WOMAD Festival Taranaki

Celtic music has always been a crowd pleaser in New Zealand and with his band Mabon, Jamie Smith once more confirmed the popularity of the genre. Read more Audio

It's music for the people - by the people - with the people, presented by a band whose high-energy performances have made them one of South Africa's most successful musical exports. Read more Audio

Maalem Hamid el Kasri plays the guembri in music of Morocco based in the Gnawa tradition. Read more Audio

Silkroad Ensemble's world fusion feast delights audience but went too easy on the spice Read more Video

A small army of contractors and volunteers has been busy in Taranaki this week setting up the WOMAD world music festival, which kicks off in New Plymouth this evening. Our Taranaki-Whanganui reporter… Read more Video, Audio

RNZ's resident world music expert and host of Worlds of Music, Trevor Reekie, profiles five of th acts playing at this year's WOMAD festival. Read more Video

Risk, learning and sharing remain fundamental to the joy for both players and audiences of the Grammy winning ensemble Silkroad, says Jeffrey Beecher, co-artistic director. Silkroad play Auckland… Read more Video, Audio

RNZ Music is proud to share this exclusive live version of Finn Andrews’ song ‘One by the Venom’, from his forthcoming solo album One Piece at a Time, which is out March 15. Read more Video

Singer songwriter Charlotte Johansen has opened for the likes of Dave Dobbyn and Shona Laing and is playing at Womad next month Read more Audio

Eva Radich takes a guess at likely highlights at this year’s WOMAD, and shares a favourite bluegrass band.

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Nadia Reid performs a special live version of new song 'All Of My Love' from her upcoming album, due out later this year. The song was written after a New Years Eve in Levin.  Read more Video, Audio

Ian Bruce, aka Mr Bruce, is a painter and the lead singer in music duo The Correspondents. Alongside DJ Chucks, the pair bring together jazz and swing with modern electro and drum'n'bass to deliver a… Read more Video, Audio