WOMADelaide Full Festival Line-Up For 2013

WOMADelaide, Australia’s favourite outdoor festival, today announced the full line-up for it’s 2013 festival, to be held in Adelaide’s Botanic Park from Friday 8th – Monday 11th March 2013.

Joining the extraordinary line-up of 29 bands announced last month is the artist known as the “Golden Voice of Africa”,Salif Keita. Born to royal Malian lineage but ostracised in his childhood because of his albinism, Salif Keita’s distinctive brand of Afropop blends West African groove, jazz, funk and R&B influences and his long succession of hit albums identifies Salif among Africa’s utmost musical identities. He returns to the festival after a five year absence with a new album produced by Philippe Cohen Solal from the Gotan Project.

Altogether there is an amazing collection of musicians, artists, DJ’s and performers waiting to give you the best show on the road Adelaide, Australia has ever witnessed!

The artists announced today are- Adnaan Baraky/ Alim Qasimov Ensemble/ Arpaka Dance Company/ Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba/ The Bird/ Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes/ Dj ClicK/ East Journey/ Golonka/ Goran Bregovic & His Weddings & Funerals Orchestra/ Heather Frahn & the Moonlight Tide/ The Herbaliser DJs/ Illapu/ Kingfisha/ LA-33/ Mia Dyson/ Novalima/ Paul Ubana Jones/ Salif Keita/ Sing Sing/ Souad Massi/ Tim Rogers & The Bamboos/ Tubular Bells for Two/ Vieux Farka Toure/ The Volatinsky Trio.

These artists will be joining the already existing announced musicians on the WOMADelaide official line-up:
Barnaby Gibbons presents Charlie O’Taney, the Brooklyn Healer/ Boxwars – The Art of Destruction/ Compagnie l’Eléphant Vert/ Compagnie Luc Amoros/ Macnas – The Boy Explorer/ Polyglot Theatre “Tangle”/ Ringbalin – River Stories/ Abigail Washburn & Kai Welch/ The Alaev Family/ Amparo Sanchez/ Antibalas/ Ayarkhaan/ The Cat Empire/ Christine Salem/ The Correspondents/ Dhafer Youssef/ The Herd/ Hugh Masekela/ Hugo Mendez/ Jimmy Cliff/ Jordi Savall – The Celtic Viol/ LAU/ Manjiri Kelkar/ Mara! & Martenitsa Choir/ Mari Boine/ Moriarty/ Nidi d’Arac/ Psarantonis/ Family Cajun Band/ Seth Lakeman/ Shunsuke Kimura & Etsuro Ono/ Soweto Gospel Choir/ Sudha Ragunathan/ Swamp Thing/ Tallest Man on Earth/ Skinny and Zoë Keating.

What: WOMADelaide Festival 2013
Where: Adelaide’s Botanic Park, Australia
When: Friday 8th – Monday 11th March
More Info: www.womadelaide.com.au

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