WOMAD Festival Taranaki

Montell2099 is a young kiwi beat maker who's already worked with artists like Lorde, Charli XCX and 21 Savage. Ahead of his appearance at WOMAD festival he spoke with Tony Stamp. Read more Audio

Trevor Reekie plays an eclectic mix of trans-global music, including fusion and folk roots. This week it's live sessions recorded by RNZ at this month's Womad world music festival. Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

The Blind Boys of Alabana are a remarkable group of singers born, poor, black and blind in the rural South of 1937. At this year's WOMAD Festival Trevor Reekie spoke to founding member Jimmy Carter… Read more Audio

Ziggy Marley talks to Charlotte Ryan ahead of his performance at WOMAD 2020. He shares his thoughts on world politics, his father Bob Marley's legacy and the legalisation of cannabis. Read more Audio

The WOMAD world music festival has announced 20 more acts for its 2020 festival, which takes place in Taranaki in March. Read more Video

Traditional Greek music ensemble Rebetien perform the song 'Gineka Pou Psifizi' especially for RNZ Music at WOMAD 2019. Read more Video, Audio

Taranaki's annual world music festival WOMAD went ahead this weekend, despite the heartbreaking events in Christchurch. Chris Schulz was there to receive the messages of love, hope and unity from a… Read more Video

It's a brand of noisy folklore, injecting gypsy brass and Balkan music with modern electronica - totally designed for good vibes and dancing. Read more Audio

Congress Of Animals is a bunch of well-known musicians from Wellington who come together when their schedules allow. Read more Audio

Kora is one of Aotearoa's most respected live bands whose music includes elements of reggae, rock, dub roots and hard-out space-funk! Read more Audio

This five-piece acoustic band from Athens plays Greek music from the Rebetiko tradition that gets people singing and dancing. Read more Audio

Ria Hall's original compositions touch on themes of love and war, revolution and change. Read more Audio