Here’s one last installment from WOMEX 2017 in Katowice, Poland. For me, the networking dimension of WOMEX was much bigger this year than the past two years. The trade show hall comfortably fit all 300 trade stands. One could easily roam from stand to stand, make new connections, or stumble onto old friends. • Madison […]
WORT at WOMEX 2017 Part 4, by Dan Talmo
In a previous post, I said that the bulk of our evenings were spent running among five stages which totaled 15 bands each night. Of the 45 bands presented over the three evenings of the conference, we managed to hear at least one tune from just 15 of the bands. Let’s recap the best of […]
WORT at WOMEX, Part 2, By Dan Talmo
We arrived in Katowice in southern Poland for the first day of the WOMEX World Music Expo. Katowice is an industrial town, noted for coal mines and steel works. Not the most charming city we every visited, but these days Katowice is experiencing a renaissance. Arts and entertainment are taking center stage with the construction […]
WORT at WOMEX 2017 – An Intro (by Dan Talmo)
This week marks the third year my wife Paula and I will attend the WOMEX World Music Expo. This time our destination is Katowice in the Silesian region of southern Poland. We are set to enjoy five days of concerts by a host of 60 performers, specially selected by the WOMEX committee to represent music […]
WORT at WOMEX 2016 Part II
By Dan Talmo As promised, this is the second of my two-part blog on the WOMEX international world music conference held in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. If you arrived here without seeing Part I, here is the direct link: http://www.wortfm.org/wort-at-womex-2016/ The final two evenings (Friday and Saturday, October 21-22) of WOMEX again featured an abundance […]
WORT at WOMEX 2016
By Dan Talmo The 2016 edition of WOMEX (World Music Expo) opened in Santiago de Compostela, Spain on October 19th. WOMEX is an annual international meeting of world music artists, agents, venue representatives, national cultural organizations, and press, all for the purpose of promoting live world music performances around the globe. Although Santiago de Compostela […]