21 November 2019
Led by the exclusive Australian show from eight-time Grammy winner Ziggy Marley, WOMADelaide today released the final 50 artists to complete its 2020 artistic program, bound for Adelaide’s Botanic Park from 6–9 March.
From his early immersion in the music industry, as he sat in on recording sessions with his father, reggae legend Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley has gone on to release eight records with The Melody Makers and seven solo albums, four of which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Reggae Album Charts. Amongst his many awards is a Grammy for Best Children’s Album for his first children’s album Family Time in 2009 and a daytime Emmy for his track ‘I Love You Too’, which shares its title with his 2012 debut children’s book.
Joining Marley is the darling of modern folk, singer-songwriter Laura Marling from the UK. Winner of the 2011 Brit Awards for Best British Female Solo Artist and Best New Artist at the 2011 NME awards, Marling has gone on to release seven studio albums. Her maiden performance at WOMADelaide will be a stripped-back solo set.
Also announced today is ‘the King of Samba Rock’, Jorge Ben Jor. One of the biggest stars of Brazilian music, Jorge Ben Jor became a global sensation in 1963, with the release of his first album and the smash hit ‘Mas Que Nada’. His smooth and distinctive mix of samba with Bossa nova, funk, pop and rock placed him at the forefront of the ‘jovem guarda’ (young guard) and ‘tropicalia’ (tropical-psychedelia) movements.
Also included is Australia’s acclaimed Kate Miller-Heidke who effortlessly glides between the worlds of contemporary pop, folk and opera and PNG/AUS force of nature, Ngaiire whose striking live shows fuse fashion, art and music. Venezuela’s Los Amigos Invisibles, celebrated for their explosive live shows with their acid jazz, cheeky disco-funk and Latin grooves, return after a decade.
UK MC General Levy, best known for his defining drum n bass hit ‘Incredible’ and work with Shaggy, Desmond Dekker and Sly & Robbie, brings his staccato vocals and creative twists through jungle, ragga and calypso and, leading the late-night DJ sessions are techno producer Misstress Barbara (Italy/Canada) and disco/electro maestro Greg Wilson (UK) whose careers have seen them play almost every major music festival worldwide.
A-Z OF ARTISTS ANNOUNCED TODAT
Artefactum (Spain)
Briggs (AUS)
Company Archibald Caramantran (France)
Craig Walsh – MONUMENTS (AUS)
Deline Briscoe (AUS)
Destyn Maloya (Réunion)
Dr Piffle & the Burlap Band (Adelaide, AUS)
Dyson Stringer Cloher (AUS)
Echo Drama (AUS)
Floating Flowers – B. DANCE (Taiwan)
Flor de Toloache (Mexico/USA)
Foco alAire – LosTheULTRAMAR (Mexico)
Gelareh Pour’s Garden (Iran/AUS)
General Levy (UK)
Gravity & Other Myths – A Simple Space (AUS)
Greg Wilson (UK) – DJ set
Iberi (Georgia)
Ifriqiyya Electrique (Maghreb/Europe)
Jorge Ben Jor (Brazil)
Kate Miller-Heidke (AUS)
Kathryn Joseph (UK)
KermesZ à l’Est (Belgium)
Kim So Ra (South Korea)
King Ayisoba (Ghana)
Late Nite Tuff Guy (AUS) – DJ set
Laura Marling (UK)
Los Amigos Invisibles (Venezuela)
Luisa Sobral (Portugal)
Ziggy Marley (Jamaica)
M.O.D (AUS)
Marina Satti & Fonés (Greece/Sudan)
Maubere Timor (East Timor)
Minyo Crusaders (Japan)
Misstress Barbara (Italy/Canada) – DJ set
Ngaiire (PNG/AUS)
Northern Sound System Live Recording Studio (AUS)
Oisima (Adelaide, AUS)
Orang Orang Drum Theatre – LanguKu & The Memories (Malaysia)
Party Dozen (AUS)
RURA (Scotland)
SO.Crates (AUS)
Stellie (Adelaide, AUS)
Super Rats (AUS)
Tami Neilson (NZ/Canada)
Thandi Phoenix (AUS)
The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra (AUS)
Themba (South Africa) – DJ set
True Vibenation (AUS)
Ustad Saami (Pakistan)
William Barton & Veronique Serret (AUS)
THEY JOIN THE PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED ARTISTS
Aldous Harding (NZ)
As the World Tipped – Wired Aerial Theatre (UK)
Bill Callahan (USA)
The Blind Boys of Alabama (US)
The Cat Empire (AUS)
Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita (Wales/Senegal)
Ezra Collective (UK)
Hiatus Kaiyote (AUS)
Kikagaku Moyo (Japan)
L. Subramaniam (India)
Liniker e os Caramelows (Brazil)
Mavis Staples (USA)
Sleaford Mods (UK)
Odette (AUS)
Orquesta Akokán (Cuba)
Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi (USA/Italy)
Salif Keita (Mali)
Spinifex Gum (AUS)
Trio da Kali (Mali)
Tuuletar (Finland).
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30 October 2019
WOMADelaide is thrilled to announce that living legends of gospel music and five-time Grammy Award winners, The Blind Boys of Alabama, will make their first ever appearance at the festival in Adelaide’s Botanic Park on 6 and 7 March 2020.
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17 October 2019
The wait is over for the WOMADelaide faithful, as the first 20 groups are announced for the 2020 festival, to be presented over 6-9 March 2020 in the picturesque surrounds of Adelaide’s Botanic Park.
Psychedelic Japanese rock, lush and dreamy Brazilian soul, golden voices from Africa, poets & storytellers, mesmerising underground afro-jazz, Scandinavian harmonic beatboxing, the Paganini of Indian classical music, multiple Grammy Award-winners, familiar favourites and much, much more… this is scene that has been revealed for WOMADelaide 2020.
Aldous Harding (NZ)
Bill Callahan (USA)
The Cat Empire (Australia)
Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita (Wales/Senegal)
Ezra Collective (UK)
Hiatus Kaiyote (Australia)
Kikagaku Moyo (Japan)
L Subramaniam (India)
Liniker e os Caramelows (Brazil)
Mavis Staples (USA)
Muthoni Drummer Queen (Kenya/France)
Odette (Australia)
Orquesta Akokán (Cuba)
Rhiannon Giddens w/ Francesco Turrisi (USA/Italy)
Salif Keita (Mali)
Sleaford Mods (UK)
Spinifex Gum (Australia)
Trio Da Kali (Mali)
Tuuletar (Finland)