To her fans, Guinean native Natu Camara is “the Tina Turner of Guinea.” She mixes West African soul, rock, and pop music into exciting impassioned performances, and she thinks of her music as an inter-cultural bridge that brings people together. “Natu builds a unique...
Founded in Costa Rica in 2011, Matixando is the musical project of Costa Rican singer-songwriter David Dávila González. Matixando is a collective of musicians and artists playing original world “forest” music, creating a Latin fusion by blending rock, reggae, blues,...
This young Cape Verdean singer honed her vocal technique in hotels and bars across the Cape Verde islands, developing a repertoire that has included Brazilian pop and bossa nova, jazz, and the morna and coladera genres unique to that culture. Now based in Lisbon,...
Born in Toronto as a quartet of buskers, the Lemon Bucket Orkestra is now a 12-member guerilla-punk-klezmer band that delivers cathartic and exhilarating performances. On or off the stage, the Orkestra creates an immersive experience of big brass, strings, drums,...
Mafer Bandola (bandola llanera), Lara Klaus (percussion, drums), Daniela Serna (percussion), and Sara Lucas (voice, guitar) come from different countries in the Americas, but they are “sisters in song, rhythm, and spirit.” The band draws on members’ diverse origins to...
The four women of Kardemimmit all sing and play the Finnish national instrument – the kantele. If you’re new to the kantele, think zither or dulcimer: the quartet play both the 15-stringed and 38-stringed varieties. Their powerful vocals draw from Finnish...
Joanna Hyde (fiddle, vocals) and Tadhg Ó Meachair (accordion, piano) share a passion for Irish traditional music, and for American folk music rooted in Celtic traditions. US-born Joanna has played (and studied) Irish music since childhood and has played with the Hydes...
Vocalist, composer, and scholar Galeet Dardashti is the first woman in her family to continue a tradition of distinguished Persian and Jewish musicianship. Her repertoire includes poetic prayers of Jewish tradition, Persian piyutim (liturgical songs), and other...
The Latin-fusion, hip-hop, and reggae of Forgotten Tribe is feel-good music for the soul. Band leader Khiry Managan is a singer, dancer, and multi-instrumentalist; his original music is meant to resonate with audiences of diverse backgrounds. “What we're trying to do...
Put Slavic Romani folk, folk-rock, a little punk, and some rock ’n’ roll into a musical blender, and you get Flying Balkan Laikas. This Austin, TX and LA based band is “to Russian folk music what Béla Fleck is to bluegrass: Outside-the-box, no-boundaries,...