WOMAD
WOMAD 2015 Live: Balkan Beat Box, Luzmila Carpio
An interview and live performance from Balkan Beat Box, a Brooklyn-based band originally from Tel Aviv, as well as a charismatic live performance from diminutive Bolivian singer, Luzmila Carpio who… Audio
Womad 2015 Live: Public Service Broadcasting
An interview and live performance from English electronic duo Public Service Broadcasting, who delivered an impressive multi media show that featured old British and American films, wartime propaganda… Audio
Womad 2015 Live: Che Sudaka, Tahuna Breaks
An interview and live performance from Spanish based group Che Sudaka, originally from Columbia and Argentina. Then, a set from Auckland-based funk band Tahuna Breaks who had an appreciative Womad… Video, Audio
Womad 2015 Live: Fanfare Ciocarlia, Flavia Coelho
Aar an interview and live performance from 12 piece brass band, Fanfare Ciocarlia - all hailing from the same small village in Northeastern Romania. We also feature a performance from Brazilian… Audio
Womad 2015 Live: Richard Thompson and Electric Trio, Puerto Flamenco
An interview ith and live performance from legendary English guitarist and ssinger-songwriter Richard Thompson, as well as a live performance from Puerto Flamenco, a collaboration of artists based in… Audio
WOMAD 2015 Live: Canzioniere Grecanico Salentino, TaikOz
Featuring seven-piece band Canzioniere Grecanico Salentino from Southern Italy and another seven-piece from Sydney TaikOz, who've adopted the art of Japanese drumming Audio
WOMAD 2015 Live: Youssou N'Dour, Jupiter & Okwess International
Featuring two of Africa's finest musical exports. Youssou N'Dour performed a set that delighted a capacity crowd closing the opening night at this year's sold out Festival. Also featured is an… Audio
Ross McHenry
Adelaidean bass player, composer and producer Ross McHenry is on the bill of this year's Wellington Jazz festival, playing with his Future Ensemble, a band that includes New Zealand's own Myele… Audio
Interview: Luzmila Carpio | WOMAD 2015
Bolivian songstress Luzmila Carpio joins us to talk about her home in the mountains of Bolivia, her deep connection with nature, and how the birds, wind and waterfalls taught her to sing. Audio
Bombino In Session
We sit in on a master class with Tuareg blues guitarist, Bombino. Audio
A Festival Food Tour
Another year of WOMAD has come and gone, and Amelia Nurse went along, not just for the music, but to find out what people eat at the World of Music and Dance in New Plymouth. Audio
Mona-Lynn Courteau: WOMAD Review
Review of the weekend's action at the WOMAD festival. Audio
WOMAD organisers say event is almost a sellout
Organisers of the three-day Womad music festival starting in New Plymouth tonight say the event is close to being a sellout. Audio
The Gloaming: drawing on the ancient stories and poems of Ireland
Musicians from Irish group The Gloaming preview their New Zealand shows as part of Auckland Festival and WOMAD. Audio
Sourcing African Ingredients
What you're used to eating - and what you like to eat - will largely depend on where you grew up. And while an increasingly wide variety of foods are available in NZ, African immigrants sometimes… Audio
Sourcing African Ingredients
What you're used to eating - and what you like to eat - will largely depend on where you grew up. And while an increasingly wide variety of foods are available in NZ, African immigrants sometimes…
AudioThe Sampler: Richard Thompson, Pops Staples, The Decemberists
Nick Bollinger reviews an unusually concept-free set from The Decemberists; the last recordings of the late Pops Staples; and talks to guitar hero and Womad headliner Richard Thompson. Audio
The Sampler: Richard Thompson, Pops Staples, The Decemberists
Nick Bollinger reviews an unusually concept-free set from The Decemberists; the last recordings of the late Pops Staples; and talks to guitar hero and Womad headliner Richard Thompson.
AudioTrevor Reekie: WOMAD 2015 Preview
The annual Womad Taranaki Festival is a family friendly music event with an emphasis on discovery of music, culture, language, costume and cuisine held at the beautiful Brooklands Park in New… Audio
Mona-Lynn Courteau: WOMAD 2015 preview
Mona-Lynn Courteau explores works by artists who will appear at WOMAD 2015. Audio