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Cachaito Lopez featuring Miguel Angá Díaz more »
From Cuba
2001 Biography Great musical dynasties are rare enough but great double bass playing musical dynasties are very rare indeed! Orlando ?Cachaito? Lopez&hellip » read more
Café of the gate of Salvation more »
From Australia
Returning to the festival after 13 years, this joyful, 32-strong a cappella choir takes its inspiration from African-American gospel and spiritual mus&hellip » read more
Caldito more »
From Spain
Natural de Badajoz y aprendiz del mundo en sus constantes viajes por la geografía española primero y por Europa después, Caldito formó parte en Suiza &hellip » read more
Calexico more »
From United States
From Tucson, Arizona, Joey Burns and John Convertino have spent 12 years exploring all manner of dusty low-fi and compelling sound noir experiments th&hellip » read more
Caliente Guitar Trio more »
From Australia
A passion for Latin music between notable Adelaide guitarists Alain Valodze, Mike Bevan and Dylan Woolcock led to their collaboration as Caliente. Foc&hellip » read more
Calo' Calo' more »
CALO? CALO? means gypsy gypsy, and is the name of the exciting new Australian group whose passion is the rhythms of gypsy flamenco music from the sout&hellip » read more
Calypso All Stars more »
From Trinidad & Tobago
Cuban son had the Buena Vista Social Club. Congolese rumba has Kekélé. Now Trinidadian calypso is the latest music rolling back the years thanks to th&hellip » read more
Calypso Rose more »
From Trinidad & Tobago
The sharp-tongued first lady of calypso In calypso - at least at carnival time - it's all about the competition, about who's got the song with sharpe&hellip » read more
Candela more »
From Spain, United Kingdom
Candela was formed back in 1999 by guitarist, guitar-maker and ethnomusicologist, Paul Aguilera. The aim was to develop a modern and forward-looking r&hellip » read more
Candi Staton more »
From United States
While she?ll forever be remembered for that anthem of the disco era, Young Hearts Run Free, history should never overlook Candi Staton?s contribution &hellip » read more
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino more »
From Italy
Steamy hot pizzica to go! Despite forming way back in 1975, it's been a heady last few months for Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, a belated salute to&hellip » read more
Capercaillie more »
From United Kingdom
Capercaillie has been credited with being the major force in bringing Celtic music to the world stage. Their unique fusion of Gaelic culture and conte&hellip » read more
Cara Dillon more »
Angelic-voiced siren offers the sweetest folk sounds If ever a person's voice suited their looks, it's Cara Dillon. Blonde, petite and elfin, the gir&hellip » read more
Cara Dillon & Sam Lakeman more »
Cara Dillon comes from a family deeply immersed in the musical traditions of their native Derry in Northern Ireland. At the tender age of 14, Cara wo&hellip » read more
Caramelo Son more »
From Cuba
Havana's hottest all-female salsa band. The group's sizzling salsa is peppered with a spicy dose of rhythms including cumbia, timba, ragga muffin and&hellip » read more
Caravan Palace more »
From France
Swing and gypsy jazz get 21st-century makeover If you've ever seen that YouTube clip of Christopher Walken dancing his way through a hotel lobby with &hellip » read more
Carlos Núñez more »
From Spain
Flamenco is not the only style of music in Spain. On the north-west Atlantic coast, in the region of Galicia, there is a vigorous Celtic tradition, an&hellip » read more
Carlos Ojeda more »
From Spain
He is a musician, composer and multimedia artist. A self-taught guitar player, he took part in various groups (Kadebe, Berre del Buyete, Dhira). His m&hellip » read more
Carlos Oramas more »
From Canary Islands
Carlos Oramas descubre su interés por la música a través del folclore. Estudia en el Conservatorio Superior de Música de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, e&hellip » read more
Carlou D more »
From Senegal
Spiritual vibes from the rapper turned troubadour A calm and stately figure among Dakar's still-thriving music scene, Carlou D once held a rather mor&hellip » read more
Carmen Jones more »
From United Kingdom
Carmen began her love affair with Arabic dance in the early 1990's. In that time she has acquired knowledge from many great teachers from far and wide&hellip » read more
Carmen Linares more »
From Spain
Un estilo personal y versátil y una voz repleta de colores y musicalidad han hecho de Carmen Linares una de las grandes referencias del cante actual, &hellip » read more
Carmen París more »
From Spain
Nacida en Tarragona pero zaragozana de adopción y espíritu, Carmen París invirtió casi cinco años de trabajo en dar forma definitiva al álbum que la d&hellip » read more
Carmen Souza more »
From Cape Verde, United Kingdom
The fact that Carmen Souza and Theo Pas ?cal complement each other musically in an ingenious way has already been shown in their successful cooperatio&hellip » read more
Carminho more »
From Portugal
Fado's star-in-waiting. With added smiles! Sure as eggs is eggs, and with all the certainty of a Cristiano Ronaldo free kick flying into the top corn&hellip » read more
Carnival Arts more »
From Spain, United Kingdom
Carnival Arts han estado creando trajes de carnaval y actuando durante un buen número de años para WOMAD y para carnavales en el Reino Unido. Para los&hellip » read more
Carolina Herrera more »
From Colombia
Carolina Herrera is a Colombian living in London, where she is currently studying in medicine (she is a fully qualified doctor in Colombia), business &hellip » read more
Carolina Moon more »
From New Zealand
Carolina Moon's 'Mother Tongue' is a journey that begins in the heartland of medieval Spain and flows through rivers of Indian time - exotic grooves a&hellip » read more
Caroline Parker more »
From United Kingdom
Using her expressive Sign language along with trained mime and dance skills Caroline has wowed audiences with her performances of well-known songs suc&hellip » read more
Casa Latina more »
From Other...
THE WOMAD CLUB THING ? Saturday 27th July By Andy Morgan, July 2002: CASA LATINA FUTURO FLAMENCO ? DJ LUBI JOVANOVIC - DJ MARTIN MORALES Nothing i&hellip » read more
Cate Blanchett & Andrew Upton more »
From Australia
Speakers Cate and Andrew have been Artistic Directors of Sydney Theatre Company (STC) since January 2008, credited with re-connecting the Company with&hellip » read more
Cecile Kayirebwa more »
From Rwanda
2001 Biography "Little bird of Buganza, be quiet. I will rub you with perfume. The time to hate you is as far as the moon. The time to love you so &hellip » read more
Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole more »
From United States
The fresh-faced future of zydeco The makers of Scrabble recently attempted to make the game more appealing to a younger generation by modifying the r&hellip » read more
Ceilidh featuring Tiger Moth more »
From United Kingdom
Get your dancing shoes on and hit the floor to infectious English beats which may well reflect African and European influences too. The caller will be&hellip » read more
Celenod more »
From New Caledonia
Traditionally, the music of the Kanak people of New Caledonia is based on the rhythms of their dance. For the past 20 years, the modern form of this&hellip » read more
Celloman more »
From United Kingdom
Biography by Andy Morgan, June 2003: On reflection, the gap that separates the seemingly alien worlds of classical and pop music seems absurd and unn&hellip » read more
Cerys Matthews more »
From United Kingdom
It's all over the front page? Since she emerged as the flag-toting queen of Cool Cymru in the mid-90s, Cerys Matthews' post-Catatonia life has been an&hellip » read more
Cesaria Evora more »
From Cape Verde
The music world is awash with unlikely tales, but few are more unlikely than that of Cesaria Evora. For starters, if you come from the Cape Verde isla&hellip » read more
Chakrini more »
From Australia
Based in Adelaide after growing up in a myriad of cultures in Europe and India, Chakrini is an emerging acoustic singer-guitarist with a refreshingly &hellip » read more
Chambao more »
From Spain
Chambao, the platinum selling purveyors of Flamenco chill are at the technological frontier of Spain's reinvention of Flamenco. Somewhere between the &hellip » read more
Channi Singh Bhangra Band more »
From India
It is not an unusual experience that we, at one time or the other are totally enchanted by music and stay astounded for a considerable length of time.&hellip » read more
Chapelier Fou more »
From France
I'm a one-man band - the 21st-century way One-man bands used to look pretty similar. Big bass drum on the back, acoustic guitar, harmonica rack, ring&hellip » read more
Charles Zawose & African Fire more »
From Tanzania
Biography by Andy Morgan, July 2002: Charles Zawose is the nephew of the great Dr Hukwe Zawose, Tanzania?s most revered traditional musician and show&hellip » read more
Charlie Gillett more »
From United Kingdom
The UK's world music godfather presents? It would be fair - nay, undeniable - to say that Charlie Gillett is no Johnny-come-lately when it comes to th&hellip » read more
Charlie Moreno Trio more »
From Canary Islands
El jazz made in Canarias tiene en el bajista Charlie Moreno a uno de sus principales protagonistas, que ha pasado de joven promesa a realidad pujante.&hellip » read more
Charlie Winston more »
From United Kingdom
Hello there. My name is Charlie Winston. To kick off 2009 I have launched my first official solo album and single in France. The response has been rem&hellip » read more
Chartwell Dutiro more »
From Zimbabwe
Chartwell Dutiro is a master mbira player from Zimbabwe whose interweaving rhythms and inspired singing has won the hearts of audiences all around the&hellip » read more
Chartwell Dutiro & Anna Mudeka more »
From United Kingdom, Zimbabwe
Sounds of Zimbabwe Workshop Find out more about the music and dance of Zimbabwe with renowned ?mbira? player and singer Chartwell Dutiro and dancer/v&hellip » read more
Chas Whitaker more »
From United Kingdom
An introduction to Arabic drumming. Insight, expertise and a range of instruments to entice you into the rhythms of North Africa and the Middle East. &hellip » read more
Chava Alberstein more »
From Israel
Biography supplied by Aviv Productions Inc. Calling someone her country?s greatest singer would be a huge compliment to most performers. In the case&hellip » read more
Chavan more »
From Mexico
Chavan and his group play ?mariachi?, which is the most popular and famous Mexican folk music. The name means ?marriage? - most people associate it pu&hellip » read more
Che Fu and the Krates more »
From New Zealand
Only after four years as a guitarist in a High School band, did anyone realise Che could sing. "They didn't ask, I didn't say". The band went on to gr&hellip » read more
Cheikh Lô more »
From Senegal
Cheikh Lô is one of the great mavericks of African music. A superb singer and songwriter as well as a distinctive guitarist, percussionist and drummer&hellip » read more
Chemirani's more »
The Chemirani Ensemble is a renowned Persian classical music ensemble. The group is made up of Chemirani family members, master percussionist, Djamchi&hellip » read more
Chemirani and Tabar Trio more »
From Iran
Djamchid Chemirani is without a doubt the master of Zarb (the Persian classical drum). He moved from Iran and settled in Europe in the early 60?s whe&hellip » read more
Chemirani Zarb Trio more »
From Iran
Featuring Djamchid Chemirani and his two sons Keyvan and Bijan, the men of Chemirani Zarb Trio are spellbinding masters of the zarb drum. The zarb dru&hellip » read more
Cherifa more »
From Morocco
åtre des Bouffes du Nord. An album, Berber Blues, soon followed, a deep and absorbing set that allowed these old songs to breathe a few lungfuls of 21&hellip » read more
Che Sudaka more »
From Spain
Che Sudaka was born in the street music scene of Barcelona and unites musicians from Argentina and Colombia. Strictly devoted to the social countercul&hellip » read more
Chet Nuneta more »
From France
Border-ignoring vocal polyphony The rapper Rakim once famously proclaimed that it's "Not where you're from, it's where you're at". Chet Nuneta would &hellip » read more
Chic more »
From United States
Kings of the '70s disco scene continue to do Le Freak Few individuals have been so identifiable with a musical genre as guitarist and producer Nile R&hellip » read more
Chico César more »
From Brazil
In recent years, the diminutive Chico Cesar has emerged as one of Brazil's leading songwriters and social critics, taking up the mantle of women's rig&hellip » read more
Children of Dub more »
From United Kingdom
Flitting between spacey dub and softcore hints of jungle, Children of Dub are the latest signing to the expanding Magick Eye label. Fitting snug as a &hellip » read more
Children of the Desert more »
From India
From the harsh desolation of Rajasthan's Thar Desert comes the joyful, soul stirring music and dance of the Langas and Manganiers. The driving rhythm&hellip » read more
Children Of The Khmer - Cambodian Dance more »
From Cambodia
Folk and classical dance never before seen outside its homeland Every year the WOMAD bill mixes established festival favourites with the new and unfa&hellip » read more
Chinese Opera Society more »
From Singapore
JOURNEY INTO THE PEAR GARDEN At WOMAD SINGAPORE 2000, COSS is challenged to re-invent the open-air platform, the travelling stage that was once the d&hellip » read more
Chiwoniso more »
From Zimbabwe
"I am like a mirror," declares Zimbabwe's popular music star Chiwoniso Maraire. "I basically sing about what I see happening in the world. If som&hellip » read more
Chota Divana more »
From India
Chota Divana - The Children from Rajasthan: From Jaisalmer, the village at the desert's gate, to Udaipur, the lush green city whose two lakes still s&hellip » read more
Chris Difford more »
From United Kingdom
Chris Difford came to fame as front man and songwriter with east London new wave pop icons Squeeze. After writing such classics as ?Cool For Cats?, ?&hellip » read more
Chrissy Crowley more »
From Canada
Seriously swinging Cape Breton fiddler Some things just seem predetermined, inevitable, unavoidable. And so it is with the chosen vocation of one Chr&hellip » read more
Christine Salem more »
From Reunion
Maloya's most strident female voice With her super-sized Afro and looping ear rings, Christine Salem might be the spitting image of a mid-70s Roberta&hellip » read more
Christopher Of The Wolves more »
From United States
I started making music in 1993, while living in Portland, Oregon. I had moved to Oregon from Pennsylvania 3 years earlier. I was kind of lost in the c&hellip » read more
Chumbawamba more »
From United Kingdom
Return of the piss-taking anarcho-punks Although probably best-known for a certain chart-topping single and that episode involving the then Deputy Pri&hellip » read more
Cimarrón more »
From Colombia
Los Llanos Orientales are vast plains that stretch from Colombia into Venezuela. The mestizo people that inhabit these savannahs on the great Orinoco &hellip » read more
Cinco En Clave more »
From Canary Islands
Sexteto formado hace dos años que interpreta temas del repertorio de los diferentes géneros de la música tradicional cubana como guaracha, conga, son &hellip » read more
Ciranda Brasilian Culture more »
From United Kingdom
Presents? Vozes do Brasil - Voices of Brazil and a Capoeira Workshop Ciranda Brasilian Culture is made up of a group of talented musicians and advoca&hellip » read more
Circle more »
From United Kingdom
The Circle were formed in London in 2002. This young exciting four piece have spent the last year developing their sound offering a raw and dramatic a&hellip » read more
Circle of Rhythm more »
From Australia
Heralded as Australia's most exciting rhythm trio; Greg Sheehan, Bobby Singh and Ben Walsh have between them changed the face of percussion in Austral&hellip » read more
Circus Ethiopia more »
From Ethiopia
Civil war, dictatorship and famine have wreaked havoc across Ethiopia in the past 30 years, but the country's music industry has survived the resultin&hellip » read more
cirKus more »
From Sweden
Born more out of an act of faith on the part of then Paris resident Matt Karmil & successful song writer & record producer Burt Ford as a reaction to &hellip » read more
Cirque Bijou more »
From United Kingdom
The perfect hosts for any event, these incredibly colourful characters are always available to offer fashion and grooming advice. These curious charac&hellip » read more
Cirrone more »
From Sicily
Uplands Park Road is the new album by the CIRRONE a band from Italy formed by the three brothers Alessandro (vocal, guitar), Bruno (vocal, bass) and M&hellip » read more
C J Bolland more »
From United Kingdom
An early fondness for Jean-Michel Jarre's 'Oxygene' may not have endeared CJ to his classmates, but he had the last laugh when the techno revolution a&hellip » read more
CJ Chenier more »
From United States
It would be easy, if you were born Clayton Joseph Chenier and your father was zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier, to hang on your dad?s coat-tails and joi&hellip » read more
Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes more »
From Australia
A mutual love of 1990s dance videos, early rhythm 'n' blues records and big hair brought together ballsy, big-voiced Clairy Browne and her harmonising&hellip » read more
Claude Chalhoub more »
From Lebanon
Biography by Andy Morgan, July 2003: An encouraging phenomenon over the past few years is the way in which the ?high art? and rarefied world of Europ&hellip » read more
Claude Chalhoub with special guest Ronu Majumdar more »
From India
Biography by Andy Morgan, July 2003: An encouraging phenomenon over the past few years is the way in which the ?high art? and rarefied world of Europ&hellip » read more
Claudia Aurora more »
From Portugal
Your new favourite fado singer Some things take time. Growing up in the countryside surrounding the Portuguese city of Porto, Claudia Aurora lived on&hellip » read more
Claudio Kron - Brazilian Samba more »
From Brazil
Claudio Kron from Bahia in Brazil will set your feet and your fingers flying with his samba rhythms.&hellip » read more
Clave y Guaguancó more »
From Cuba
Biography by Andy Morgan, June 2003: Rumba is the spiritual and ancestral core of most Afro-Cuban music. It?s a vocal and percussive genre that pres&hellip » read more
Cleveland Watkiss more »
From United Kingdom
Born in Hackney, East London to Jamaican parents, Cleveland Watkiss is one of nine children. His musical instincts kicked in fast: even as a baby, Cle&hellip » read more
Clive Andrews more »
From Australia
Biography taken from www.circusperformers.com: Clive Andrews Clive Andrews, performs an eccentric quirky character able to find the humour in any si&hellip » read more
Clube Do Balanço more »
From Brazil
For a nation always in the vanguard of musical innovation, Brazil also finds plenty of time to fondly salute its rich past. The nine-strong Clube Do B&hellip » read more
Coco Mbassi more »
From Cameroon
Coco Mbassi is a singer and songwriter from Cameroon in West Africa who made her name as a backing vocalist with leading African and French pop artist&hellip » read more
Coldcut more »
From United Kingdom
If all that Jonathan More and Matt Black had achieved in life was setting up the Ninja Tune record label, that single act would have been sufficient t&hellip » read more
Colin Vearncombe more »
From United Kingdom
2001 biography: As the founding member of Black, one of the defining bands of the late 1980s, Vearncombe produced some of the decades most memorable h&hellip » read more
Colores De Mi Tierra more »
From Colombia
Rhythms, dances and melodies from the Caribbean coast of Colombia ...... sounds of tambores, voices, flutes and guitars that have been passed down thr&hellip » read more
Color of Invention more »
From France
The Colors of Invention are Gilles Apap?s band. Violinist Gilles Apap will perform with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, and in a separate performanc&hellip » read more
Compagnie Ekart more »
From France
Skilled puppet master Tarek Messamer makes a valiant effort to tame his two giant robots in two delightful roving shows ... Maurice & Jules (an insep&hellip » read more
Compagnie Luc Amoros "Blank Page" more »
From France
With great sweeps of colour and percussive energy Luc Amoros and his extraordinary company mix a style of surrealist theatre, illusion and performance&hellip » read more
Cool Crooners more »
From Zimbabwe
Super-smooth township jazz from Bulawayo's elder statesmen "In spite of war, poverty, disease, corruption, cynicism and indifference, there is always &hellip » read more
Cordas et Cannas more »
From Italy
Cordas et Cannas (the name means "strings and pipes") hail from Sardinia and fuse the Mediterranean island's traditional music with contemporary sound&hellip » read more
Corey Harris more »
From United States
"There's blues in me but I'm not a bluesman. I just live to be a songwriter." Winner of the blues music 'Oscar', the WC Handy Award, in 1997, Co&hellip » read more
Cornershop more »
From United Kingdom
There has always been an individual spark about Cornershop. While Paul Morley, The Observer has described their long years "as interesting and advent&hellip » read more
Cornerstone Roots more »
From New Zealand
Cornerstone Roots are a 5-piece Original Reggae/Roots/ outfit from Whaingaroa, Aotearoa. From the humble beginnings of a 3-piece outfit in 2001, the b&hellip » read more
Craig Walsh- Humanature more »
From Australia
A TREE THAT TALKS! DO NOT BE ALARMED. DO NOT ADJUST YOUR VISION. A SIMPLE PARADIGM-SHIFT IS ALL THAT IS REQUIRED. IN HUMANATURE, ARTIST CRAIG WALSH T&hellip » read more
Crispin Thomas more »
From Cuba, United Kingdom
Bata drumming originated among the Yoruba peoples of Nigeria and is now one of the most vibrant African legacies within the amazingly diverse Cuban mu&hellip » read more
Cristobal Repetto more »
From Argentina
El joven Repetto se suma a toda esa pléyade de nuevos intérpretes ?Adriana Varela, Sandra Luna o La Chicana- que en los últimos tiempos han revitaliza&hellip » read more
Csókolom more »
From Netherlands
?Enchanted by a woman whose music gave voice to something so eternal and ancient, I listened as the young and the old, the new and the forever, collid&hellip » read more
CuKinho more »
From Spain
A little over a year ago, singer Lorenzo González made guitarist, Woody Amores, an offer he couldn't refuse: "We should start a band that deserves to &hellip » read more
Culture more »
From Jamaica
This year?s WOMAD Rivermead has a heavy emphasis on the Caribbean and none come heavier than Culture. For the best part of 30 years, this trio have re&hellip » read more
Culture Musical Club - Grand Orchestre Taarab de Zanzibar more »
From Tanzania
Taarab means many things to many people, but on the Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar it boils down to the breeziest big band dance music you?ve ever he&hellip » read more
CW Stoneking more »
From Australia
Blazer-wearing pre-war blues throwback CW Stoneking is a brother from another planet. Or another time zone, at least. And, from both his dress sense a&hellip » read more
César Stroscio more »
From Argentina
Tango, born in the suburbs of Buenos Aires and developed along both banks of the Rio del Plata, performed here on the bandoneon, part of the concertin&hellip » read more
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Performance Updates
- Christine Salem (Reunion)
- Carminho (Portugal)
- Sam Lee and Friends (United Kingdom)
- Fanfare Ciocarlia (Romania)
- Parov Stelar Band (Austria)
- Malouma (Mauritania)
- The Heavy (United Kingdom)
- YesKing (United Kingdom)
- Emel Mathlouthi (Tunisia)
- Silvia Comes (Spain)