Renowned Senegalese band Orchestra Baobab is making a long awaited return to the UK in 2012, playing at the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow on 28 January, The Sage Gateshead…

Aomusic And love rages on! (AO Music 2011) Aomusic has made a noteworthy global electronica album that combines several international children’s choirs with electronic music. The result is an even…

Malian sensation Fatoumata Diawara will tour extensively in Europe in 2012, play a handful of dates in Australia and play a series of dates in the United States to support…

Cuban piano maestro Chucho Valdés and his band the Afro-Cuban Messengers are set to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Saturday, January 21, 2012. Joining them as…

Caravane Caravane (Marrakchi Records MR001, 2011) Caravane is the global electronica project of British musician Nick Wilde. He moved to Marakech (Morocco), where he opened a production studio in the…

José María Vitier and Martirio El Aire que te Rodea (Sony Music, 2011) Cuiban pianist and popular Spanish singer Martirio join forces on El Aire que te Rodea, an intimate…

Well folks we would like to answer your question posed on the forum. When is the latest you can start the direct debit scheme? Firstly, just a reminder- the direct debit scheme allows you to spread the payment of all your WOMAD 2012 purchases on a 4 mo…

Well Team WOMAD are off for their hols. Back Tues 3rd Jan- fresh as daisies- to crack on with WOMAD 2012! Happy festive season to you all.

The Ananda Shankar Experience and State of Bengal Walking On (Real World) This vintage Indo-British fusion album features a collaboration between sitar virtuoso Ananda Shankar and Asian undergrounders State of…

The Recording Academy announced its Special Merit Lifetime Achievement Awards recipients today, December 21st, 2011. Brazilian arranger, singer and pianist/guitarist Antonio Carlos Jobim is one of the recipients. Widely known…