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WOMAD 2009 Featured Artist: Russ Jones (UK)
Wednesday, 19 November 2008, 3:02 pm | Womad
DJ Russ Jones has forged a new direction in mixing global beats and world/dance music with Future World Funk, embracing eclectic cultural styles from mashed-up Brazillian 2-Step, Arabic Hip Hop, Afro-house, vintage reggae and more. More >>
WOMAD 2009 Artist: Rachel Unthank & The Winterset
Wednesday, 19 November 2008, 12:19 pm | Womad
Sisters Rachel and Becky Unthank, raised in England’s North-East tradition of sea shanties, border songs and clog dancing, have emerged as new shining lights on the UK folk scene. More >>
WOMAD 2009 Artist: People In Your Neighbourhood
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 12:34 pm | Womad
People In Your Neighbourhood, a British Council led project, features a unique line up of diverse Kiwi musicians and performers, working with the best of contemporary UK talent, to create a dynamic collaboration in modern NZ music. More >>
WOMAD 2009 Featured Artist: Natacha Atlas (Egypt)
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 12:29 pm | Womad
The Anglo-Egyptian singer has spent more than a decade fusing electronic beats with North African and Arabic music, finding links between seemingly disparate musical genres, exploring new and different sonic settings. More >>
Give Your Old Clothes A New Spin At WOMAD
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 12:18 pm | Womad
This wonderful ´travelling atelier for clothes´ was founded in 2003 by ‘the Ladies’, Karin Arts and Marieke Biegman. Ever since, thousands of people in many countries have taken off their clothes for the Ladies to decorate them. More >>
WOMAD 2009 Featured Artist: Moana and the Tribe
Monday, 17 November 2008, 2:49 pm | Womad
Moana has consistently pushed the boundaries of Maori music in both her recordings and live performances, fusing taonga, puoro, haka, chants with soul, reggae and classical influences. More >>
WOMAD 2009 Featured Artist: Mikidache (Mayotte)
Monday, 17 November 2008, 2:37 pm | Womad
Mikidache Daniel hails from the island of Mayotte tucked between Madagascar and Africa. A singer-guitarist, he has established himself as one of the hottest new talents from the Indian Ocean region. More >>
WOMAD 2009 Featured Artist: Mihirangi (NZ)
Monday, 17 November 2008, 2:31 pm | Womad
Mihirangi’s past two years have been a global whirlwind which has seen her astonishing one woman show capture and mesmerize audiences around the globe. More >>
WOMAD 2009 Featured Artist: Mercedes Sosa
Friday, 14 November 2008, 1:31 pm | Womad
A titan of Latin American music, Mercedes Sosa combines traditional melodies, strident politics, tango and splashes of Anglo-American pop. More >>
WOMAD 2009 Featured Artist: Lo Cor de la Plana
Friday, 14 November 2008, 1:25 pm | Womad
Six male voices from the La Plaine quarter of Marseille combine complex harmonies with boisterous percussion, foot stomping and hand claps to revitalise songs from the ancient and disappearing Occitan culture and language. More >>
WOMAD 2009 Featured Artist: Little Bushman (NZ)
Friday, 14 November 2008, 1:20 pm | Womad
Little Bushman is lead by the inimitable Warren Maxwell formerly of Trinity Roots and Fat Freddys Drop. More >>
WOMAD 2009: Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara Trio
Thursday, 13 November 2008, 11:53 am | Womad
Justin Adams is one of today’s most creative and interesting guitarists and composers and has been referred to as the Ry Cooder of the United Kingdom. He has an unmatched knowledge of both blues and African styles. More >>
WOMAD 2009 Featured Artist: Hinemoana Baker (NZ)
Thursday, 13 November 2008, 11:47 am | Womad
Hinemoana Baker is a published poet, fiction writer and playwright. She is also a song and spoken word performer with a voice some have compared to Joan Baez and Cleo Laine. More >>
WOMAD 2009 Featured Artist: The Gyuto Monks
Thursday, 13 November 2008, 11:37 am | Womad
The chants of the Gyuto Monks shimmer above a tone so low it seems to boom from the earth itself. This otherworldly sound, based on one of the lowest fundamental pitches of any of the world’s throat-singing traditions, is a sacred offering. More >>
WOMAD 2009 Featured Artist: Gurrumul (Australia)
Tuesday, 11 November 2008, 12:00 pm | Womad
The Sydney Morning Herald recently ran said: “Listen to Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu and you will surrender to the greatest voice this continent has ever recorded.” More >>
WOMAD 2009 Featured Artist: Fat Freddy’s Drop (NZ)
Tuesday, 11 November 2008, 11:53 am | Womad
Since they dominated the New Zealand music awards in 2005 this band has been marauding the globe with its hypnotic live performance. More >>
WOMAD 2009 Featured Artist: Don Rosa And Ensemble
Tuesday, 11 November 2008, 11:48 am | Womad
Blind as a consequence of meningitis contracted at the age of four, Dona Rosa has endured great suffering and poverty, which brings a special quality to her evocative Portuguese Fado songs. More >>
WOMAD 2008 Featured Artist: DENGUE FEVER
Friday, 7 November 2008, 4:17 pm | Womad
It was the LA Times which suggested you could get an instant handle on Dengue Fever if you could imagine a band where a Cambodian beauty queen shares the stage with Rasputin, Barry White, Alan Ginsberg, Michael Hutchens and Brian Wilson. More >>
WOMAD 2009 Featured Artist: Brendan Power: Ireland
Friday, 7 November 2008, 4:01 pm | Womad
UK -based New Zealander Brendan Power is acknowledged by many as one of the most creative, skilled & versatile harmonica players around today. More >>
WOMAD 2009 Featured Artist: Bedouin Jerry Can Band
Thursday, 6 November 2008, 2:05 pm | Womad
The Bedouin Jerry Can Band is a collective of semi-nomadic musicians, poets, storytellers and coffee grinders from the Egyptian Sinai desert. More >>
