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Post by Rendrags on Jul 21, 2017 15:58:43 GMT
Really looking forward to Bixiga 70. Should be a great way to start Womad!  |
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Post by digitalmonkey on Jul 23, 2017 18:12:15 GMT
Spent bit of time today assessing my plan.
Looking good. Have a few gaps but generally have a pretty rammed. Not got anything from South America as yet. Have to start drinking plenty of coffee to stay up for my 'must see', Racquel Tavaras.
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Post by dorsethelen on Jul 24, 2017 14:12:12 GMT
Timetable taking shape...every evening spent sampling music. When we started filling in our clashfinders most of our first choices were on the open air stage ..now having listened to lots of new amazing music, only Orchestre Baobab, Eliza Carthy & Toots and the Maytals remain green for the Open Air. Our lasting discoveries always come from the lesser known less mainstream bands ! Getting excited! Did a practice run with the tent yesterday !
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Post by deserttraveller on Jul 25, 2017 20:05:05 GMT
Ok, Blatant one-upmanship. I have trifocals and have just been told I need hearing aids.. Dont die of ignorance they said once, or was that a different Aid, lucozade.
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Post by beanstew on Jul 25, 2017 20:08:13 GMT
Did some listening on the commuter run today. Savina Yannatou and Leyla McCalla are absolute musts!
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Post by sc on Jul 25, 2017 20:16:33 GMT
Did some listening on the commuter run today. Savina Yannatou and Leyla McCalla are absolute musts! Yes I was just going through the "3 Must sees" thread (cheats way of getting a good summary of the best of this year) and just listened to Leyla McCalla as recommended by Mikey. Stunning |
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Post by beanstew on Jul 25, 2017 20:28:21 GMT
Yes I was just going through the "3 Must sees" thread (cheats way of getting a good summary of the best of this year) and just listened to Leyla McCalla as recommended by Mikey. Stunning Yeah! I streamed her album A Day For The Hunter, A Day For The Prey and was blown away. CD purchase essential! She was in Carolina Chocolate Drops who are also great! |
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Post by mikey on Jul 25, 2017 20:47:33 GMT
Leyla McCalla is my absolute must see on the weekend. Also feel really privileged to have a front row seat for Rhiannon Giddens at the Colston Hall Bristol in November.
Only regret is I will not be seeing them both sharing a stage. Perhaps that will happen at another time.
I prefer the earlier album Varii Colored Songs. The song Lonely House is just so good.
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Post by digitalmonkey on Jul 25, 2017 21:28:12 GMT
Looks like a few of us at Leyla then😁
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Post by digitalmonkey on Jul 25, 2017 21:30:21 GMT
Did some listening on the commuter run today. Savina Yannatou and Leyla McCalla are absolute musts! I have both on my must sees, Trembling Bells followed by Savina should be a great couple of gigs back to back |
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Post by beanstew on Jul 25, 2017 21:32:47 GMT
I have both on my must sees, Trembling Bells followe d by Savina should be a great couple of gigs back to back I adore Trembling Bells but have seen them many times and will be seeing them twice just after WOMAD so will go for Bombino who I have never seen when they're playing. |
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Post by deserttraveller on Jul 31, 2017 22:20:53 GMT
I have both on my must sees, Trembling Bells followe d by Savina should be a great couple of gigs back to back I adore Trembling Bells but have seen them many times and will be seeing them twice just after WOMAD so will go for Bombino who I have never seen when they're playing. You have seen everything several times! I bow to your superior knowledge on smaller bands and will ask your opinion on who to see next year but meantime could you post a link to your Youtube videos. |
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Post by beanstew on Aug 1, 2017 7:22:11 GMT
I bow to your superior knowledge on smaller bands and will ask your opinion on who to see next year but meantime could you post a link to your Youtube videos. I'll try and get them uploaded today as I'm off work. I didn't actually do much filming as it was always raining and I didn't want to get my camera wet. It spend most of it's time sealed in bags within bags.  |
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Post by mikey on Aug 1, 2017 20:03:57 GMT
Need to have a rant about emir kusterica on the Friday. Know not a popular choice to the forum members and I had said I would boycott. But I do love the music and with nothing else I was interested in seeing thought I would go to check it out.
Why did Womad allow a non Russian performer to come on stage to the Russian national anthem? Shame!
He intruduces the band, and the guy dressed as a white admiral is jokingly referred to as being well known around the world...he is Slobidan Milosovic. Not funny as emir kusturica admires milosivic and is an apologist for Radovan Karadzic.
Music should be non political, but that is not a reason to invite on stage someone who is overtly supportive of Putin, supports the ennexation of the Crimea and denies Serbian war crimes. He has also benefited from ethnic cleansing by building a model town in Serbia which was in a once Muslim area but who have now conveniently disappeared.
Not annoyed or angry, just feel let down and disappointed by seeing a once favourite film director for who they really are and by Womad not doing enough to research who they were bringing in to the country. Begs the question, why was inna de yard denied a visa to travel from a commonwealth country yet a Serbian turncoat is able to come quite easily.
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Post by digitalmonkey on Aug 1, 2017 20:23:51 GMT
Need to have a rant about emir kusterica on the Friday. Know not a popular choice to the forum members and I had said I would boycott. But I do love the music and with nothing else I was interested in seeing thought I would go to check it out. Why did Womad allow a non Russian performer to come on stage to the Russian national anthem? Shame! He intruduces the band, and the guy dressed as a white admiral is jokingly referred to as being well known around the world...he is Slobidan Milosovic. Not funny as emir kusturica admires milosivic and is an apologist for Radovan Karadzic. Music should be non political, but that is not a reason to invite on stage someone who is overtly supportive of Putin, supports the ennexation of the Crimea and denies Serbian war crimes. He has also benefited from ethnic cleansing by building a model town in Serbia which was in a once Muslim area but who have now conveniently disappeared. Not annoyed or angry, just feel let down and disappointed by seeing a once favourite film director for who they really are and by Womad not doing enough to research who they were bringing in to the country. Begs the question, why was inna de yard denied a visa to travel from a commonwealth country yet a Serbian turncoat is able to come quite easily. Agree with most of this Mikey. Except music is often political and in many instances for the right reasons. Fighting oppression and tyrannical or incompetent Governments. Think Woody Guthrie, Paul Robeson; infact pretty much popular music and much of what we saw at weekend had a political edge. And Folk Music is littered with protest singers |
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