WOMAD pictures

Categories: festivals

Tags: photos, WOMAD

Date: 01 August 2009 14:56:05

Here's just a wee selection of pictures from WOMAD last weekend, starting with various views of the site:
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Next, Eliades Ochoa and his band. I'm really convinced I saw his guitarist play in a Cuban band when I was in Sibiu the other year.
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This picture is of a group called Dhoad Gypsies of Rajasthan. I was really pleased with this, as we were miles and miles away from the stage:
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Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (or, how to make brass bands cool):
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A couple more site views:
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Jim Moray:
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Andy White (and his unfeasibly small guitar):
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17 Hippies:
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Photos from the festival parade, featuring stuff made by the kids workshop groups - check out the giant spider!
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Deaf Shepherd:
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