South Australia's WOMADelaide festival has today announced its full line-up for next year's festival, which will take place in March.
Adding to the 29 names who were announced in October (including Jimmy Cliff, The Cat Empire, The Herd and Tallest Man On Earth) is African star Salif Keita – who was born into royal Malian lineage but dumped because he was an albino – as well as Mali-based acts Vieux Farka Touré, and Bassekou Kouyaté & his band Ngoni Ba.
There's also local names joining the festival today with Tim Rogers joining The Bamboos for a performance, live drum'n'bass trio The Bird, blues singer Mia Dyson, party soul group Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes as well as emerging indigenous troupe East Journey.
In alphabetical order, today's announcement boasts:
Adnaan Baraky (Syria/Australia)
Alim Qasimov Ensemble (Azerbaijan)
Arpaka Dance Company (Australia)
Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba (Mali)
The Bird (Australia)
Clairy Browne & the Bangin' Rackettes (Australia)
DJ ClicK (France)
East Journey (Australia)
Golonka (Australia)
Goran Bregovic & His Weddings & Funerals Orchestra (Serbia)
Heather Frahn & The Moonlight Tide (Australia)
The Herbaliser DJs (UK)
Illapu (Chile)
Kingfisha (Australia)
LA-33 (Colombia)
Mia Dyson (Australia)
Novalima (Peru)
Paul Ubana Jones (UK/Nigeria/NZ)
Salif Keita (Mali)
Sing Sing (Australasia)
Souad Massi (South Africa)
Tim Rogers & The Bamboos (Australia)
Tubular Bells For Two (Australia)
Vieux Farka Toure (Mali)
The Volatinsky Trio (Australia)
Art instillations and performances on the WOMAD site will come from:
Barnaby Gibbons presents Charlie O'Taney, The Brooklyn Healer (UK)
Boxwars - The Art Of Destruction (Australia)
Compagnie l'Eléphant Vert (France)
Compagnie Luc Amoros (France)
Macnas – The Boy Explorer (Ireland)
Polyglot Theatre Tangle (Australia)
Ringbalin – River Stories (Australia).
The festival also announced The Planet Talks series, which will cover a series of environmental issues. Hosted by ABC's Robyn Williams and Bernie Hobbs, speakers include Urthboy, author Paul Ehrlich, OzHarvest founder Ronni Kahn, Gardening Australia's Costa Geogiadis and Australia Youth Climate Coalition Chair Anna Rose.
The festival takes place Friday 8 to Monday 11 March 2013 in Adelaide's Botanic Park. Tickets available here.
