© 2012 Womad Ltd
Company Reg. No. 2734599
Place of registration : England
Registered address :
Box Mill,
Mill Lane,
Box,
Wiltshire,
SN13 8PL
Z - I
H - A
Vieux Farka Touré more »
From Mali
The Malian blues prince ascends to the throne Since he last graced us with his presence, Vieux Farka Touré has played to many people. Over a billion &hellip » read more
Toumani Diabaté & Symmetric Orchestra more »
From Mali
"TOUMANI DIABATE is the holder of the torch for one of the world's most breathtakingly beautiful art forms. This is a music that has been nurtured and&hellip » read more
Toumani Diabaté more »
From Mali
The kora king not just of Mali but of the entire world The Indian sitar has Ravi Shankar and the African kora has Toumani Diabaté. Still in his early&hellip » read more
Tinariwen & Lo'Jo more »
A hugely exciting collaboration between two groups who have both proved themselves to be smash hits with the WOMAD audience. One not to be missed! 2&hellip » read more
Tinariwen more »
From Mali
How do you compress a thirty-year epic into a few pages? Tinariwen, whose back-story has variously been described as "the most compelling of any band&hellip » read more
Terakaft more »
From Mali
New project from Tinariwen co-founders Terakaft (meaning "caravan" in Tamasheq) is a genuine desert rock band, sculpted by the pure searing air and t&hellip » read more
Tartit Ensemble more »
From Mali
Biography by Andy Morgan, July 2002: The Touaregs, or Kel Tamashek, as they prefer to be known, were undisputed lords of the southern Sahara desert f&hellip » read more
Tama more »
From Guinea-Bissau, Mali, United Kingdom
Sam Mills, composer, arranger and founder member of avant-garde ethno-funksters 23 Skidoo, is just one of the talented trio that make up Tama. Malian &hellip » read more
Super Rail Band of Bamako more »
From Mali
The Super Rail Band, 2003: Kongo Sigui Pioneers of Manding electric pop in West Africa since 1970, the Super Rail Band are powering their way into th&hellip » read more
SMOD more »
The group SMOD was born in 2000, created by Sam, Mouzy, Ousco and Donski. In 2002, with the help of Amadou&Mariam´s manager, they edited their first&hellip » read more
Salif Keita more »
From Mali
A musical life less ordinary You can compartmentalise Salif Keita's career into three neat boxes. The first covers the singer's time in two of West Af&hellip » read more
Rokia Traoré more »
Singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Rokia Traoré returns with Tchamanchté, the follow-up to her award winning and critically acclaimed 2003 &hellip » read more
Oumou Sangaré more »
From Mali
One of West Africa's truly great voices To the gig-going, record-buying public of Western Europe, Oumou Sangare's been a long time away. She's been a &hellip » read more
Mory Kanté more »
Mory Kanté inherited the griot tradition from the jalis of Mande. At its height during the reign of Sundiata Keita in the thirteenth century, the Afri&hellip » read more
Mamani Keita and Nicolas Repac more »
Heavenly marriage between Africa and Europe "When I was a kid, I got a few beatings from my mother because she really didn't want me to sing. I wasn'&hellip » read more
Khaira Arby more »
From Mali
Distinguished diva from a point north of Timbuktu Family connections don't always provide a leg-up on the ladder of life. Take Khaira Arby, for instan&hellip » read more
Kasse Mady Diabate more »
From Mali
Aunque sin el renombre de otros griots de Mali como Salif Keita, Kasse Mady Diabate, nacido en Kéla en 1949, es una de las voces más hermosas del oest&hellip » read more
Kandia Kouyate more »
From Mali
Biography from Stern's, London For sheer power and beauty of voice, few can match Mali's Kandia Kouyate, a voice considered as a national treasure. &hellip » read more
Issa Bagayogo more »
From Mali
Biography by Andy Morgan, July 2002: The west African nation of Mali is going through a curious boom time right now. Not only are new roads and buil&hellip » read more
Z - I
H - A
News Updates
- The Evening Standard
Updated : 19-May-2012 - WOMAD Cáceres
Updated : 18-May-2012 - WOMAD Charlton Park 2012 Band Competition
Updated : 16-May-2012 - From the lovely Paula, our artistic programmer.
Updated : 15-May-2012 - Lulu updates us...
Updated : 14-May-2012
Information Updates
- WOMAD Sicily 2012
Updated : 16:48 25-Apr-2012
Performance Updates
- Brassroots (Greece, Ireland (Irish Republic), United Kingdom, United States)
- Aziza Brahim & Gulili Mankoo Band (Western Sahara)
- The Boxettes (United Kingdom)
- Lenacay (Spain)
- Ebo Taylor (Ghana)
- Deolinda withDeolinda (Portugal)
- Hey Folks! (Spain)
- Roçário Fado (Spain)
- The Boxettes (United Kingdom)
- Lucrecia (Cuba)