The
Festival site at Fort Canning Park is in a great location 15mins walk
from The Cosy Corner guest house my home for the 5 days in Singapore
By comparison with WOMAD Reading; which is I have
been to 9 times; WOMAD Singapore it is a quite small affair. The main
stage is on a hill below the Fort Canning Arts centre. Very colonial
building and lovely surroundings. The site is a former British graveyard
with gravestones fixed to the old red brick walls. The Fort
Canning Arts Centre Is very 1920s in style and was used as music
workshop stages with the food stalls on the plaza that surrounds it.
Drums in abundance.
The festival got off to a great start with Drummers from Sri Lanka
bands from Algeria, Australia, France and Israel. Finished up with The
Dholl Foundation Insane drummers from Punjab (west London) Talking about
drummers it was very much a drumming day as Billy Cobham Probably the
worlds best Jazz percussionist was also playing.
