The sun came out – and so did the WOMAD crowd, to enjoy some truly spectacular and brilliant performances from musicians from Honduras to Tibet! Our top favourites of the day, only a fraction of what was on offer began in the Siam tent, which sprang into action with some...
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A beam of hot, North African sun was brought to the a rainy WOMAD festival site this afternoon. Thirty year-old Algerian singer and guitarist Nazim Ziryab took to the BBC Radio 3 Charlie Gillett stage with his band of international musicians, giving an energetic performance that warmed up the damp...
Sadly it’s the last day of Womad today. But there is lots of good acts on. Here are our Recommendations for the day: Noura Mint 13.00-14.00 OPEN AIR STAGE http://womad.co.uk/lineup/noura-mint-seymali Kocani Orchestra 14.00-15.00 SIAM http://womad.co.uk/lineup/ko%C4%8Dani-orkestar Dona Onete 15.00-16.00 OPEN AIR STAGE http://womad.co.uk/lineup/dona-onete Ghostpoet 16.00-17.00 SIAM http://womad.co.uk/lineup/ghostpoet Violons Barbares 16.00-17.00 RADIO 3...
Rain, rain everywhere and mud, mud too! But one of the great things about WOMAD is that you don’t always need the brightest and sunniest weather to enjoy the gigs on Charlton Park’s stages. With rain, musicians are even more willing to involve you in their show, to amaze and...
They have spent the last fifty years playing and singing from the soul of South Africa and its people, but they still the energy to jump on stage and dance like if they were young girls. During their fifty years of performing the Mahotella Queens have become one of the...
Another good lineup today, here are our picks of the day: Cheikh Lo -13.00-14.00 OPEN AIR STAGE http://womad.co.uk/lineup/cheikh-l%C3%B4 Hands-on with Fin & the Moog Sound Lab – 14:00-15:00 Bowers & Wilkins Sound System Criolo – 15.00-16.00 OPEN AIR STAGE http://womad.co.uk/lineup/criolo Mbongwana – Star 18.00-19.00 SIAM http://womad.co.uk/lineup/mbongwana-star Ezza – 18.00-19.00 RADIO 3 CHARLIE GILLETT STAGE...
Lots of Interesting acts today, here is our not so short list: Sona Jobarteh 13.00-14.00 – ECOTRICITY STAGE http://womad.co.uk/lineup/sona-jobarteh Mahotella Queens 13.00-14.00 – ECOTRICITY STAGE http://womad.co.uk/lineup/mahotella-queens Toto La Momposina 15.00-16.00 – OPEN AIR STAGE http://womad.co.uk/lineup/tot%C3%B3-la-momposina Nazim Ziryab 16.00-17.00 – RADIO 3 CHARLIE GILLETT STAGE http://womad.co.uk/lineup/nazim-ziryab Pascuala Ilabaca 17.00-18.00 – ECOTRICITY STAGE...
The last few years have seen remarkable line-ups at WOMAD Charlton Park. Featuring at some point nearly all the greatest and leading exponents of African and Asian music at the festival this year’s line-up shows the care and wealth of love for the music that is reflected in the programming....
“We left Sierra Leone on the 1st of April of 2014 with the expectation of doing a six month world tour, then return to our country, but before we ended our tour there was the news about ebola killing people. So as international icons we felt that it wouldn’t be...
For the thirty-third year in a row WOMAD will let the world play. From the 23rd to the 26th of July Charlton Park in Wiltshire will entertain hundreds of thousands of world music fans, charming and inspiring their senses. …And so the musical atlas of WOMAD 2015 begins to take...
