More than your garden variety of festival

WOMAD stage will host more than 300 artists from 20 countries, including, from top right, Bollywood's Asha Bosle, the most recorded artist in history; Mesoamerican singer Lila Downs; and Portuguese fado singer Mariza.

WOMADelaide has grown to maturity under founder Rob Brookman's care.

Adelaide's beloved WOMAD festival is losing creative director and founder Rob Brookman, whose vision 16 years ago brought the world music festival to Australia and planted it under Botanic Park's canopy of trees...