WOMAD 2024: New artists announced for Wiltshire Festival

Alborosie, PJ Paulette and Sid Sriram are among the new artists revealed for the WOMAD festival starting this week.

The World of Music, Arts and Dance Festival will take place in Charlton Park, Wiltshire, between 25 and 28 July.

Last year more than 40,000 people attended the festival which has acts from all genres such as hip-hop, blues and punk, as well as a spa and talks.

Other acts announced this week are Ghana Special, LINA and Leyla McCalla.

Also added is New York-based singer-songwriter EMEL, whose political songs have often been banned on the airwaves in her native Tunisia, and singer Brittany Davis who takes inspiration from Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys and Erykah Badu.

They will be joining the line-up announced in February, including Sampa The Great, Gogol Bordello and Alison Goldfrapp.

Musician Peter Gabriel first started the event in 1982 at the Bath and West Showground, and showcases music from around the globe.

Paula Henderson, programmer at WOMAD, told BBC Radio Wiltshire: “You never know what is going to happen.

“That is the beauty of the festival, you are always walking around, and you will hear some music and you will see a sight and think, ‘What is that?’.

“You stop, take the time and you sit down and listen, or you dance. It just ends up being a beautiful weekend.”