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WOMAD Festival Taranaki
Live music performances from around the world recorded by RNZ at WOMAD Taranaki.
4 pm Sunday, 11 pm Friday.
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Live at WOMAD | Kora virtuoso Sona Jobarteh
15 Mar 2019Sona 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
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Live: My Baby at WOMAD 2019
15 Mar 2019A 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
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Live: Amjad Ali Khan in session at WOMAD
15 Mar 2019Amjad Ali Khan live at WOMAD Read more Video, Audio
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Live: Baloji at WOMAD 2019
15 Mar 2019Baloji draws influences from his Congolese heritage that he delivers with a poetic and political punch. Read more Audio
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Jamie Smith's Mabon
15 Mar 2019Jamie Smith's Mabon members talk to Kirsten Johnstone and play a song for us live at WOMAD 2019. Read more Audio
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Live: Jamie Smith's Mabon at WOMAD 2019
15 Mar 2019Celtic 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
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Live: BCUC at WOMAD 2019
15 Mar 2019It'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
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Live: Maalem Hamid el Kasri at WOMAD 2019
15 Mar 2019Maalem Hamid el Kasri plays the guembri in music of Morocco based in the Gnawa tradition. Read more Audio
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Review: Silk Road Ensemble at the Auckland Arts Festival 2019
Silkroad Ensemble's world fusion feast delights audience but went too easy on the spice Read more Video
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WOMAD: Behind the scenes
15 Mar 2019A 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
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WOMAD: four acts not to miss
12 Mar 2019RNZ's resident world music expert and host of Worlds of Music, Trevor Reekie, profiles five of th acts playing at this year's WOMAD festival. Read more Video
Coming up
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Grammy winners Silk Road in NZ for the first time
11 Mar 2019Risk, learning and sharing remain fundamental to the joy for both players and audiences of the Grammy winning ensemble Silkroad, says Jeffrey Beecher, co-artistic director. Silkroad play Auckland… Read more Video, Audio
WOMAD Festival Taranaki
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