WOMAD 2011
Saturday 19 March 2011
- Don Letts site tour WOMAD 2011
- The original punky reggae DJ Don Letts explores the Bowl of Brooklands festival site with Music 101 host Kirsten Johnstone. 19 March 2011. (duration: 6′28″)
from (23 Mar 2011) - Bob Brozman session Womad 2011
- Virtuoso guitarist Bob Brozman, who has made his career travelling and collaborating with musicians all around the globe, stops in with a few of his hundreds of guitars to strum and chat with Music 101 host Kirsten Johnstone live at WOMAD Taranaki 2011. 19 March 2011 (duration: 20′24″)
from (23 Mar 2011) - Calypso Rose WOMAD 2011
- One of the few female calypso legends and a national treasure of Trinidad and Tobago, 71-year-old party starter Calypso Rose talks to Music 101's Emma Smith at WOMAD Taranaki 2011. 18 March 2011. (duration: 10′52″)
from (23 Mar 2011) - Horace Andy interview WOMAD 2011
- You might know Horace Andy's distinctive good vibes vibrato from '60s Jamaican reggae group The Dominoes, or possibly his collaborations in the '90s with trip-hoppers Massive Attack and dub DJ The Mad Professor. He went to WOMAD 2011and spoke to Emma Smith. 19 March 2011 (duration: 10′32″)
from (23 Mar 2011) - Tanya Tagaq interview WOMAD Taranaki 2011
- Tanya Tagaq is an Inuit throat singer that could take on the best beat-boxers with her vast array of squelches, pops, lip smacks and grunts. She talks to Music 101 host Kirsten Johnstone about her modern take on an ancient tradition. 19 March 2011. (duration: 7′37″)
from (23 Mar 2011) - Sidestepper interview WOMAD Taranaki 2011
- Colombian/UK group Sidestepper take in everything from deep Colombian folk influences to hip hop, cumbia, dancehall reggae, dub and afrobeat. Band leader Richard Blair talks to Music 101 host Kirsten Johnstone. 19 March 2011. (duration: 8′06″)
from (24 Mar 2011) - Nga Tae in session WOMAD Taranaki 2011
- Nga Tae is a collaboration between electronic musician Paddy Free from Pitch Black, and Taonga Puoro (Maori instrument) experts Richard Nunns, Horomona Horo, and singer Waimihi Hotere. Here they join Music 101 host Kirsten Johnstone live to air for a korero and to play a couple of songs: Star Waka and Kohatu. 19 March 2011. (duration: 13′17″)
from (24 Mar 2011)
2-3 pm
The original punky reggae DJ Don Letts explores the Bowl of Brooklands festival site with us;
A live session with Mongolian/Chinese group Hanggai, who fuse ancient Mongolian throat chant and horse-head fiddle with mullet flipping metal guitars and drums;
Blind Malian couple Amadou & Mariam, whose infectious folk songs feed off modern electro rock and blues grooves;
One of the few female calypso legends and a national treasure of Trinidad and Tobago, 71-year-old party starter Calypso Rose.
3-4 pm
Virtuoso guitarist Bob Brozman, who has made his career travelling and collaborating with musicians all around the globe, stops in with a few of his hundreds of guitars to play for us;
We speak with Horace Andy - you'll know his distinctive good vibes vibrato from '60s Jamaican reggae group The Dominoes, or possibly his collaborations in the '90s with trip-hoppers Massive Attack and dub DJ The Mad Professor;
Meet Colombian/UK group Sidestepper, who take in everything from deep Colombian folk influences to hip hop, cumbia, dancehall reggae, dub and afrobeat;
4-5 pm
East/West fusion composer, producer and DJ Nitin Sawhney, who is responsible for curating the stage-sagging WOMAD 2011 finale... the gala concert.
Tanya Tagaq - an Inuit throat singer that could take on the best beat-boxers with her vast array of squelches, pops, lip smacks and grunts - gives us a demo of her modern take on an ancient tradition.
And Nga Tae - a collaboration between electronic musician Paddy Free from Pitch Black, and Taonga Puoro (Maori instrument) experts Richard Nunns, Horomona Horo, and singer Waimihi Hotere.
Related Audio
- Afro Celt Soundsystem - Simon Emmerson interview
- The Afro-Celt Soundsystem fuses Irish and West African music with big dance beats, it's been a hit at WOMAD festivals around the world since 1995. The project began with second generation Irish Londoner Simon Emmerson. He grew up surrounded by all sorts of music - his father was a tour manager immersed in the late 60s psychedelic scene, and the first concert he remembers being taken to as a kid was Captain Beefheart. As a teenager he was a punk, a fan of English folkie Martin Carthy, a member of Scritti Politti for a time, and working in a specialty Jazz record store, which is where he first came across Fela Kuti. Emmerson incorporated African rhythms and guitar licks into his 80s post-punk-samba-afro-beat band Weekender and later, more jazz oriented band Working Week. By then, dance culture was thriving, and Emmerson was carving out a niche as a DJ and producer. He takes up the story with Music 101's Kirsten Johnstone. 5 March 2011. (duration: 7′15″)
from (11 Mar 2011) - Nitin Sawhney
- Nitin Sawhney has written scores for more than 40 films and countless TV series and ads, he's produced eight albums, is in demand as a DJ and for writing music for high grossing video games. (duration: 7′01″)
from The Arts on Sunday with Lynn Freeman (13 Mar 2011) - Creole Choir Of Cuba
- We hear from the Creole Choir of Cuba while in New Zealand for the WOMAD Taranaki Festival, March 2011 in New Plymouth. During Nights with Bryan Crump they sing Mawoule, Wongolo, Chew Naw Ren. 16 March 2011. (duration: 23′45″)
from (17 Mar 2011)
Information
The World of Music Arts and Dance festival is back in the leafy Bowl of Brooklands in New Plymouth to entertain and enlighten a friendly, diverse audience.
Music 101 broadcast live from the WOMAD festival, and hosts Kirsten Johnstone and Emma Smith bring you music performances fresh from the main stage, live sessions and interviews, including: Mongolian/Chinese group Hanggai, who fuse ancient Mongolian throat chant and horse-head fiddle with mullet flipping Metal guitars and drums; Blind Malian couple Amadou & Mariam, whose infectious folk songs feed off modern electro rock and blues grooves; East/West fusion composer, producer and DJ Nitin Sawhney, who is responsible for curating the stage-sagging WOMAD 2011 finale... the gala concert.