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Post by standing stone on May 26, 2017 13:42:01 GMT
Updated Alpha list so far:
Afro Celt Sound System
After Hours
Alsarah & the Nubatones
Amsterdam Klezmer Band
Ariwo
Bare Knuckle Parade
Beating Heart
Benjamin Zephaniah
Bill Laurence
Bixiga 70
Bokanté
Bombino
Bonga
Chico Trujillo
chk chk chk
Clap! Clap!
Daymé Arocena
Don Kipper
Dutty Moonshine
Eliza Carthy & the Wayward Band
Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra
Ghada Shbeir
Goat
Grupo Canalón de Timbiquí
Gypsies of Bohemia
Hannah Peel & Tubular Brass
House Gospel Choir
Ifriqiyya Électrique
Inna de Yard
Jack Baldus
Jamie Smith’s Mabon Young
Josephine and the Artizans
Kakatsitsi, The !Gubi Family & Bwiti
Kate Simko & London Electronic Orchestra
Khmer Rouge Survivors
King Ayisoba
King Gurcharan Mall and the Dhol Blasters
Korelou
Kuenta I Tambu
La Dame Blanche
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Lamomali
Las Cafeteras
Leyla McCalla
Maarja Nuut
Mamadou Diabaté’ & Percussion Mania
Maya Youssef
Meta Meta
Msafiri Zawose
Nick Mulvey
Nomade Orquestra
Noureddine Khourchid & the Whirling Dervishes
Officina Zoe
Orchestre Baobab
Orkestra Mendoza
Oumou Sangare
Parvathy Baul and Somjit Dasgupta
Rajab Suleiman & Kithara
Raquel Tavares
Roy Ayer, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
Savina Yannatou
Shobaleader One
Simon Wood and the Mysterious Collective
Ska Vengers
Smerin’s Antisocial Club
Spooky Men’s Chorale
Taiko Meantime
Tanzania Albanism Society
The Khmer Rouge Survivors
The Mighty John Street Ska Orchestra
The Nile Project
The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians
The Ska Vengers
The Three Elvis’s
Tom Middleton
Toots and the Maytals
Trad Attack
Trembling Bells
Vesevo
Viguela
Xaos
Zhou Family Band
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Post by nigenet on May 26, 2017 14:24:21 GMT
yip nothing can embarrass SC Challenge accepted!  |
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Post by standing stone on May 26, 2017 14:36:39 GMT
Toots and the Maytals are a band I have "nearly" seen a few times but never actually achieved it because of clashes. You can bet your bottom dollar she is up against Maarja Nuut this time  Some bands fate plays cruel games with me Know what you mean SC... Saturday evening a few Womad's ago featured Chic, Rachid Taha, Shane MacGowan (singing with a Sharron Shannon collective) and Speed Caravan - a multiple must-see pile-up clash-fest. Somehow saw Shane, most of Chic and Rachid Taha and caught just the last 5 minutes of Speed Caravan...a lot of anxious clock watching and running around without time to stop for a wee or a beer... anyone else got particularly unforgettable clashes? I used to run around without time to stop for a wee or a beer either, Mr Beef. then along came a hip flask which made things easier, then I just got ruthless and made difficult decisions on clashes very quickly, so it wouldn't hurt and would be instantly forgotten (try humming as so to mask the yelling protest in the brain), and then whittled down the must sees to a manageable level. Leaving the hip flask at home this year; taking just a bottle to fill up at the water points which are always on the way to wherever you are going. Stage clashes dealt with now, I am concentrating on colours this year - very red and shocking pink and vibrant orange - fab clashes! |
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Post by standing stone on May 26, 2017 14:39:44 GMT
Are Bowers and Wilkins artists included in this announcement,do we think, or announced separately? |
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Post by mikey on May 26, 2017 16:21:01 GMT
I think the B&W artists are announced much later on and sure some are only announced on the weekend. So, just when you finish finalising you schedule a whole new batch of great names are announced.
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Post by jimhxn on May 26, 2017 21:23:10 GMT
Very interested to see Ifriqiyya Electrique. Their album came out today. Sounds good from what I've heard. Get some Tunisian moshing going on - Big Red, I hope.
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Post by sc on May 27, 2017 13:21:47 GMT
yip nothing can embarrass SC Challenge accepted! oh dear God, what have I started? |
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Post by deserttraveller on May 27, 2017 18:18:37 GMT
Toumani Diabate 8:15 Sat evening, just NOT fair, with ACSS headlining at CG unless he were to be on at CG before ACSS.
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Post by sc on May 27, 2017 18:37:00 GMT
Toumani Diabate 8:15 Sat evening, just NOT fair, with ACSS headlining at CG unless he were to be on at CG before ACSS. Has the timetable been announced? Surely it just means we have to scamper between wherever Toumani is playing over to the CG stage for ACSS ....................... although ....................... and i am preparing myself to run and hide after making this comment ....... when I saw them in The Siam Tent .......... AWESOME ........when I saw them at Wickham (DT you were there what did you think?) I thought .......AWESOME, then saw them at Brighton, Jax n Warrior, you were at the gig too, this was after ACSS had split and there were two versions fighting it out. It was nothing like the old ACSS, the magic was lost ....... all great things pass, but after my Brighton experience, if there is a big challenger to ACSS, the challenger may well get my attention. Love ACSS, but sometimes it's better to leave when you are ahead, nothing worse than the sadness of a 1970's Stadium Rock Band now touring Village Halls ...... quit while your ahead and keep your pride ........... runs and hides ............. |
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Post by deserttraveller on May 27, 2017 21:25:38 GMT
This was where I got the timing; www.bandsintown.com/event/14688934?artist=Toumani+Diabate&came_from=127 says 8:15. Yes ACSS were magical at Wickham and beyond awesome in 2010 in Siam but the much feted The Source album had something missing. They were less than impressive at the Albert Hall 2 months ago. Like you SC I'm concerned about what I will find with ACSS. 70s rock bands look in the main like coffin Dodgers, there are exceptions, JASPER CARROT makes a thing of his age and has a wonderful backing young singer with a band made up of has beens singing old numbers. Leo Sayer has still got it. |
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Post by sc on May 27, 2017 22:06:54 GMT
This was where I got the timing; www.bandsintown.com/event/14688934?artist=Toumani+Diabate&came_from=127 says 8:15. Yes ACSS were magical at Wickham and beyond awesome in 2010 in Siam but the much feted The Source album had something missing. They were less than impressive at the Albert Hall 2 months ago. Like you SC I'm concerned about what I will find with ACSS. 70s rock bands look in the main like coffin Dodgers, there are exceptions, JASPER CARROT makes a thing of his age and has a wonderful backing young singer with a band made up of has beens singing old numbers. Leo Sayer has still got it. Leo Sayer saw him back in errrrrrrrrrr 1978? Hammy Odeon loved him then, no reason not to now |
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Post by calndel on May 27, 2017 23:20:55 GMT
This was where I got the timing; www.bandsintown.com/event/14688934?artist=Toumani+Diabate&came_from=127 says 8:15. Yes ACSS were magical at Wickham and beyond awesome in 2010 in Siam but the much feted The Source album had something missing. They were less than impressive at the Albert Hall 2 months ago. Like you SC I'm concerned about what I will find with ACSS. 70s rock bands look in the main like coffin Dodgers, there are exceptions, JASPER CARROT makes a thing of his age and has a wonderful backing young singer with a band made up of has beens singing old numbers. Leo Sayer has still got it. Leo played Glasgow a few ago Del thought about going but no one else want to go with him! |
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Post by sc on May 27, 2017 23:52:52 GMT
This was where I got the timing; www.bandsintown.com/event/14688934?artist=Toumani+Diabate&came_from=127 says 8:15. Yes ACSS were magical at Wickham and beyond awesome in 2010 in Siam but the much feted The Source album had something missing. They were less than impressive at the Albert Hall 2 months ago. Like you SC I'm concerned about what I will find with ACSS. 70s rock bands look in the main like coffin Dodgers, there are exceptions, JASPER CARROT makes a thing of his age and has a wonderful backing young singer with a band made up of has beens singing old numbers. Leo Sayer has still got it. Leo played Glasgow a few ago Del thought about going but no one else want to go with him! Heck Del !!! The best reason in the world to do something is coz none of your mates wanna do it! Stand by what YOU believe, not what your mates say you believe! You are Free Del do want you want! You are free ....... No labels .......... Watch Leo with Pride |
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Post by mikey on May 28, 2017 10:11:40 GMT
Listening to Cerys, sounds like she is a fan of Maarja Nuut and will be catching up with her at Womad. Hopefully will be interviewed during Cerys's show on the Sunday morning. Always a fan of the Sunday morning radio show, lying in the sun in front of of the CG stage listening to her interviewing a selection of artists.
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Post by standing stone on May 28, 2017 13:22:36 GMT
Toumani Diabate 8:15 Sat evening, just NOT fair, with ACSS headlining at CG unless he were to be on at CG before ACSS. ..that would be a hard clash decision for me - but made in a flash as ACSS were STONKING (sorry for shouting - just really excited) at Colston Hall last year and I have every confidence they will be just as STONKING at Womad, whichever stage. Any hooo - there's no way I'm going to chance missing this experience. Still really hoping I don't have to choose though. |
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