This year’s music program will feature Nigeria’s afrobeat outfit Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, a gospel infused journey with Archie Roach’s Into The Bloodstream, original Jamaican roots vocal group The Abyssinians, Melbourne’s incendiary funk-soul outfit The Bamboos, Indigenous rock-reggae trailblazers The Bart Willoughby Band, New Zealand soul diva Ladi6, alt-acoustic bluesman Charlie Parr, groove-driven electronic Indigenous roots outfit OKA, electronic dub masters Iration Steppas, and founder of the legendary Sofrito Tropical Warehouse parties Hugo Mendez.
The award winning singer-songwriter Clare Bowditch, pioneer of London’s new generation of dub Hollie Cook, and Mandingo-based bluesman Boubacar Traoré from Mali have also recently been added to the mammoth AWME 2012 line-up. Along with Israel’s acclaimed Ladino singer Yasmin Levy, Indigenous soul-funk groover Dave Dow, Breabach from Scotland, and Christine Salem from Reunion Island.
