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Speed Caravan - The Kiss of Electric Sand
Speed Caravan were in The Big Room at Real World Studios back in April. You can get a first taste of their work at The B&W Society of Sound where their album is this months download. Look out for their forthcoming release on Real World Records.
Tell No lies No.1 in World Music Charts Europe!
Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara's recent release, Tell No Lies, has taken the top spot in August's edition of The World Music Charts Europe.
The album has been in the top 4 since entering the charts in June 09.
Congratulations to Justin and Juldeh from all at Real World Records!
Namm Welcoms Winner of Real World Remix competition
NAMM, the trade association of the international music products industry, announced that it will be hosting the winner of a recent Peter Gabriel remix competition at its Wanna Play? Interactive Music Pavilion located inside X Games 15 at the Home Depot Center starting today.
NAMM's guest of honor is Mike Gorman of Morgan City, La., who won for his "LizardMix" of "Games Without Frontiers," featuring lyrical complements by Lord Jamar of the hip-hop group Brand Nubian. Gorman's remix will be the theme song for this summer's X Games.
NAMM sponsored the competition with ESPN and Peter Gabriel's RealWorldRemixed.com as part of its public awareness campaign called Wanna Play?, which encourages people to experience the proven benefits of making music. More than 240 contestants produced and submitted their unique remix of the Peter Gabriel song Online, providing them with a hands-on experience with this style of music making.
"Remixing is an art form that can be a fun and creative way for people to express themselves musically," said Jeff Livingston, of NAMM's market development department. "That's really what this effort is all about for NAMM -- to get people excited about expressing their musical side."
"The art of remixing is important to me as I believe it brings an artist's work to audiences who may have never heard of or even considered listening to a song in its original form until someone mixes it up with new ethnic or contemporary styling," said Gorman. "The music, in part or in whole, gets to live on in new creative processes for different generations and cultures to enjoy. There are so many musical compositions just waiting to be retooled with new ideas and shared with others of varied musical backgrounds and tastes. Perhaps in some cases, these remixes can help deliver a message that needs to be told again."
Charlie Winston unmissable at WOMAD
If you had any doubt which band could end up being the most fun at WOMAD this weekend check out this extraordinary footage from the French festival Les Vieilles Charoux as superstar Charlie Winston entertains 55,000 fans. Catch him in on the Big Red Tent at 15.00 on Sunday before he reaches stratospheric stadium levels!
Sleepwalking screening at The Green Man Festival
The Green Man Festival will be screening Dengue Fever's documentary 'Sleepwalking Through The Mekong' as part of the 7 Inch Cinema film-tent programme on Friday 21 August at 7pm.
The DVD and CD soundtrack bundle is currently available from Womadshop.com. Visit the the catalogue page for further details.
Charlie Winston London special appearances
On Monday 27th July Charlie Winston will perform an special gig at Rough Trade to celebrate the exclusive release of the special 7" vinyl version of his debut UK single 'In Your Hands'. The Rough Trade in-store set will follow Charlie's performance at Womad on 26th July and precede his concert as part of the iTunes Festival at London's Roundhouse on 28th July.
Having topped the French charts with 'Like A Hobo', France's best-selling single so far this year, and already selling more than 250,000 copies of his album 'Hobo', Charlie is being tipped to be the biggest selling artist in France in 2009. These unique London shows will be unmissable.
Entrance to Rough Trade will be wristband only (wristband collection 1 hour prior to gig, first-come-first-served basis- one per person.)
Tickets for the iTunes Festival are available via iTunes EU Facebook page.
Charlton Park iPhone App available
We've just launched or Charlton Park iPhone application - it's free and it will be one of the services that can take advantage of the site-wide Wi-Fi.
If you would rather not be without the internet for a whole weekend then fear not as WOMAD Charlton Park has it's own WiFi network. Access to some pages, such as pages this website and the iPhone application will be free. Charges apply for wider access. Lets get Twittering.
1 day: £5.00
All weekend 23rd - 26th July: £10.00
The Black Swan Effect replace Mongrel at WOMAD Charlton Park
We are sad to announce that Mongrel have had to cancel their performance at WOMAD Charlton Park 2009. A spokesman for Mongrel gave the following statement:
It is with regret that Mongel have had to pull out of Womad Festival 2009 due to circumstances beyond our collective control
The Black Swan Effect will replace Mongrel and perform at WOMAD Charlton Park 2009 on Saturday 25th July at 5pm. Come and enjoy their music!
Youssou N'Dour to play WOMAD Charlton Park
Senegalese superstar Youssou N'Dour and his band Super Etoile de Dakar will descend on WOMAD on Sunday, intent on wowing the festival with their infectious urban mbalax rhythms and irresistible Afro-pop dance grooves. A statesman and social commentator, N'Dour is one of the most celebrated African musicians in history. The Super Etoile are probably the most popular African band in the world. Together they are simply incredible.
