WOMAD Festival Taranaki

The Original Gypsies 12-piece band produces a tight wall of fiery flamenco-infused rhythms, accompanied by raw, raspy vocals. Read more Audio

Sona Jobarteh is a master of the West-African 21-string harp, the kora. Read more Audio

Sona Jobarteh is the first professional female Kora virtuoso to come from a West African Griot 9storyteller/musician) family. She performed Malian love song 'Jarabi' (Beloved) live for RNZ Music ahead… Read more Video, Audio

A swamp-blues rock trio called My Baby who are based in Amsterdam and include a Kiwi guitarist had their audience up and dancing at WOMAD 2019 in Taranaki. Read more Audio

Amjad Ali Khan live at WOMAD Read more Video, Audio

Baloji draws influences from his Congolese heritage that he delivers with a poetic and political punch. Read more Audio

Jamie Smith's Mabon members talk to Kirsten Johnstone and play a song for us live at WOMAD 2019. Read more Audio

Celtic music has always been a crowd pleaser in New Zealand and with his band Mabon, Jamie Smith once more confirmed the popularity of the genre. Read more Audio

It's music for the people - by the people - with the people, presented by a band whose high-energy performances have made them one of South Africa's most successful musical exports. Read more Audio

Maalem Hamid el Kasri plays the guembri in music of Morocco based in the Gnawa tradition. Read more Audio

Silkroad Ensemble's world fusion feast delights audience but went too easy on the spice Read more Video

A small army of contractors and volunteers has been busy in Taranaki this week setting up the WOMAD world music festival, which kicks off in New Plymouth this evening. Our Taranaki-Whanganui reporter… Read more Video, Audio