Where’s Woody? Its a question that often arises about one of the UK’s most respected and yet seldom seen DJs. They seek him here, they seek him there, but of late, the place to find Woody is most likely somewhere in the Latin speaking world as he tours with world with First Lady of Hispanic Hip Hop Mala Rodrigues.
Following on from his years of touring with Russian Percussion and One Self, demand for Woody’s skills as both turntablist and party DJ have led him far and wide, and once again kept him away from home shores.
The last 2 years has taken Woody to across the globe to countries including Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Columbia, Puerto Rico and Costa Rica, a tour of North America, as well as all over Europe and regular trips to Spain. He’s walked down the red carpet in Las Vegas, and performed at the MTV Grammies (where Mala was nominated) and regularly headlined festivals with crowds of over 40,000 in his role as warm up DJ and turntable musician for the band.
He’s currently performing alongside a 20 piece jazz orchestra as seen in the video above.
Mala also appears on Nelly Furtado’s new Spanish album – you may not like Nelly F, but for those of you who aren;t so up on your female Latin Rap stars (which is probably quite a few!) its a good indication of how big this thing is…
The lad from Burnley has done good…
Sun, Aug 9, 2009
Woody Madera