We had enough of listening to people saying that world music is boring. So we decided to prove them wrong once...
“Jump above the sky, inside your eyes”. This is Luísa Maita’s enticing invitation as she provocatively chants the last words of...
With a new album out (MM3), a European tour ready to hit the road (with a London gig at Battersea...
When rock and electronic sounds reinvigorate (Fuel) an already hot-blooded and passionate style like flamenco (Fandango), the outcome can only...
Inspired by a trip to Africa, Emicida (a play on MC and homicide), has released the album About Kids, Hips,...
“When you decide what you play you also decide what kind of life you lead.” Hélène Labarrière N’Diale is...
Two weeks have passed since the 34th edition of WOMAD UK, which was also the tenth anniversary of the festival’s residency...
This Month we are teaming up with Upstairs At The Ritzy’s night JUJU to put on a club night packed...
We’re backstage at WOMAD 2016 drinking mint tea with Kel Assouf, a group of musicians who describe themselves as playing...
The Omara Portuondo & Diego El Cigala concert at the Barbican Hall to celebrate Portuondo’s 85th birthday and 70-year musical...
In 1998, Victor Tavares, known as Bitori, released an album of what is considered to be the very best Funana...
The Grammy award winning group Konono No. 1 was formed in Congo in the late 1960s. Their distinctive sound is...