Sinan Cem Eroğlu
"Sinan Cem Eroglu is some of the best instrumentalist and the first modern virtuoso of kaval in today's Turkish Folk Music..." - Songlines Magazine - Francesco Martinelli
"There is no doubt that Eroglu performs in all roles with a significant degree of skill that may be considered prodigious." - Songlines Magazine - Michael Galea
Chris Eckman: Producer & Co-Founder of Influential Global Label, Glitterbeat Records
From Seattle to Slovenia with Global Music on his mind. Chris is the Co-Founder of Glitterbeat records. The label has been responsible for releasing some of the best Global music of the decade. His work as a producer and musician is also legendary.
Samir LanGus: Gnawa Healing & Trance Music from Agadir, Morocco.
Samir Langus was born and raised in the city of Agadir, Morocco and learned Gnawa from the old masters of Morocco. Gnawa is the southern Moroccan trance music with roots in pre-islamic animist traditions. Samir Langus’ NY band uses traditional instrumentation such as the lute-like Sintir and the large castanet-type Krakebs to accompany its ancient chants, but his approach is resolutely innovative (his first band was called Innov Gnawa). It is an hypnotic, take on this ecstatic, trance-inducing tradition that has enthralled and inspired generations of musicians from around the world.
Farah Siraj: Healing Arabic & Flamenco Music
Farah Siraj balances a career that spans the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. Farah has performed at some of the world's most prestigious platforms, including the United Nations, Nobel Prize Hall, the World Economic Forum, The John F. Kennedy Center in Washington DC, & Lincoln Center in New York. Farah represents Jordan annually on United Nations World Peace Day.
Robert Millis
A sound artist, Fulbright scholar, Guggenheim fellow, and author who’s work often looks at the birth of sound recording, the era of cylinders and talking machines.
The Sklamberg Lurje Judelman Trio
Exploring the role of Jewish composers' relationships with protest movements using Yiddish; a revolutionary language.
Falu: Musical Bridge between East & West
Falu born in Mumbai, India is a New York-based, Grammy nominated singer and songwriter whose music blends ancient classical Indian melodies with contemporary western sounds.
Katie Gray: Sonic Healing
With soulful strength in her voice and a myriad of emotion, thought and insight to her words, Katie Gray takes the listener on a musical journey of this tender world and beyond.
Ian Brennan
American GRAMMY award winning music producer, author and lecturer on violence prevention.
Yacouba Sissoko Master Kora Player
Master kora player Yacouba Sissoko has modernized the kora sound collaborating with contemporary music greats such as Harry Belafonte, Lauryn Hill and Paul Simon.
Gino & Hadjia: Sevdah
Sevdah musicians Srdjan (Gino) Jevdjevich sings and plays the Tarabuk Saz and Nedim (Hadjia) Hamzic sings and plays the Oud and Djembe.
