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B'Net Houariyat more »
From Morocco
The hypnotic music of the plains and mountains of Morocco has been a key part of previous WOMAD festivals at Rivermead. Performances by the Master Mus&hellip » read more
Baaba Maal more »
From Senegal
Future-embracing icon of West African music "The musician's role is to give advice, to warn people and to make them aware of what they might not have &hellip » read more
Babylon Circus more »
From France
Rebel music from the self-proclaimed "French gypsy dancehall punksters" "What we found there wasn't what we'd been told by the press. It wasn't as vi&hellip » read more
Ba Cissoko more »
From Guinea
Devoutly contemporary kora-led four-piece The players of the kora, the West African 21-stringed harp, have the weight of heritage and tradition bearin&hellip » read more
Badejo Arts more »
From Nigeria
Biography 2001: Formed in London in 1990, Badejo Arts have made their name with a blend of traditional Nigerian and British contemporary dance. Early&hellip » read more
Badeli more »
From India
Situé au nord ouest de l'Inde, à la frontière du Pakistan, le Rajasthan fut durant de nombreux siècles une terre de mécénat du fait de la puissance et&hellip » read more
Badenya les Frères Coulibaly more »
From Burkina Faso
Biography supplied by artist management, May 2003: Badenya les Frères Coulibaly Family of Griots from Burkina Faso (8 artists) "They Inherited the&hellip » read more
Badmarsh & Shri featuring UK Apache more »
From United Kingdom
This UK duo explores musical migration that spans Bombay and East End with their brooding sound of funk, drum n bass, hip-hop and Indian Classical mus&hellip » read more
Bajah & the Dry Eye Crew more »
From Sierra Leone
West African rappers tell it like it is It was inevitable. Bearing in mind the strength of oral traditions in West Africa, where hereditary griots pas&hellip » read more
Baka Beyond more »
From Cameroon, France, Ghana, Sierra Leone, United Kingdom
Cradled in the heart of the African rainforest lives one of the oldest and most sensitive musical cultures on earth. The music of the Baka pygmies is &hellip » read more
Bako Dagnon more »
From Mali
No musical culture from Africa has had more international exposure and acclaim than that of the griots of Manden, the old heartland of the great Mali &hellip » read more
Balkan Beat Box more »
From Israel, United States
If, on a planet still too readily scarred by intolerance and bloody conflict, you require some reassurance about music's ability to ignore borders and&hellip » read more
Balkatalan Experiencie more »
From Spain
Balkatalan Experience artistic concept is a two-way journey between Cataluña and the Balcans, where they are looking for (and finding) the rhythmic li&hellip » read more
Ballaké Sissoko more »
From Mali
Ballaké Sissoko is a master of the kora, a harp with twenty-one strings and a crystalline, cascading sound. After performing with the renowned Ensembl&hellip » read more
Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal more »
Kora and cello duet - both featherlight and heavyweight If Toumani Diabate had chosen on a different path in life, Ballake Sissoko would be the planet&hellip » read more
Ballet Folklorico Cutumba more »
From Cuba
Biography 2001 With Danza Libre also appearing this weekend, WOMAD audiences have a great chance to catch up with strong and vibrant tradition of Cuba&hellip » read more
Balloonatic more »
From United Kingdom
Undisputedly the UK's most extravagant balloon artists! Charming and mischievous, Balloonatic create mind-boggling models. Their incredible feats of l&hellip » read more
Baloji more »
From Belgium, Congo Dem. Rep.
Baloji, the sorcerer of words returns Baloji, whose name means "sorcerer" in Swahili, was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1978. At the a&hellip » read more
Banco de Gaia more »
From United Kingdom
For the past three years, Banco de Gaia's set has been a highlight of the club nights at Rivermead. Not this time. For his 1997 show, Toby Marks moves&hellip » read more
Banda Afro Reggae more »
From Brazil
A new young band from Brazil, whose music and dance include influences from olodum, rap, breakdance and capoeira. Many of the band's 17 members come &hellip » read more
Band of Brothers more »
From Australia
Two sets of virtuoso siblings - Slava and Leonard Grigoryan on guitars, with Joseph Tawadros on oud and his brother James on req - are a musical union&hellip » read more
Bandulu more »
From United Kingdom
London-based three-piece who recently released their first EP for a major label, 'Running Time' on blanco y negro. Jamie Bissmire and Lucian Thompson,&hellip » read more
Bangarra Dance Theatre more »
From Australia
Embracing both mainland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, Bangarra?s work draws boldly from the essence and spirituality of Australian i&hellip » read more
Barbara Luna more »
From Argentina
With a passionate, intense and yet melodic voice, Barbara Luna crafts beautiful songs that draw deeply from her childhood in rural northern Argentina.&hellip » read more
Barking Spider Visual Theatre more »
From Australia
Are you more of a Tim Tam than a Barbecue Shape? Melbourne-based visual theatre company Barking Spider presents Bert and Betty Bircher, who read and r&hellip » read more
Barrunto Bellota Band more »
From Spain
Far-travelling violin and accordion duo The intersection of a band's influences is largely where their sound can be located. You get a rough idea of &hellip » read more
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba more »
From Mali
Mali's triumphant album-of-the-year heroes Despite having spent many years as a sideman to some of West Africa's greatest musicians from Ali Farka T&hellip » read more
Batucada Sound Machine more »
From Brazil, New Zealand
Batucada Sound Machine (BSM) began in 2003 when five drummers met, once a month, in a dimly lit nightclub in Auckland, New Zealand, to experiment fusi&hellip » read more
Baul Bishwa more »
From India
2001 Biography A tradition of music and spirituality seven generations deep, the Bauls are a nomadic people from Bengal in northern India. "Baul" mean&hellip » read more
BBC Concert Orchestra more »
From United Kingdom
Classical concertos from East and West - an exciting collaboration which breaks new ground for the WOMAD festival. The Orchestra will be appearing wi&hellip » read more
Beat Bristol more »
From Brazil, United Kingdom
At last year's festival, despite half a foot of mud and thunderstorms, Beat Bristol put on a night to remember with their soulful beats and heavy bass&hellip » read more
Bebel Gilberto more »
From Brazil
2001 Biography The children of famous parents are often famously screwed up but in the case of Bebel Gilberto, nothing could be further from the truth&hellip » read more
Bedlam Oz more »
From Australia
Bedlam Oz creates whirling and writhing in vast squirming 'slinkies'. A compelling atmospheric performance that is both childishly delightful and pow&hellip » read more
Bedouin Jerry Can Band more »
From Egypt
The desert blues - Sinai, not Sahara Coming up over the dunes is the Bedouin Jerry Can Band, a multi-membered collective of musicians, poets, storyte&hellip » read more
Beeja Dance more »
From India
Join the highly acclaimed Beeja Dance company for an inspiring lesson in classical baratnathayam Indian dance. &hellip » read more
Beirut more »
From United States
Beirut is the brainchild of Santa Fe, New Mexico?s Zach Condon, a very young musician with an astonishing career so far. At age 16 while travelling in&hellip » read more
Bella Hardy more »
From United Kingdom
To that never-ending list of young folk songstresses to emerge over the last couple of years, add the name of Bella Hardy, a devilishly talented fiddl&hellip » read more
Bellowhead more »
From United Kingdom
English folk's dirty dozen They might be 12-strong proof that there's more to folk music than sole-trading balladeers, but Bellowhead have nonetheles&hellip » read more
Bembeya Jazz more »
From Guinea
Biography by Andy Morgan, June 2003: Bembeya Jazz is one of those bands that have gradually metamorphosed into a cultural institution, like an Africa&hellip » read more
Ben Baddoo more »
From Ghana
Ben Baddoo is a master percussionist and drum maker who has travelled extensively throughout his native Ghana, exploring the indigenous musical tradit&hellip » read more
Benjamín Escoriza more »
From Spain
Everything in life comes to an end and eventually Radio Tarifa succumbed to its own gale-force winds, in spite of their great success. That was the&hellip » read more
Ben Marwood more »
From United Kingdom
Ben Marwood started out life as a human being in 1981. After living and breathing (which he picked up fairly quickly) for 21 years and darting in and &hellip » read more
Ben Taylor more »
From United States
If you've got one successful parent, the weight of expectation - if you choose to follow their career's footsteps - is not exactly unweighty. Imagine,&hellip » read more
Bernard Kabanda Ssalongo more »
From Uganda
A street performer since the age of 15, Bernard Kabanda is king of the "kadongo kamu? a style which first flourished in Uganda during Idi Amin's rule &hellip » read more
Besh o droM more »
From Hungary
Fiery and fleet-footed wedding music from Budapest If your notion of a wedding band involves The Birdy Song and bass players wearing mullets with no s&hellip » read more
Bettye Lavette more »
From United States
In the words of venerable R&B Historian, Dave Godin, "Betty LaVette, with her remarkable vocal range, and stamina, is one of soul music's finest and m&hellip » read more
Bi-Polar more »
From United Kingdom
2000 Biography by Andy Morgan: Like many innovators and detonators, Bi-Polar have had difficulty finding a name for their outernational concoction of &hellip » read more
Bibi Tanga and The Selenites more »
From Central African Rep., France
Rulebook-ignoring esoterica from Africa via Paris When the music of Bibi Tanga wafts in your general direction, it's quite easy to visualise his reco&hellip » read more
Bidgie Reef & The Gas more »
From United Kingdom
Classically trained pianist and pub landlord Peter Brooke met ex-actor and music fanatic Roger Winslet at Roger?s daughter?s wedding and soon cemented&hellip » read more
Bigott more »
From Spain
Behind such a funny name as Bigott, lies the less misterious project of Borja Laudo, a musician from Zaragoza, who has grown a generous moustache and &hellip » read more
Bill Cobham more »
From United States
It was in Panama that this most fluid of drummers was first bewitched by the sound of percussion. Born in the Central American country of Panama, his&hellip » read more
Billy Bragg more »
From United Kingdom
Sharp social commentary, political activity and bittersweet love songs from Britain?s finest rock poet and founder of Red Wedge.&hellip » read more
Billy Cobham & Asere more »
From Cuba, United States
Cracking Cuban-American collaboration. Don't tell George Bush What was a semi-casual introduction at this very festival has led, six years later, to &hellip » read more
Billy TK and the One World Peace Band more »
From New Zealand
Billy T K has been making music for 40 years yet remains an intense and exciting guitarist, melding blues-rock with flowing Pacific rhythms. He came &hellip » read more
Bim Sherman more »
From Jamaica
Bim Sherman has been out on reggae's left field for 20 years. This year, WOMAD festival-goers will have a chance to compare and contrast his mystical,&hellip » read more
Biram Seck more »
From Senegal, United Kingdom
The sounds of Bristol and Dakar fused by the powerful vocals of Biram Seck. Singer/songwriter Biram Seck's first WOMAD appearance was at Reading in 2&hellip » read more
Biram Seckx more »
From Senegal, United Kingdom
The sounds of Bristol and Dakar fused by the powerful vocals of Biram Seck. Singer/songwriter Biram Seck's first WOMAD appearance was at Reading in 2&hellip » read more
Black Grace Dance Company more »
From New Zealand
Black Grace Dance Company is an all-male troupe highly regarded for its contemporary take on Pacific Island and Maori dance tradition. Black Grace was&hellip » read more
Black Jesus Experience more »
From Australia, Central African Rep., New Zealand
This exciting, emerging nine-piece ensemble fuses traditional Ethiopian song with jazz, funk and hip-hop, thanks to a membership that spans across Afr&hellip » read more
Blekbala Mujik more »
From Australia
A UK premiere for a band who bring traditional Australian Aborigine song into the twentieth century by fusing it with Western rock. The songs are sun&hellip » read more
Blitz The Ambassador more »
From Ghana, United States
Socially conscious hip-hop from Accra via Brooklyn "If you grow up in a so-called 'third world' country, everything is political around you. I don't &hellip » read more
Blk Jks more »
From South Africa
BLK JKS defy description. With a wrecking crew rhythm section, debonair vocals, and guitar concoction of one part shred and two parts soul, BLK JKS sh&hellip » read more
Blk Sonshine more »
From South Africa
2001: Masauko Chipembere and Neo Muyanga are collectively Blk Sonshine one of the most exciting and talked about new groups to emerge in the last dec&hellip » read more
Bloco Electro more »
From United Kingdom
Bloco Electro is a 5 piece percussion group that explores the ground where tradition and technology collide. They make exciting music that combines th&hellip » read more
Bloque more »
From Colombia, United States
Bloque are an eight-piece Colombian band who bring together styles and sounds that are seemingly incompatible but which together fuse into a hard-edge&hellip » read more
Blue Aeroplanes more »
From United Kingdom
Enduring and ever-evolving band from Bristol, Blue Aeroplanes combine words and music, edge and attitude, brains and punk, dance... and more words!&hellip » read more
Blue King Brown more »
From Australia
Blue King Brown is a band for your hips, heart and head. The Australian collective melds a deeply percussive sense of rhythm with sweet melodicism and&hellip » read more
Bob Brozman more »
From United States
?The playing is dazzling, the dexterity and complexity is without parallel in this genre?every piece is packed with a compelling, humorous quality?.it&hellip » read more
Bobby Friction more »
From United Kingdom
Three time Sony Gold award winning Bobby Friction joined the BBC Asian Network in 2005. His British Asian Urban compilation ?Friction? (On Sony India)&hellip » read more
Bobby Friction and Nihal more »
From United Kingdom
Bobby Friction and Nihal are seriously busy chaps. If the pair were just known for their trailblazing Radio 1 show, that?d be reason enough to trumpet&hellip » read more
Bomba Estéreo more »
From Colombia
Where cumbia meets electronic - and travels even further Some things are meant to go together. Cheese and chutney, for example, or gin and Vermouth. A&hellip » read more
Bomba with Derub more »
Wannabe ethnomusicologists beware! This lot might be something of a cultural mish-mash (they?re reggae-loving Aussies who?ve been known to work the ot&hellip » read more
Bombay Picture Palace more »
From India
New Bollywood films have traditionally been promoted with vast oil paintings on canvas, hung on the facades of cinemas as giant hoardings. This iconic&hellip » read more
Bombino more »
From Niger Republic
Prince of the desert blues For a young man born into a nomadic goat-herding family on the outer reaches of the Sahara Desert, Omara Moctar has kept p&hellip » read more
Bonga more »
From Angola
Biography by Andy Morgan, June 2002: During more than 450 years of colonialism, the Portuguese managed to export melancholy to the four corners of th&hellip » read more
Bonobo more »
From United Kingdom
There's something going on in Brighton at the moment, with wave after wave of musical innovation seems to be pounding its pebbled shoreline. The Go! T&hellip » read more
Booker T Jones more »
From United States
Soul music legend in the house Most musicians would give their hind teeth - and the odd limb - to write one single out-and-out classic tune in their e&hellip » read more
Bossacucanova more »
From Brazil
UMA BATIDA DIFERENTE ("A Different Beat") is Bossacucanova's third and most accomplished album for the Ziriguiboom/Crammed Discs label to date. In th&hellip » read more
Boubacar Traoré more »
From Sicily
2001 Biography: Boubacar Traoré was born in Kayes, in 1942, in the Bambara region of Mali. His nickname, Kar Kar was given to him when he was the loc&hellip » read more
Box Kleva & the Ruff Physics Crew more »
From United Kingdom
Biography provided by artist management, July 2002: Urban Showcase at the One World Tent Incredible human beat box and vocal percussionist Box Kleva&hellip » read more
Boy George more »
From United Kingdom
I delivered a mix that sounded like a drag queen falling down the stairs in a pair of Vivienne Westwood platforms! Fortunately for WOMAD, Boy George, &hellip » read more
Brassroots more »
From Greece, United Kingdom, United States
The covers band it's ok to love In the days of yore when punk's young guns stormed the battlements of the music establishment (ask your parents), they&hellip » read more
Bratsch more »
From France
FRANÇOIS CASTIELLO, when, as a young boy, faced with the difficult choice between becoming a bricklayer like his father, or earning his living as a mu&hellip » read more
Brave Old World more »
From United States
Klezmer is traditional wedding dance music rooted in Eastern European Judaism. Featuring skirling, gypsy-like clarinet, this most beguiling of musical&hellip » read more
Bravura & Jackie Clarke more »
From New Zealand
A display of daring and skill in the artistic execution of original Jonathan Besser compositions, Bravura play a crossover of tango, klezmer (traditio&hellip » read more
Brazza more »
From Australia
Brazza is a dynamic 13-piece Latin ensemble whose repertoire covers Salsa, Latin, Jazz and other Latin rhythms. Adelaide based Brazza features the be&hellip » read more
Brendan Power more »
From Ireland (Irish Republic), New Zealand
UK -based New Zealander Brendan Power is acknowledged by many as one of the most creative, skilled & versatile harmonica players around today. Equally&hellip » read more
Bruce Cockburn more »
From Canada
Bruce Douglas Cockburn is a Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. His most recent album was released in March 2011, and he has written s&hellip » read more
Buckwheat Zydeco more »
From United States
Rocking, stomping, good time Creole party music, is what Buckwheats all about. Old-time zydeco was sung in Creole French, and relied only on the accor&hellip » read more
Buika more »
From Spain
Buika subirá al escenario de WOMADRID para presentar su primer trabajo, de título homónimo, con la mejor tarjeta de presentación, su calidad y una pre&hellip » read more
Bukky Leo more »
From Nigeria
While growing up in Lagos Nigeria, Bukky was spotted practising his first saxophone by the original Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen. He was immediately us&hellip » read more
Bukky Leo & Black Egypt more »
From Nigeria
I don?t know. You wait around for a top-drawer Afrobeat combo to grace the Rivermead stages and then, unlike those much-missed Routemaster buses (RIP)&hellip » read more
Burning Spear more »
From Jamaica
For a country with a population of just over 2 million, Jamaica has produced an extraordinary amount of talent. And, through the rhythms of reggae, it&hellip » read more
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