THE second wave of acts have been revealed for this year’s Womad Festival, which will be making its 35th outing with a typically diverse line-up.

As well as musicians from all corners of the globe, Womad will play host to its usual vibrant mix of art, dance, food, wellbeing, discussion and family activities, all taking place at the idyllic Charlton Park, near Malmesbury, between July 27-30.

But as is the case with any well respected festival, the music is the most important aspect, and Womad doesn’t disappoint.

Included in the second wave of headliners are West Africa’s funkiest female singer, Britain’s most vibrant new folk act and the world’s coolest band of psychedelic mysterions.

Stylish, feisty and charismatic, Mali’s Oumou Sangare is not only one of the most powerful female voices in world music but a striking role model who has used her music to campaign fearlessly to improve the position of women across Africa.

Alongside her are the mysterious masked men who create an intoxicatingly psychedelic mix of rock, Afrobeat, funk, chants and tribal drums under the name Goat. The Swedes sprang from nowhere in 2012 to take the musical world by storm with an album aptly titled World Music and will be showcasing it at this year’s festival.

The jovial folk singer and fiddler Eliza Carthy continues on her mission to take British traditional song to places it has never been before with her latest project, The Wayward Band, featuring a ‘who’s-who’ of names in the folk world and whose live shows are exhilarating adventures in keeping traditional music vibrant and contemporary.

The opening Thursday night of the festival finds Senegal’s veteran dance band Orchestra Baobab taking the stage along with Brazilian Afrobeat band Bigixa 70 and the Malmesbury School Project, whose annual performance has become a much-loved Womad tradition and this year will perform with the Bristol-based global-folk outfit Sheelanagig.

They join an eclectic host of acts from all corners of the world, showcasing a wide range of genres and styles.

For more information and tickets, visit womad.co.uk