WOMEX programme update 22 Oct

WOMEX NIGHTS - open for all(professionals and general public)

Change of Showcase programme: Radical Mestizo champs Amaparanoia (Spain) will play WOMEX on Friday 24th Oct at Palenque (23.45 - 0.30h).

Amparo Sánchez ranks as the queenpin of the internationalist Euro-mix force gathering steam behind Manu Chao, a close friend and sometime collaborator. But the individual, festive blend of elements Sánchez has put together combined with catchy songs and her powerful singing gives Amparanoia a distinct identity. The constantly changing sound works off a Latin, reggae, and rock foundation and lyrics offering social critiques drawn from daily life struggles more than political slogans" (All Music Guide)

Contact: Via Lactea Mobile +32 476 25 67 79
Label: EMI Spain

Amparanoia is replacing Bebo Valdes & Cigalla, who were originally scheduled for this showcase slot.

WOMEX DAYS - for professionals only

Change of Conference programme: Sarah Chanderia (USA) will present Session 22 on Saturday 25th in Bahia room (16 - 16.45h).
'We are the World - Promoting & Protecting our Music internationally'

Sarah Chanderia, born in 1963, is president of a music publishing company based in New York representing music worldwide. Her presentation will offer a comprehensive analysis of the world's music markets and a detailed workshop providing information on how to promote and protect copyrights and master rights when dealing internationally.

Sarah Chanderia is replacing Kathryn Olsen "The Dynamics of Music Making in Post-Apartheid South Africa".

Additional Film Screening: CIC-BATA - Amalgama, Director Santiago Aumusquet (Sevilla 2002) at Cazorla Room (Saturday 11-12h).

Carlos, from Angola, Amin, from Marocco, and Sidi, from Senegal, are three immigrants who, with their music, tell us how they have lived that process of settlement and fusion with their tradition and the way of life in Sevilla, and at the same time they show us one of the advantages of immigration - cultural enrichment.

Change of Award Ceremony programme: Amal Murkus will be the sole artist at the Award presentation to FREEMUSE - The World Forum on Music and Censorship. Marcel Khalife is not able to play the final showcase; WOMEX hopes to welcome him at a future edition.

For further information please contact the WOMEX press speaker Frank Klaffs by mail frank.klaffs@t-online.de and from Thursday on per phone at the Media Counter at WOMEX +34 955 156018

Or contact Raquel Martinez, who is responsible for the Spanish public relation by mail prensa@fibes.es or by phone +34 954 479748.

• article submitted by: Stephan Siedler, WOMEX