Malmesbury England July 28-31, 2016 In 2015, half of the WOMAD festival's long weekend suffered a deluge of rain, the strength of its music having to do battle with a general spiritual soddenness.

There is a huge spectrum of global music at WOMAD, with over 90 acts from the head-banging Balkan ska-punk of Dubioza Kollectiv and thoughtful Indian fusion from Anouska Shankar to indie singer John ...

eFestivals is offering our readers the chance to win a pair of tickets see Hot 8 Brass Band at this weekend's WOMAD happening in the Wiltshire countryside at the picturesque site in Charlton Park, ...

Lopa Kothari and Mary Ann Kennedy are joined by Kathryn Tickell for the first of a weekend of broadcasts from the globe's leading festival of world music, live from Charlton Park in Wiltshire. With ...

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There was a sense, though, of things you had taken for granted, having added relevance. When the virtuoso Vishwa Moham Bhatt (best known for his 1993 recording Meeting by the River with Ry Cooder) ...