Hurricane Katrina
Behind the lens with a Kiwi Pulitzer Prize winner
Norway-based former West Coaster Mel Burford didn't pick up a camera until she was 19, but in 2006 she became the first New Zealander to win a Pulitzer Prize for photography, for coverage of Hurricane… Audio
Hot 8 Brass Band: genre-busting band from New Orleans
The Hot 8 Brass Band are coming from the US to play WOMAD in mid-March. The band, direct from the streets of New Orleans, has re-cast traditional marching band jazz with funk, R&B and hip-hop. Kim… Audio
Thomas Mallon: Nixon, Reagan, Bush and Trump
American novelist, essayist, and critic, whose books include Watergate: a Novel and Finale: a Novel of the Reagan Years. He is a guest at the Auckland Writers Festival. Audio
Hurray for the Riff Raff in session
Hurray For The Riff Raff are a contemporary folk band from New Orleans, led by Bronx-born, Puerto Rican singer and songwriter Alynda Lee Segarra. On the afternoon of their first performance in New… Audio