A selection of my favourite artists from Womad NZ 2023.
This mix is dedicated to my WOMAD sisters, Lynley, Cath & KT - thank you x

1 - Fly My Pretties (Aotearoa) - Turn It Around
2 - Deva Mahal (Aotearoa) - Run Deep
3 - Kita (Aotearoa) - Dig Deep
4 - Meute (Germany) - You & Me 
5 - Dr Jayanthi Kumaresh (India) - Thumbam Nergay
6 - Sampa The Great (Zambia) - Black Girl Magik
7 - Deva Mahal - (Aotearoa) - Snakes
8 - Fly My Pretties (Aotearoa) - All the Goodness
9 - Taiko Drums (Japan) - Taiko
10 - Sampa The Great (Zambia) - Final Form
11 - Cimafunk (Cuba) - Esto Es Cuba
12 - The Garifuna Collective (Belize) - Wiya Waist 
13 - Calypso Rose ft. Carlos Santana & The Garifuna Collective (Belize)  - Watina
14 -  Cimafunk ft. Lupe Fiasco (Cuba) - Rómpelo
15 - The Garifuna Collective (Belize) - Seremei Buguya (Thanks to You)
16 - Meute (Germany) - Rej
17 - Meute (Germany) - What Else is There?
18 - Cimafunk ft. The Soul Rebels & Tarriona Tank Ball (Cuba) - Caliente
19 - Fantastic Negrito (USA)- Chocolate Samurai 
20 - Deva Mahal (Aotearoa)- Optimist 
21 - Rubi Du (Aotearoa)- Brown Skin 
22 - Barnaby Weir (Aotearoa) - Bag of Money

WOMAD 2023 Round the world and back again to Aotearoa (New Zealand)

Lady D is an old school soul and funk vinyl girl with a love for house and liquid dnb music. She works as a mental health nurse educator in NZ and is interested in the space between music and mental health promotion. Check out her Facebook page: Lady D https://www.facebook.com/djmusicformentalhealth/

Lady D runs DJ skills workshops for women at the Wee Treat and is happy to teach people how to mix in her free time:
 https://www.weetreat.co.nz/workshops/d-lady

She occasionally plays at the Dunedin Winter Solstice and local events in Dunedin but is happiest at home pretending its still the 1990s.