The Nest Collective take root on the Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden for a series of summertime gigs during Festival of Love.
Providing a summer soundtrack to the London skyline - Folk with Altitude returns for a 4th year under the banner ‘New Folk, Old Folk & No Folk' - Bring brollies, pillows and an eager ear!
28th July : Chouk Bwa Libète & The Hanoi Masters
Chouk Bwa Libète continue the tradition of Haitian 'mizik rasin', or 'roots music', staying close to the essential elements of Vodou culture: rhythm and dance. Their songs are a blend of traditional songs and original compositions by Jean Claude 'Sambaton' Dorvil. The drummers are unanimously recognized as masters of their instrument in the Vodou communities of Gonaives, in Northern Haiti, and the band's vast knowledge of Vodou rhythms is on display in their debut album.
The Hanoi Masters - These musicians all have deep personal connections to the upheavals of the Vietnam War and the group's mood navigates the blurred line between raw beauty and sadness. The songs are performed by elderly Vietnamese musicians using half-forgotten traditional instruments & this special performance marks the Masters' first time ever travelling outside their home nation, 40 years after the end of the Vietnam War.
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Folk With Altitude 2016 Series
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20th July >> http://bit.ly/28Qpxbr
Maarja Nuut
Maarja Nuut is a fiddler and singer from Northern Estonia. Her music combines traditional dance tunes, songs, and stories with live electronics to create an intricate and layered sound-scape where minimalism and experimental sounds meet the village musical traditions of pre-war Europe.
Sun 31 Jul >> http://bit.ly/28PhRWD
Dom La Nena & Moira Smiley
Brazilian cellist and songwriter Dom Le Nena plays an internationally flavoured collection of indie-folk songs with wandering melodies and lightly layered vocals.
Moira Smiley is a singer and composer with a soulful repertoire of traditional American folksongs. Her recordings feature spare, vocally driven collections of altered traditional songs, performed with original polyphony and body percussion.
From the depths of Haitian raisin mizik to the electronic ones… We are pretty excited to feature “Electric Mambo“, the first single & video from Chouck Bwa’s new project released with Brussels electro duo The Ångstromers. Together they reinterpreted the Voodoo tradition enriching the already high-flavoured Afro-Caribbean rhythms with modular…
Artists: Chouk Bwa , Chouk Bwa & The Ångstromers , Chouk Bwa Libète , The Ångstromers
Rasin music is Haitian Vodou music (drums and bells forming traditional rhythms, accompanied by traditional lyrics sung in service to a Vodou spirit) shaped into commercial art. It takes on a multitude of shapes: modernist, postmodern, folklore, according to the times in which the music was produced and marketed. In…
Artists: Boukan Ginen , Chouk Bwa Libète , Erol Josue , Koudjay , Toto Bissainthe
WOMAD UK 2016 edition will also be the 10th on the grounds of Charlton Park, that’ why the organisers are already going all out to celebrate the anniversary… You just have to take a glance at the first name announced for the upcoming 34th edition of the event, which will take…
Artists: Afriquoi , Aziza Brahim , Baaba Maal , Baloji , Dom La Nena , George Clinton , Hot 8 Brass Band , Ibrahim Maalouf , Moh! Kouyaté , Sidestepper
‘La Nena’ (little girl) is the nickname that she has carried around the world since adolescence. However, even though she still has a girlish air, Dominique ‘Dom’ Pinto moves around the music scene like a seasoned actress. Her experience is enviable, and she could easily be described as a ‘musician…
Artists: Dom La Nena
Cross-cultural collaborations are a big thing at WOMAD, and 2015 was no exception. Today we talked to a most unusual pairing of desert blues fused with the folk traditions of the chilly Baltic. Etran Finatawa guitarist, percussionist and vocalist Alhousseini Anivolla from Niger teamed up with fiddler and singer Maarja…
Artists: Alhousseini Anivolla , Maarja Nuut
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