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
Laboratorium Pieśni
Laboratorium Pieśni – Song Laboratory (world/ethno/spiritual/mystic folk music) is a female group of singers from Poland, created in 2013. Using traditional, polyphonic singing they perform songs from all over the world, mainly: Ukraine, Balkans, Belarus, Georgia, Scandinavia, Poland and many other places.
Alam Khan, Arjun K. Verma, Del Sol Quartet: The Resonance Between
The Resonance Between (TRB) is the new collaborative album by artists Alam Khan, Arjun K. Verma, and Del Sol Quartet -- an ensemble of remarkably synergistic vision and virtuosity.
Despite their many aesthetic similarities, Indian classical and European classical music have rarely been combined, and generally have been done so in mere juxtapositions rather than with fluid integration. TRB presents a groundbreaking new level of fusion between these cultural genres, crafting a contemporary instrumental sound for this unique original work that is so much more than simply the sum of its parts.
Paulo Flores
Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations in Angola, author, composer and performer, Paulo Flores has been building for over thirty years a remarkable work, where poetry and melodies sustain a narrative that uniquely makes a translated portrait of the Angolan soul.
Ana Lua Caiano
Tradition and innovation united by the hands of Ana Lua Caiano. The artist explores musical fusion, through the combination of traditional Portuguese music with electronic and “day-to-day sounds”. Creating melodies that refer to tradition - making use of choirs, harmonies and canons - in a union with synthesizers, beat machines and sounds taken from everyday life, his music brings the traditional Portuguese heritage to the modern, electronic and technological world.
Tamikrest
The band has gained a significant following in the world music scene, particularly among fans of African music and desert blues. They have performed at numerous festivals and venues worldwide, including prominent events such as the WOMAD Festival, Festival au Désert, and the Roskilde Festival. These performances have helped them build a reputation as an exciting and engaging live act.
Peter Culshaw
Peter Culshaw: The "Indiana Jones of World Music," he interviews legends like Fela Kuti and Steve Reich. With diverse global experiences, he authored the groundbreaking biography "Clandestino" on Manu Chao.
Mekaal Hassan
Mekaal Hasan, a talented musician and producer, created Rivayat, a unique music series showcasing Pakistan's rich traditional music heritage. This project, born during the COVID-19 lockdown, highlights the diverse and often underappreciated talent of working-class musicians from various regions.
Strings For Peace
Amjad Ali Khan is an undisputed virtuoso of the sarod and one of India’s most celebrated classical musicians. Performing with his talented sons, this first family of the sarod represents seven generations of sarod players and musicians. In Strings for Peace, Khan and his sons are joined by Grammy-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin. By interweaving the two distinct worlds of Spanish guitar and Indian ragas, these legendary artists make an eloquent and impassioned call for harmony across cultures.
Erol Josué
Erol Josué was ordained as a priest of voodoo, also known as vodou, at the age of 17, and has since become a vocal advocate for the religion and its traditions. He has worked to dispel myths and stereotypes surrounding voodoo and to promote understanding and tolerance of Haitian culture both in Haiti and abroad.
Eugene Hütz
Eugene's journey to success is a fascinating one. He grew up as a lifelong lover of the punk scene in Ukraine before eventually finding his way to the Lower East Side of New York City in the late 90s, where he went to shows and later performed at the legendary CBGB.
Ragamala Dance Company
Rooted in the expansive South Indian dance form of Bharatanatyam, Ragamala Dance Company manifests a kindred relationship between the ancient and the contemporary. In this evening-length performance, eleven dancers conjure a realm where time is suspended and humans merge with the divine.
Al Bilali Soudan
From Timbuktu Mali, AL BILALI SOUDAN are members of an extended family of craftsmen who for generations have been sought-after musicians and griots. The band is a torch-bearer of quintessentially Tamasheq music shaped by continuous exchange between tehardent and the hand percussion.
Luca Argel
Luca Argel is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and poet, based in Portugal. With a degree in music from UNIRIO and a master's in literature from the University of Porto, he divides his time between the stages, books and other creative projects, such as soundtracks for dance and cinema, radio programs and podcasts dedicated to Brazilian music. He has poetry books published in Brazil, Spain and Portugal. His latest album, “Samba de Guerrilha”, was released in 2021.
Bandua
Driven by Moorish and pagan traditions, Beira Baixa, the home of Bandua, is steeped in pre-Christian culture with a rugged, hyper-regionalized story of folk music. With their synthesis of folk music and downtempo electronic, Bandua hopes the area’s ancient tradition of storytelling music will find a new generation of listeners.
Groove&
The biggest feature of our team is that it consists of women, all members are Korean traditional percussionists. This is why we constantly study traditional percussion instruments. The limitation of being composed only of percussionists and the limitation of having only six hands that can play becomes the driving force for experimentation and challenge. We find different sounds in one instrument and use less common percussion instruments to create new combinations. So it breaks people's general expectations for traditional percussion instruments and shows freshness. We believe this freshness will bring many advances to the use of traditional percussion instruments.
