The Eastern - Arrows

Last year this Soulshine Reviewer leapt across the ditch to Aotearoa full of musical optimism after a couple of WOMAD New Zealand festivals and hours of listening to the likes of Kora, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Don McGlashan and Crowded House&helli...

WOMAD TARANAKI 2008 – New Plymouth, NZ

WOMAD New Zealand is held in the province of Taranaki on the west coast of the North Island. Overshadowed by Mt Taranaki, the town of New Plymouth wakes from its usual laid-back combination of rural and surf life to become a hive of colour and act...

WOMADelaide 2006

When superstar Peter Gabriel brought together Thomas Brooman and Bob Hooton in 1980 to organise a festival called WOMAD (World of Music and Dance) none of the trio could have expected the explosion that it would trigger. Tom Brookman reviews WOMAD...