WOMADelaide 2014 – The Ones That Got Away

Last week I shared the musical joy of WOMADelaide 2014 and its many incredible global artists. This week I know from the festival’s compilation cd –  WOMAD: The World’s Festival – Australia & New Zealand 2014 – that I missed some of that joy.

WOMAD- The World's Festival- Australia & New Zealand 2014 Compilation CD

WOMAD: The World’s Festival – Australia & New Zealand 2014 Compilation CD

So I want to pay homage to, and share a track by 2 of the artists who got away from me at WOMADelaide 2014. Also 1 track by a group we know and love.

The Ones That Got Away

Ane Brun (Norway)

Norwegian born, Sweden-based singer, songwriter and guitarist Ane Brun

Why did I miss her WOMADelaide shows?

Ane Brun

Ane Brun

I’m in love with Ane Brun’s track on the WOMAD compilation, ‘To Let Myself Go‘.  First released on her 2005 album A Temporary Dive, the vocals and the song as a whole in its spacious simplicity, are ethereal beauties. Listen here…

WOMAD- The World's Festival- Australia & New Zealand 2014 Compilation CD

‘To Let Myself Go’ – by Ane Brun – from WOMAD: The World’s Festival- Australia & New Zealand 2014 Compilation CD

Ane Brun’s been releasing music for over a decade.  She has lots of other music to find and buy…

Shanren (China)

Shanren make music like none I’ve ever heard before. Had it not been for WOMADelaide, I probably never would’ve heard it.

Take Shanren’s self-description of their music, not any lame one I try to give it: ‘Chinese Ethnic Reggae Rock Fusion’.

Shanren

Shanren

And check out this Shanren song that caught my attention on the WOMAD cd, and made me wish I’d caught their live show…

WOMAD- The World's Festival- Australia & New Zealand 2014 Compilation CD

‘Thirty Years’  – by Shanren – from WOMAD: The World’s Festival- Australia & New Zealand 2014 Compilation CD 

Shanren has 3 albums, the latest released in 2014…

Shanren - Left Foot Dance of the Yi & Other Chinese Folk Rock Anthems (2014)

Left Foot Dance of the Yi  and other Chinese folk-rock anthems (2014)

One We Know & Love

Arrested Development (USA)

If you checked out the video of Arrested Development’s WOMADelaide 2014 show, you’ll have seen they’re still doing the good thing they’ve always done…conscious, upbeat hip hop.

Arrested Development Live @ WOMADelaide 2014

Arrested Development live @ WOMADelaide 2014

Arrested Development Live @ WOMADelaide 2014

Arrested Development live @ WOMADelaide 2014

Finding Arrested Development’s 2010 song ‘Bloody’ on the WOMAD compilation was a good trip down memory lane for me. Hoping it will be for you too…

WOMAD- The World's Festival- Australia & New Zealand 2014 Compilation CD

‘Bloody’ – by Arrested Development – from WOMAD: The World’s Festival- Australia & New Zealand 2014 Compilation CD

 

Beaver Preachings

If you like what you hear on the sample tracks and want them in your music collection forever after, please remember these things I preach:

1. They are just compressed mp3 versions of the songs in their true glory, as heard on vinyl or cd.

WOMAD- The World's Festival- Australia & New Zealand 2014 Compilation CD

2. The artists who made the music, WOMADelaide, WOMAD New Zealand, WOMAD and Cartell Music get no money from these here sample tracks in Beaver World.

WOMADelaide3. The cd in all it’s glory includes 13 more songs by other great WOMAD New Zealand and WOMADelaide 2014 artists.

La Chiva Gantiva live @ WOMADelaide 2014

La Chiva Gantiva – live @ WOMADelaide 2014

4. You can buy the cd on-line here and get it sent to you.  Or come along to WOMAD New Zealand or WOMADelaide 2015 and buy it from their on-site festival shops. WOMADelaide 2014

5. Music makes the world go round a much, much, much happier place for us all to live in. 

It’s rare for me to find a compilation cd where I love almost all of its tracks. I’m not surprised I found it in the WOMAD New Zealand and WOMADelaide 2014 compilation.  This album is simply a reflection of the live music I heard at WOMADelaide festival 2014…many beautiful and diverse Sounds of the Planet.

WOMAD- The World's Festival- Australia & New Zealand 2014 Compilation CD

My WOMADelaide joy continues via disc! 🙂

Anyone hear Ane Brun or Shanren at WOMADelaide and can fill us in on the live experience?