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WOMAD 2016

WOMAD 2016


Australia & New Zealand Compilation CD
is released today, Friday 12th February
on Cartell label proudly distributed in NZ by Border Music

This year’s WOMAD festival delivers its companion CD as a taster ahead of the event taking place 18-20h March. 16 tracks from big name performers John Grant, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, St Germain, Calexico and a slew of new artists to sink your teeth into.

The WOMAD 2016 compilation CD is the perfect teaser of full three day schedule chock-full of the very best musicians from around the world with over 400 artists at WOMAD representing 23 countries. Set in the stunning 55-acre Brooklands Park and TSB Bowl of Brooklands, located a short walk from New Plymouth’s centre, WOMAD NZ, has gained a reputation as one of the most beautiful outdoor festivals in the world.

Tracklisting:
1. Intro to Shamstep - 47SOUL
2. I Am the Blaze on Every Hill - Spiro
3. Cancion de las Simples Cosas - Diego el Cigala
4. Sabroson - Edmar Castañeda Trio
5. Golden Straws of Wheat - Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat
6. Up & Rise - Hazmat Modine
7. Grey Tickles, Black Pressure - John Grant
8. Cumbia de Donde - Calexico
9. Soubour - Songhoy Blues
10. Nanu Ney - Ester Rada
11. The Morning - Tulegur
12. Karpatskyi Rap - DakhaBrakha
13. Real Blues - St Germain
14. Kalakuta Boy - Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
15. Dum Maro Dum - Asha Bhosle & the Metropole Orkest
16. The Nubian - The Nubian

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Available on CD from all good music retailers
Another reminder that an un-missable WOMAD experience awaits …

Buy tickets to WOMAD 2016 here!


Full Lineup in alphabetical order:

47SOUL (Palestine/Jordan/Syria) / Asia Minor Trio (Greece) / Bic Runga (NZ/Aotearoa) / Calexico (USA) / DakhaBrakha (Ukraine) / Diego El Cigala (Spain) / Edmar Castañeda Trio (Colombia/USA) / Ester Rada (Israel) / Hazmat Modine (USA) / The Jerry Cans (Canada) / John Grant (USA) / Julia Deans (NZ/Aotearoa) / Katchafire (NZ/Aotearoa) / Ladysmith Black Mambazo (South Africa) / Louis Baker (NZ/Aotearoa) / Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat / No Man's Land (NZ/Aotearoa/Greece/Poland) / Orange Blossom (France/Egypt) / Pass The Gat (NZ/Aotearoa) / Savina Yannatou and Primavera en Salonico (Greece) / Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (Nigeria) / Songhoy Blues (Mali) / Spiro (UK) / Tami Neilson & Band (NZ/Aotearoa) / Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau ā Apanui (NZ/Aotearoa) / Thomas Oliver (NZ/Aotearoa) / Tiny Ruins (NZ/Aotearoa) / Tulegur (China)

On The Web:
WOMAD NZ Official Website
WOMAD NZ Facebook
WOMAD NZ Twitter
WOMAD NZ Instagram

WOMAD NZ You Tube
#WOMADNZ

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