paepae Exotic food ... More >>
WOMAD NZ: Committed To Environmental Sustainability Success
Friday, 17 December 2010, 4:17 pm | Womad
WOMAD is committed to ensuring that it isn’t just a spectacular celebration of international culture, sound and sight, but also an example of environmental sustainability success. WOMAD NZ actively encourages and assists all involved with the festivals, ... More >>
Womad New Zealand 2011: Artist Biographies
Friday, 17 December 2010, 4:14 pm | Womad
Afro Celt Sound System (AFRICA/UK) "It will be great to return to Australia and New Zealand with Afro Celt Sound System. What always strikes me about the Australian and New Zealand WOMADs is the great sense of openness and fun that both countries ... More >>
Background to WOMAD New Zealand 2011
Friday, 17 December 2010, 4:08 pm | Womad
About WOMAD: WOMAD – World of Music, Arts and Dance – the name expresses the central aim of the festival; to bring together and celebrate many forms of music, arts and dance drawn from countries and cultures all over the world. More >>
WOMAD New Zealand in pictures
Friday, 17 December 2010, 4:04 pm | Womad
Where will you be 18-20 March 2011? Try Womad New Zealand/Aotearoa - TSB Bowl of Brooklands, New Plymouth More >>
Music From Six Continents At WOMAD
Thursday, 28 October 2010, 10:53 am | Womad
A world music super group, an acclaimed duo from Africa, giant puppets from France, a Calypso queen, Sudanese voodoo and the leading voice in Brazilian soul music are among the stunning line-up of artists heading to New Zealand from every corner of ... More >>
Womad New Zealand Early Bird Tickets On Sale
Wednesday, 13 October 2010, 10:08 am | Womad
Early bird tickets for WOMAD New Zealand 2011 go on sale this week and the limited number of discounted tickets is expected to sell out quickly. More >>
Taranaki: New Partnerships Secure WOMAD
Wednesday, 6 October 2010, 12:18 pm | Womad
WOMAD Ltd and TAFT are delighted to announce that WOMAD New Zealand, based in New Plymouth, has agreed a three-way event partnership base which secures funding for the future of the festival. More >>
Special Concert at WOMAD
Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 1:20 pm | Womad
Collaborating at a distance has been a new experience for leading New Zealand chamber music ensemble NZTrio. More >>
Musical Journey Around The World
Wednesday, 10 February 2010, 1:48 pm | Womad
Can’t wait for WOMAD – experience the sounds of WOMAD New Zealand 2010 on the newly released compilation CD, WOMAD NZ 2010: Sounds of the Planet. More >>
Chinese Multi-Media Artist at Womad
Tuesday, 12 January 2010, 10:38 am | Womad
Chinese multi-media artist Mu Yu Ming is coming to WOMAD New Zealand 2010 as a highlight of the event’s visual arts programme. Mu Yu Ming hails from New Plymouth’s sister city in China, Kunming, and will be at WOMAD as part of a four-month New Zealand ... More >>
Music From Around The Globe For Womad NZ 2010
Wednesday, 28 October 2009, 8:48 pm | Womad
An African music legend, funky French punksters, an original member of the Buena Vista Social Club, eight horn-playing brothers and “the voice of the Sahara” are among the stellar line-up of artists heading to New Zealand for WOMAD New Zealand ... More >>
The Line-Up’s Getting Better All The Time
Monday, 8 December 2008, 12:11 pm | Womad
Hot on the heels of last week’s announcement that Malian Rokia Traore will join the WOMAD 2009 bill, comes the confirmation of Kiwi audience favourites Anika Moa & band, The Sami Sisters and Andrew White to the line-up. More >>
WOMAD Adds Rokia Traore To Lineup,
Thursday, 27 November 2008, 2:34 pm | Womad
Argentinian diva Mercedes Sosa, who was announced as part of the WOMAD NZ 2009 line-up on 29 October, has unfortunately had to withdraw from her Australia-New Zealand tour due to conflicting recording commitments. More >>
WOMAD Feature Artist U Shrinivas
Thursday, 20 November 2008, 4:07 pm | Womad
The virtuosity of Shrinivas on electric mandolin gives this unlikely instrument respectability and credence in high classical music. As a child prodigy, Shrinivas combined the highly complex Carnatic music of southern India with his own style of modified Western ... More >>
WOMAD 2009 Feature Artist Speed Caravan
Thursday, 20 November 2008, 4:03 pm | Womad
If you've never regarded the oud - that fretless lute at the core of so much traditional Arabic music - as a rock 'n' roll instrument, then you've clearly never heard Speed Caravan or the joyous playing of Mehdi Haddab. More >>
WOMAD 2009 Featured Artist: Seun Kuti and Egypt 80
Thursday, 20 November 2008, 3:56 pm | Womad
Seun Kuti inherited his father Fela’s charisma, energy and booming voice along with his orchestra - Egypt 80. But Seun’s orchestra isn’t a clone of his fathers, even if we do see as much frenetic movement on stage and even if two thirds of the ... More >>
WOMAD 2009 Feature Artist Ska Cubano
Thursday, 20 November 2008, 3:50 pm | Womad
Born from the imagination of music-loving investment banker Peter Scott and South London ska singer Natty Bo – the flamboyant face of raucous UK ska band Top Cats – Ska Cubano is the product of forging a fanciful union of Jamaican ska with Cuban ... More >>
WOMAD 2009 Featured Artist Shona Laing
Thursday, 20 November 2008, 3:37 pm | Womad
Highly distinctive in sound, attention grabbing lyrically, Shona’s work endures and makes listeners stop and think. Since her first breakthrough composition ‘1905’ shot her to national fame as a teenager in 1972 Shona has been writing songs that ... More >>
WOMAD 2009 Featured Artist: Sa Dingding (China)
Wednesday, 19 November 2008, 3:11 pm | Womad
Sa Dinding’s concert performances are dazzling affairs with Kung Fu style dancers, stunning costumes and in the midst of it all songs borne of Chinese folk music combined with Western electronica. More >>
