Bixiga is a neighbourhood in the centre of São Paulo, but the name has come to mean far more than...
Interviews
Cross-cultural collaborations are a big thing at WOMAD, and 2015 was no exception. Today we talked to a most unusual...
It’s raining, but we don’t care! The first full day of WOMAD got into full swing this Friday with the...
Saharan blues never sounded so rocky! This Toulouse-based group plays with spirit and energy, and for a trio their sound...
WOMAD and Bristol have developed a tight-knit relationship. The festival has always hosted many bands from this southwestern city on...
Violons Barbares, as their name suggests, are indeed a wild trio. To say these guys are virtuosic would be an...
At the age of sixty-six, Kassé Mady Diabaté is one of the living greats of Malian music. His nickname Kassé derives from the...
Like most minorites, Garifuna people hardly ever make the news. The Garifuna people are six-hundred thousand souls who inhabit a...
From South Sudan, the world’s newest country, came Acholi Machon – and what a remarkable story they had to tell!...
Rhythm Passport was delighted to be offered an interview with Mauritanian singer and ardin player Noura Mint Seymali after her set –...
If contemporary Brazil had a voice, it would be Criolo’s. The São Paulo MC/songwriter brought not just the sound of...
A beam of hot, North African sun was brought to the a rainy WOMAD festival site this afternoon. Thirty year-old...