Saturday, March 22, 2014

Womadelaide 2014: Saturday

I missed Womadelaide last year, so I was delighted to get back there this year for three days.

134 Box wars
Happy Boxwars graduates.

097 Azadoota
Azadoota, an Assyrian Iraqui band from Sydney.
099 Azadoota

122 Bellydance with Azadoota
A flurry of dancers appeared during Azadoota's set.
115 Dancers with Azadoota

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127 Dancers with Azadoota

174 Sam Lee & Friends
Sam Lee & Friends. I think this group might turn out to be new favourite. Their was the only CD I brought home (though there are a few more I may track down) and it is lovely. Really delightful. A collection of English folk songs, played with some non-traditional instruments, eg Shruti Box, an Indian instrument, bellows-based, which makes a droning noise (yes! the good kind).

177 Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, from New Orleans. A fantastic show. Even though one of the gentlemen (the guitarist) was missing due to illness, with just bass, drums and piano the sound was large and warm.
Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen

 193 Just being there

2 comments:

Elle Z said...

Hi Olivia it's Elle from Azadoota. Stumbled across your pics and would like to use them on our website and facebook page. Is that ok with you?

Olivia said...

Thanks Elle, I've sent you a message via the band's Facebook page.