WOMAD's Paula Henderson Chats To I Like Music

Paula: Everything we do has an international flavour. Something that wouldn't be suited to WOMAD for example, would be thrash metal! That's something we just know would go down like a lead balloon at the event. But really, we'll consider anything and everything in between. We try to make sure we have a wide variety each year. So if I've already programmed four or five songwriters, even if I find a fantastic one, I'll look and think "I just can't put on another song writer this year." Then hopefully, we would go on to feature them the following year. We try and bring a very wide variety of music to the event.

ILM: What are some of the highlights of WOMAD 2009?

Paula: We've featured quite a lot of international hip hop artists this year. Also we've wanted to start featuring more dance at the event, this year and future years. It's something we want to develop quite a lot. In 2009 we have our Taiko Drummers. Dub Colossus from Ethiopia are playing. We're featuring Radiokijada, Peruvian music from a duo consisting of Rodolfo Muñoz and Christoph H. Müller. Christoph comes from the Gotan Project. The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble are playing. Orishas, who are doing Cuban hiphop. There's quite a mix of everything! It should attract all ages!
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