t5m presenter Hannah Shogbola gives us the inside scoop on all that went on at WOMAD
So this weekend I hooked up with t5m to cover some really extraordinary and exclusive events.
Seeing as I only heard the master plan for the action-packed weekend on the Friday, I knew we had a lot of work ahead of us. Little did I realise just how much fun we’d have as we gathered some great interviews and collected a feast of comical memories!
So on Saturday morning, t5m and I hit WOMAD- one of the most amazing music festivals with a line up of artists from all over the world.
Initially I was preparing to chill with some hippies, run around in my festival-chic gear, grab some organic beer and get my face painted – I was good to go.
An inappropriate but essential 8 a.m. start and I met up with the super fly team- the t5m boys. The Director himself Mr Tom Hall, crazy kid but heart-broken Rory the cameraman, and last but not least, a mixture of party-boy and Adam Sandler – Konal. We began our journey on the ‘bus of love’.
I opted out of Konal’s radio selection, and fell into a deep sleep for the majority of the journey. I woke up at the perfect time, as we pulled up to the gates of WOMAD…..
The site looked beautiful; rolling green hills and bright, bright sunshine.
We got straight down to work interviewing some of the most renowned and modest artists I’ve ever come across. The thing is with WOMAD, you are surrounded by such a huge number of musicians from such a wide spectrum of genres from all around the world.
The artists we were interviewing were a far cry from the processed, fake and purpose-built acts that dominate the charts, but were original, mind blowing artists like Babylon Circus, Eddy Grant and Bobby Cobham. Each interview was special, as I feel I genuinely bonded with most of them and this felt really special, as interviewing someone three times my age, intellect and musical knowledge can feel pretty daunting!
More from the festival in the next blog post-
Hannah
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