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
Natalia Clavier: Argentinian Medicine Songs
Natalia Clavier is an Argentinian singer, songwriter, DJ, keeper of medicine songs.
Grupo Bongar: Ancestral Sounds from Pernambuco, Brazil
The members are part of the Xambá Nation , located in Olinda , PE . They carry out a work to rescue and disseminate the culture and religion of the Xambá nation through their traditional dance , the coconut , and in their most recent work, the giras de Jurema
Al Bilali Soudan: Live from Timbuktu
Made up of family members and friends, the group's performance is an improvisational tour de force of traditionally based rhythms and scales. The style is known as Takamba.
Simón Mejía
Simón Mejía talks about and performs music from his new record “Mirla” under the moniker Monte. It is an ambient electronic music project in which Simon furthers his exploration of Colombian nature sounds and their role in healing body and soul.
Ghalia Benali
Known as “a maker of her own myths” as described by The New York Times, Ghalia Benali; the Tunisian-Belgian artist started her artistic career in 1992 as a singer, writer, composer, dancer, visual artist, painter, designer & actress.
Luka Kumor of JUJU Sounds
JuJu Sounds collates field recordings and stories about music from all corners of the globe. The peripheral music genres, rhythms and melodies accompanying everyday life, and the practices related to transcendental experiences, initiation and ritual.
Kiran Ahluwalia & Rez Abbasi
Singer-songwriter Kiran Ahluwalia and multifaceted guitarist Rez Abbasi are a real-life couple and music world duo. One of Indian origin, the other Pakistani, they perform love and breakup songs with equal conviction, exhilaratingly mixing Indian rhythms with West African Bluesy riffs, languid Jazz and Indian improv. The result is a merging of elegance and crispness, all with an easy, inviting charm. The music sounds raw and fresh, and yet familiar, a rarity in these times.
DJ Tudo
DJ Tudo aka Alfredo Bello is one of the leading researchers of the Brazilian musical tradition. For over twenty years, he has worked as a musician, producer, DJ and ethnomusicologist and collaborated with artists including Lee Scratch Perry, Gilberto Gil, Adrian Sherwood, Marku Ribas, Mad Professor, Naná Vasconcelos, Otto and many others. In 2008 he started the DJ Tudo project with the release of his first album “Garrafada”. In 2010 he released his second album: ”Nos Quintais do Mundo”, in 2012 a DVD “Nos quintais do Mundo Melhor” and in 2014 his third album “Pancada Motor – Manifesto da Festa” was recorded in different parts of the planet, mixed with the collaboration of Mad Professor, and released worldwide by Far Out Recordings.
Global Music Month
An Online Celebration of International Music From August 29 to October 1, 2020
Meriem Ben Amor
Meriem Ben Amor is a Tunisian-Canadian Singer: A unique voice with "Warm and Ethereal" tone that blends the richness of the eastern ornaments to the softness and clarity of the western music. Meriem is a pluri-disciplinary musician: she sings, plays string instruments and percussion.
Carmen Rizzo
Two-time Grammy Nominee, Producer, Artist, Electronic musician, Technologist and Recording Academy member . Carmen runs his own music label Electrofone Music and is the Senior Artist Relations Manager manager for Native Instruments.
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.
