WOMAD released another crop of artists for this years festival from around the globe, global superstar Youssou NDour,  soul survivour currently enjoying a fabulous, long-overdue renaissance Bobby Womack,80 year old Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango, funk/pop/hip-hop hybrid from New Orleans Trombone Shorty. 

Other arrtists revealed include: Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita (Wales/Senegal), Tunng (UK) combining eerie folk with bleeping electronica, Justin Vali & Ny Malagasy Orkestra (Madagascar) All-star musical gathering from the Indian Ocean island, 9Bach (Wales) ghostly folk-rock attractively places them midway between Portishead and Pentangle. Snarky Puppy (USA) Outstanding Brooklyn-based collective effortlessly fusing jazz, soul, funk and world to universally pleasing effect.  Debademba (Burkina Faso/Mali) Young Malian five-piece whose silken-voiced singer, Aar Maanta (Somalia/UK) Regarded as the voice of a generation of young British Somalis, Aar Maanta’s music shifts between alluring slinkiness and show-stopping funk workouts.

Also announced Jus Now (Trinidad/UK) The musical missing link between Bristol and Port of Spain pairs two producers united by bass, Chloe Charles (Canada) Toronto singer-songwriter who sings, says Rolling Stone, “pop songs with an introverted beauty of surprising clarity”, Orange Hill (Colombia) Acoustic troupe who play calypso and mento, ìˆ¨[su:m] (South Korea) Curiously monikered female South Korean duo whose multi-instrumentalism calmly masters the transcendental, contemplative folk traditions of their native land.  Vinicio Capossela presenta Banda Della Posta (Italy) Maverick Italian troubadour fronts this charming collection of veteran musicians. Imed Alibi (Tunisia/France) Percussionist and Rachid Taha collaborator whose band’s new record was described by The Guardian as “an exuberant set [that] sounds like the soundtrack for a film about the early hopes of the Arab Spring”.

DakhaBrakha (Ukraine) Self-proclaimed 'ethno-chaos' folk quartet, Ethno Trio Troitsa (Belarus) Engaging trio who, in playing around 50 different instruments between them, playing folk music riches of their homeland, Madeeh (Malaysia) – acoustic ensemble present the traditional Bidayuh roots music of Borneo.

WOMAD Fesival takes place from Thu 24th to Sun 27th July at Charlton Park, Malmesbury
Tickets available from here