With the likes of The Budos Band, José González, Nitin Sawhney, Yussef Dayes and Ziggy Marley already heading to WOMADelaide in 2024, event organisers have added another 38 artists to the bill.
The annual celebration of music, arts and dance presented in the glorious Botanic Park/Tainmuntilla in Adelaide (8-11 March), the new arrivals include the enchanting Emel Mathlouthi, Grammy-winning singer Corinne Bailey Rae, the sweet soul sounds of Thee Sacred Souls and vintage funk maestros Cymande.After rising to fame in 2012 with the protest anthem 'Kelmti Horra (My Word is Free)', Tunisian-American singer-songwriter Emel Mathlouthi's music crosses time, countries and continents, travelling between styles: experimental, electronic, North African, Arabic.
Best known for her 2006 single 'Put Your Records On', R&B, neo soul English singer Corinne Bailey Rae recently released 'Black Rainbows', her first album in seven years that was inspired by her experiences with the Stony Island Arts Bank, a Chicago-based archive of Black art and culture.
A soul-R&B band from San Diego, Thee Sacred Souls first arrived in 2019, their music capturing the essence of '60s soul and '70s groove, and collecting famous fans like Gary Clark Jr., Black Pumas and Timbaland.
One of the most sampled bands in the history of hip hop, house and dance music, psychedelic funk pioneers Cymande formed in 1971 fusing funk with soul, reggae, rock, African music, calypso, and jazz that they called 'nyah-rock', releasing three ground-breaking records in the early '70s.
Other notable new additions include Morcheeba, Belgian duo Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Pupul and AURUS, evoking the Reunion Island's traditional Maloya music with vibrant African and British pop influences.
Two of Ireland's most exciting musicians, singer-songwriter Lisa O'Neill and instrumentalist Cormac Begley, perform both traditional and contemporary songs. MC Yallah & Debmaster command the stage with conscious, poetic, experimental rap.
While renowned Portuguese fado artist Marta Pereira da Costa transports us to another time with her guitar mastery, and Mari Kalkun brings an ethereal combination of folk music and innovative songwriting.
Closer to home, the strong Australian line-up includes ARIA Award-winner, Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Kahu singer-songwriter and performer, Jen Cloher.
From Arnhem Land comes Wildfire Manwurrk, a melting pot of ancient songlines and thrashing rock guitars; and from the east coast, electronic jazz artist Elle Shimada and Ethio-jazz fusion band Black Jesus Experience.
"The world's festival, returning to Botanic Park/ Tainmuntilla is a thrilling and enriching journey of cultural discovery," WOMADelaide Director Ian Scobie says, "and we invite audiences to join us to experience the best, the essential – and the surprising – in music, arts and dance from across the nation and around the globe over one glorious weekend."
Tickets are on sale.
WOMADelaide returns to Adelaide's Tainmuntilla/ Botanic Garden from 8-11 March 2024.
WOMADelaide 2024 Line-up
A. GirlAl-Qasar
AURUS
Black Jesus Experience
Born in a Taxi - Illuminated Angels
Bromham
Bumpy
The Cambodian Space Project
CC:DISCO!
Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul
Cie L'immédiat - La lévitation réelle
Compagnie On Off - Le Chant de L'eau
Corinne Bailey Rae
CORPUS - Divine Intervention & Les moutons
Cymande
Dean Brady
Druid Fluids
Elle Shimada
Emel Mathlouthi
Emma Volard
Erin Buku
The Good Ones
Jen Cloher + T'HONI
Ju Ben
Katanga Junior
Lisa O'Neill & Cormac Begley
Mari Kalkun
Marta Pereira da Costa
MC Yallah & Debmaster
Morcheeba
Rob Edwards
RoZéO - Gratte Ciel
Slowmango
Sofia Menguita
Tenzin Choegyal
Thee Sacred Souls
Wildfire Manwurrk
Ziggy Ramo
Who join the already announced
Arooj Aftab
Baaba Maal
Braxe + Falcon
The Budos Band
DakhaBrakha
DJ Koco
DUBIOZA KOLEKTIV
Elephants Laugh - Muljil
Folk Bitch Trio
Gilberto Gil
Handspring Puppet Company
Ibibio Sound Machine
Illapu
José González
Leenalchi
Maqamat - Beytna (Home)
Moonlight Benjamin
Nitin Sawhney
Pongo
Sharon Shannon Big Band
Son Rompe Pera
STREB EXTREME ACTION
Tejendra Majumdar & Ambi Subramaniam
Tio
Wantok Sing Sing feat. TELEK
WITCH
Yussef Dayes
Ziggy Marley
