Sinead O’Connor, First Aid Kit Among New WOMADelaide 2015 Acts

The 2015 lineup for world music festival WOMADelaide is now a little bit more worldly, with big-name acts such as Ireland’s Sinead O’Connor, North America’s Sharon Van Etten, Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit and Australia’s own Robert Forster with Jherek Bischoff & The Zephyr Quartet being added to the festival program. The Adelaide event, set for March next year, has added a total of 25 acts to its 2015 lineup.

Other notable additions include NSW duo Willow Beats, The Painted Ladies, Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys, seven-piece genre-mixers Myele Manzanza & The Eclectic and the Northern Territory’s desert-reggae group Tjintu Desert Band.

Also newly announced for WOMADelaide 2015 is Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist Jairo Zavala, aka Depedro. Zavala’s third album, La increíble historia de un hombre bueno, combines Latin folk, flamenco, Afro-beat and rock, and even features Powderfinger’s Bernard Fanning.

WOMADelaide’s first lineup announcement arrived in early October, and included acts such as The Gloaming, Bombino, Rufus Wainwright and Soil & ‘Pimp’ Sessions.

WOMADelaide 2015 will run from Friday, 6th March to Monday, 9th March at Adelaide’s Botanic Park. The festival is a family-friendly event with children under 12 admitted for free. Limited discounted early-bird tickets are still available for purchase. All details below.

Watch: Sinead O’Connor – Take Me To Church

WOMADelaide 2015

Friday, 6th March – Monday, 9th March 2015

Botanic Park, Adelaide

Tickets: WOMADelaide

WOMADelaide 2015 Lineup – Second Announcement

Astronomy Class feat. Srey Channthy

Myele Manzanza & The Eclectic

Typhoon

Toumani & Sidiki Diabate

Tjintu Desert Band

Timberwolf

The Painted Ladies

Tara Tiba

Soley

Sinead O’Connor

Sharon Van Etten

Robert Forster w/ Jherek Bischoff & The Zephyr Quartet

Nick Waterhouse

Willow Beats

Max Savage & The False Idols

Margaret Leng Tan

Kamerunga

Julia Henning

Gruff Rhys

FourPlay

First Aid Kit

Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift

Emma Donovan & The PutBacks

Depedro

Buffy Sainte-Marie

…joining

Youssou N’Dour

The Gloaming

Abdullah Ibrahim Quartet

Balkan Beat Box

Bombino

Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino

Charlie Musselwhite

Che Sudaka

Criolo

Fanfare Ciocarlia

Flavia Coelho

Gordie MacKeeman and his Rhythm Boys

Jambinai

Jupiter & Okwess International

Lake Street Dive

Live Live Cinema

Luzmila Carpio

Marrugeku

Cut The Sky

Malawi Mouse Boys

Meeta Pandit

Neneh Cherry With RocketNumberNine+

Public Service Broadcasting

Ramzi Aburedwan And Ensemble

Dal ‘Ouna

Rufus Wainwright

Soil and ‘Pimp’ Sessions

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