16 days celebrating the world's best jazz, classical, folk and world music
Play the video above and hear Artistic Director, Joanna MacGregor, introduce this year's Festival programme. To download the 2009 brochure click here
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Featured Event
Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara + David Walters
The floor-filling double bill opens
with Martinique-born, Marseillebased
singer and guitarist David
Walters - an unmissable one-man
musicalbox who combines
funk, soul, acoustic world and
electronic beats.
Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara
perform raw and gutsy Afro-Blues
that have set stages on fire from
the tents of Womad to the Royal
Festival Hall. Seasoned by work
with Robert Plant and Tinariwen,
Adams' driving guitar finds a
perfect match in West African
master musician Juldeh Camara's
hypnotic ritti (African fiddle) and
powerful voice.
Their album Soul Science was
picked as both fRoots and
Songlines 2007 top 10 albums of
the year, and was nominated for
the Radio 3 World Music Awards.
As a live act, they invoke the spirit
of ancient juju rock 'n' roll.
‘rock and Africa come together
in a rousing, urgent fashion' The Guardian
Event code: R7
Pavilion £15
Concessions available
