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Fabio Robles & Ana Andre more »
From Australia
Fabio Robles and Ana Andre are recognised as the foremost exponents of Argentinian tango in Australasia. Fabio arrived in Australia in 1981 having alr&hellip » read more
Faithless more »
From United Kingdom
When Faithless released their first single, ?Salva Mea?, in 1995, they raised the stakes for other dance music acts. Here was a song with a huge range&hellip » read more
Faiz Ali Faiz more »
From Pakistan
Nusrat's former understudy deserves his own limelight WOMAD has always been a welcoming territory for qawwali singers. Not only was Nusrat Fateh Ali &hellip » read more
Fanfara Tirana more »
From Albania
Albania's first brass dance band bring an utterly fresh and exciting touch to the ancient and impassioned music of Albania, Europe's best-kept secret,&hellip » read more
Fanfare Ciocarlia more »
From Romania
Northern Romania's dirty dozen There was a time when we knew very little about Balkan brass bands. But thanks to the patronage of people like Johnny &hellip » read more
Farafina more »
From Burkina Faso
Biography by Andy Morgan, July 2000: Past their twentieth anniversary and still going strong, Farafina demonstrate that rhythm in west Africa is a lan&hellip » read more
Farida & The Iraqi Maqâm Ensemble more »
From Iraq
In the Arab world the word maqam (meaning situation or place) refers to a musical mode suffused with a particular mood or feeling. In the classical tr&hellip » read more
Farmers' Market more »
From Norway
Free jazz takes a holiday in the Balkans While farmers' markets have become a ten-a-penny sighting, pitching up everywhere from New Orleans to Nempnet&hellip » read more
Fatback Band more »
From United States
In a time where many of the great rhythm-and-blues acts from the past seem to be fading fast into touring ghost band status, The Fatback Band has mana&hellip » read more
Fat Freddy's Drop more »
From New Zealand
Smouldering and soulful dub visionaries There's almost 8,000 miles between Wellington, New Zealand and the Jamaican capital of Kingston, but when you &hellip » read more
Fatoumata Diawara more »
From Mali
Oumou Sangare's old backing singer takes her place in the sun Over the past 25 or so years, Malian music has dominated how Europe hears West African &hellip » read more
Faudel more »
From Algeria
Back in the late 1990s, rai music, that infectious hedonistic North African form of rock ?n? roll from Algeria, was undergoing what you might call a m&hellip » read more
Fawzy Al-Aiedy more »
Biography supplied by management, March 2004: Fawzy is born between two rains at Basra (Iraq) towards 1950. He studied at the Music Institute of Bagh&hellip » read more
Felisa Vega more »
From Spain
Felisa Vega recorded her first album Sueños y Alma and since then has not stopped performing throughout Extremadura and Spain. A singer living in Cáce&hellip » read more
Felpeyu more »
From Spain
This dynamic band from Asturias plays wildly exuberant music firmly rooted in the instantly recognisable bagpipe and fiddle-driven Celtic style of nor&hellip » read more
Femi Kuti & The Positive Force more »
From Nigeria
Scorching Afrobeat for body and mind Fifteen years on from his dad's death, it's rather unfair to still be defining the stature of Afrobeat titan Fem&hellip » read more
Fernanda Amaral more »
From Brazil
Fernanda is an extremely experienced and accomplished choreographer and dance tutor from Brazil. She has over 20 years of experience in teaching and &hellip » read more
Fernanda Amaral more »
From Brazil
åo Paulo University. She has taught Body-Awareness and Afro-Brazilian Dance Workshops in many different situations, always setting out to encourage an&hellip » read more
Fernhill more »
From United Kingdom
Biography By Andy Morgan, July 2002: Globalisation often stretches the imagination. Try and picture the King of Swaziland settling down to an educat&hellip » read more
Fetish more »
From South Africa
With their recent FNB Sama nomination for So Many Prophets, Fetish have proven to the South African music industry that a left-of-centre band has what&hellip » read more
Feufollet more »
From United States
When Cajun met indie-rock "It's one of the most beautifully melodic records I've heard all year. There's an artistry to it that enables them to step &hellip » read more
Fiamma Fumana more »
From Italy
2001 biography: I Fiamma Fumana nascono da un'intuizione di Alberto Cottica (fisarmonicista nei Modena City Ramblers), Fiamma, (un'affascinante canta&hellip » read more
Fimber Bravo more »
From Trinidad & Tobago
Re-launched steel pan veteran There's undoubtedly only one musician alive who's performed alongside both boogie-woogie pianist Winifred Atwell and el&hellip » read more
Find Emma more »
From Spain
This group was born from the meeting of four musicians with long experience artistic and after passing through various formations in the field of pop,&hellip » read more
Finley Quaye more »
From United Kingdom
Ever-eclectic sounds from the musical maverick It may be a decade since his explosion onto the UK music scene (a multi-platinum album in Maverick A S&hellip » read more
First Aid Kit more »
From Sweden
As standard-bearers of the new folk idiom, young Swedish sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg strike clean harmonies atop simple guitar, autoharp and k&hellip » read more
Flaco Jimenez more »
From United States
The king of conjunto made his first WOMAD festival appearance 12 years ago. His rippling accordeon style, jazzy runs and seamless blend of rock with t&hellip » read more
Flame Oz more »
From Australia, Bahamas, United Kingdom
The FlameOz Fire Show is an unforgettable, awe-inspiring experience. A high-impact blend of beauty, dance, power and energy combined with feats of s&hellip » read more
Flavia Coelho more »
From Brazil
Where samba-reggae meets ragga If you cupped an ear in the direction of just the title track of Flavia Coelho's debut album Bossa Muffin, you'd think&hellip » read more
Flook more »
?Sheer musical magic?.stunning technique, impossibly agile rhythm work and virtuoso flights of jazzy improvisation add up to one of the most enthralli&hellip » read more
Fly My Pretties more »
From New Zealand
Fly My Pretties is simply New Zealand's own supergroup, featuring a moveable fresh feast of the country's finest contemporary musicians, all set to a &hellip » read more
Folkage more »
From Sicily
Mediterranean notes without borders. A re-reading music, as well as being a tribute for the period, often contains the genes of an unspoken past, a pa&hellip » read more
Fontella Bass more »
From United States
2001 Biography "Rescue me and take me in your arms....RESCUE ME!" How many unstable angst-ridden adolescents have had their sanity rescued on the dan&hellip » read more
Forro in the Dark more »
From Brazil, United States
For those who don't already know, forró is the hip-swiveling, dancefloor-filling, rural party music of Brazil's northeastern states. And Forro in the &hellip » read more
Fourplay String Quartet more »
From Australia
?More Metallica than Mozart ? the first string quartet to have inspired moshing and crowd surfing? The Sydney Morning Herald Eclectic Electric Stri&hellip » read more
Francis Angol more »
From Dominican Republic
Francis Angol hails from the Dominican Republic and has worked in dance for over fifteen years. This performer, tutor, Assistant Artistic Director/Ch&hellip » read more
Francis Dunnery more »
From United Kingdom
Biography by Andy Morgan, June 2002: Francis Dunnery is man who?s been to the very heart of showbiz Babylon and returned with a sackload of gruesome &hellip » read more
Frank Yamma more »
From Australia
Deeply soulful songs from widescreen Central Australia There are plenty of vocalists who claim they're soul singers, but their performances are beref&hellip » read more
Fredy Massamba more »
From Congo
Slick contemporary soul and hip-hop with a Congo accent "I wanted to make a soul album with a touch from home … between Africa where I come from and &hellip » read more
Fribo more »
From Norway, United Kingdom
Enthralling Nu-Nordic folk summit An Edinburgh kitchen table is perhaps an unlikely place for an international summit, but it's where the historical &hellip » read more
Frigg more »
Kaustinen, a cluster of villages on the slow-winding River Perho in the western Finnish region of Ostrobothnia, has long been famous for its fiddlers.&hellip » read more
Frititi more »
From Angola, Ghana, United Kingdom
Information provided by artist management, July 2002: Frititi Traditional African Drumming and Dance Company HISTORY Witnessing a world where there &hellip » read more
Fruit more »
From Australia
Band's own biography from Sue Arlidge Arts Management - June 2000 Australian music sensation, FRUIT are on their way to becoming one of the biggest &hellip » read more
Frédéric Galliano and Kuduro Sound System more »
Born in Valence in the south of France in 1969, Frédéric Galliano developed a great passion for music in his teens. The young music fan quickly acquir&hellip » read more
Full House more »
From Switzerland, United States
This unlikely mix of naughty New York glamour and Swiss countryside naivete throws up cultural clashes, polyglot puns, improbable balancing acts and f&hellip » read more
Fun^Da^Mental more »
From United Kingdom
An audio-visual barrage of amphetamine intensity, Fun^Da^Mental hit the stage and explode into a tumbling ball of fury that takes on all-comers with i&hellip » read more
Funky Phat 5 more »
From United Kingdom
A Reading based musical collective comprising of vocalist and songwriter Dionne Williams, Richard Quittenton on bass, producer Lawrence Green on keys,&hellip » read more
Future World Funk more »
From United Kingdom
FWF is a global pastiche of rhythms and sounds, fusing musical elements of Latin, African, Indian, Arabic and Caribbean with breaks, beats and grooves&hellip » read more
Fyah Walk more »
From Australia
One of the nation's most respected live reggae acts, Fyah Walk from Byron Bay has a uniquely Australian roots reggae flavour that fuses authentic Virg&hellip » read more
Féfé more »
A founding member of the French hip-hop collective Saian Supa Crew, Féfé is best known as rapper and singer Fe2 or Feniski. He has now emerged as a s&hellip » read more
News Updates
- WANTED: Artists To Lead Children's Workshop
Updated : 15-Feb-2013 - The WOMAD Foundation heads to Malta.
Updated : 11-Feb-2013 - Last chance to trade at WOMAD
Updated : 01-Feb-2013 - FREE WOMAD FESTIVAL RETURNS TO SPAIN FOR 22ND YEAR
Updated : 31-Jan-2013 - Early Bird Ticket Sale Ends Today
Updated : 04-Jan-2013
Performance Updates
- Silvia Comes (Spain)
- The Soaked Lamb (Portugal)
- Virginia Rivas y Maria Ramos with
- Jumping Clay with
- Associacion cultural Cabeza Pajero with
- Virginia Rivas y Maria Ramos with
- Jumping Clay with
- Associacion cultural Cabeza Pajero with
- Virginia Rivas y Maria Ramos with
- Jumping Clay with