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
The Secret Trio: Balkan Chamber Music
THE SECRET TRIO is made up of three astounding musicians, Ara Dinkjian (oud, a fretless lute), Ismail Lumanovski (clarinet) and Tamer Pınarbaşı (kanun, a 76-string zither), who came together to create a new type of chamber music, combining the elements of sound, texture and rhythm with new and interesting approaches to their instruments.
Fely Tchaco
Leye Felicite Martin -- known to her fans as Fely Tchaco -- is an Ivorian-American singer-songwriter and performer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Born Felicite Leye Tchaco in the town of Yamoussoukro in the West African nation of Côte d'Ivoire, Fely began singing and dancing at a tender age - first entertaining her parents and their friends with impromptu house concerts, before moving on to bigger venues.
Sonny Singh
Sonny's first musical outlet as a child growing up in Charlotte, NC was kirtan—Sikh devotional music. Like many Sikh kids, he learned basic harmonium and tabla and would regularly do kirtan at Sikh camps and gurdwaras. His energy shifted to other types of music as he became a more serious musician—ska, reggae, funk, punk rock, bhangra, and more. Over the years, he has shared the stage with many musical icons and heroes and has toured the world as an original member of Red Baraat.
Ne Myo Aung: Sandaya (Burmese Piano)
Renowned Sandaya (Burmese piano) player, Fulbright recipient with a MA in Ethnomusicology from the University of Washington. Dean of Gitameit Music Institute in Yangon, Myanmar.
Sanba Zao: Haitian Master Drummer & Teacher from Lakou Mizik.
Sanba Zao (Louis Lesly Marcelin) is a legend of the racine (roots) music movement in Haiti. A founder of the country’s back to the earth movement, Sanba Zao has been on the musical scene for nearly 30 years. He is not only a master drummer with an encyclopedic knowledge of traditional songs and rhythms; Zao is a ferocious frontman with a powerful voice and unstoppable energy.
Yousef Kekhia: Syrian Folktronic Singer & Producer
Yousef Kekhia is a singer-songwriter from Aleppo, now based in Berlin. He left Syria due to the revolution in 2013, graduated from university in Istanbul and finally settled in Germany in 2016.
Nova Ruth: Indonesia-Based Life Artist, Community Builder, and Activist
Nova Ruth is a female singer-songwriter, environmental activist, an emcee, a cultural-focused cafe owner (Legipait) and founder of the first artivists non-profit organisation, Lintas Batas.
Zema Yared: Liturgical Music of the Coptic Christian Church of Ethiopia
Zema Yared is an Ethiopian group based in Addis that performs the music of the Koptic Christian Orthodox liturgy of the region. Mainly sourced from the 6th century composer, St Yared, the songs sing praises of Mary, and many of the saints unique to this version of Christianity, sung in the ancient language of Ge’ez.
Zedashe Ensemble: Georgian Polyphonic Vocal Choir
Zedashe Ensemble is a polyphonic vocal choir and dance group based in the eastern medieval fortress city of Sighnaghi, Caucasus Georgia. It is one of the few mixed (male and female) choirs in Georgia that is led by women.
YAIMA: Cascadian Folktronic Duo
Featuring multi-instrumentalist & producer Masaru Higasa and vocalist Pepper Proud, YAIMA has often been described as timeless and unmistakable, offering a balanced synergy of both the masculine and feminine expression.
Maniucha & Ksawery: Ukrainian Polesian Folk-Jazz Improvisations
Maniucha & Ksawery are a duo that combine jazz improvisation with dying-off traditional songs from Polesie region in Ukraine. They evoke spring songs, harvest songs, wedding songs, love songs, beggars songs, Christmas carols, lullabies and put them all together into stories mapping the cycles of nature and human life - drawing from Maniucha's many years of travels to Ukrainian village singers as well as their own mutual musical imagination.
ÌFÉ: Future Afro-Caribeña Group
Founded by Puerto Rico-based African American producer and percussionist Otura Mun, ÌFÉ is a futuristic live electronic music project blending elements of Afro-Cuban folklore and Yoruban music with the bass driven sounds of Jamaican Dancehall, Trap and Afrobeat.
Rehmat-e-Nusrat: Uttarakhand-Based Qawwali Sufi Musicians
Rehmat-e-Nusrat are a group of young musicians from the hills of Uttarakhand in Northern India who bring a fresh new perspective to the timeless tradition of qawwali music. The group presents qawwalis by Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Sufiyana kalaams by the great poets Amir Khusrao, Meera Bai, Baba Bulleh Shah, Kabir bhajans, and original compositions.
Mames Babegenush: Nordic & Eastern European Six-Piece Ensemble
Mames Babegenush unleash a sonic crossroads where east unexpectedly meets...north! The young Danish band's unique musical fusion marries their strong Scandinavian roots and elements of jazz with the vibrant dance music and klezmer traditions of eastern Europe.
Niyaz: Persian Global Trance Duo
Described by the Huffington Post as "an evolutionary force in contemporary Middle Eastern music, Niyaz (which means “yearning”), defies most standards of world music and makes a bold statement to a global audience.