2020 Festival Artists

Nohe & Sus Santos

Nohe & Sus Santos

Nohe & Sus Santos (Nohe and Her Saints) is a four-piece band replete with the musical vibes of Central and North America. Incorporating Alt-Rock en Espanol, Quirky Cumbia, and Pop Grooves (and beyond!), Nohe & Sus Santos delivers a Latinx vibe full of soul,...

Ak Dan Gwang Chil

Ak Dan Gwang Chil

Ak Dan Gwang Chil (ADG7) is a multi-award-winning Korean traditional music group, featuring six Korean traditional musicians and three powerhouse female folk singers. ADG7 performs repertoire from the sacred, shamanic, and secular gut (ritual music) and minyo (folk...

The Friel Sisters

The Friel Sisters

The Friel Sisters, Anna, Sheila, and Clare Friel are young traditional musicians born and brought up in Glasgow, Scotland with their family roots firmly entrenched in the Donegal Gaeltacht in North West Ireland. They play a mixture of music interspersed with songs in...

Ley Line

Ley Line

Four voices coalesce, rooted in rhythm. Raised on the North American traditions of blues, folk, and soul and inspired by their world travels, the four women of Ley Line transcend genres and languages. Ley Line creates a global soundscape; blending influences from...

Nation Beat

Nation Beat

Nation Beat’s live shows have taken on an almost mythological aura for their ability to lift the souls, and the feet, of their growing cross-cultural audience. Bandleader, drummer/percussionist Scott Kettner has long been at the forefront of merging different musical...

Tuuletar

Tuuletar

Fierce energy, beatbox rhythms, and other-worldly harmonies: TUULETAR (Goddess of The Wind in Finnish mythology) is taking Finnish music abroad with a novel approach. The band’s virtuoso singers create a sonic landscape, where beatbox rhythms meet global influences...