Charismatic and Incandescent, a 21st century troubadour charts an original path and adds to Colombia’s vallenato legacy. “I travel. I travel and dream...
in artful acoustic performances, Lundú’s originals and arrangements of folk standards respond to their environment, complex Afro-Peruvian and Andean...
A sophisticated and compelling musical innovator of Egyptian heritage and contemporary identity. Dina El Wedidi channels the heritage and contemporary...
From the Carpathian Mountains, Kurbasy traces contemporary connections to an archaic past. Lviv, the eons-old Carpathian hub, holds Ukraine’s cultural...
Virtuoso oud prodigy convenes Egypt’s popular and classical music traditions, Sufi calls, and secular poetry with a new instrumental project. Mohamed...
A Musical bellwether of everyday life, capturing the stories of Cairo and the charged alchemy of the Mediterranean basin. Youssra El Hawary’s socially...
Tranced-out diwan sounds from Algiers, gathered under a big musical tent. In Algeria, cultures of city dwellers and Arabic speakers, Amazigh villagers...
Gritty, intimate theater confronts the destiny of today's Algeria. Istijmam, a collaborative of theater makers, moves outward from the manifestos of...
A renewed taarab reinvigorates Zanzibar's syncretic signature sound Taarab music has defined Zanzibar's aural landscape for over a century, renowned...
Vocal warrior Sanam Marvi is the next, great diviner of South Asia's humanist, folk, and Sufi texts With compelling interpretations that draw deeply...
Sweeping contemporary dance reveals the cycles of Vietnamese life Realism merges with symbolic movement when seven dancers conjure agrarian cycles and...
Captivating movement traces layers of gender, culture, history, and ancestry Riveting solo movement by choreographer-dancer Hind Benali accompanied by...
Transfixing, hyper-folk jams with rich and deep Pushtoon roots With its propulsive, furious sound, Khumariyaan "The Intoxicators" has reawakened the...
A big dose of Amazigh funk, powered by a single (ribab) string A feverishly funky sign of a new era, Ribab Fusion celebrates Morocco’s Amazigh (Berber...
Sharp eloquence, humanist politics, and mystic poetries are given a global voice by Arieb Azhar and his band from Islamabad, Pakistan. Defying an easy...
This company of high-powered dancers and drummers, led by choreographer Jean-René Delsoin, cultivate a nuanced, sophisticated view of Haitian culture...
Hailing from the island of Sumatra, apart from Indonesia's dominant cultures, Nan Jombang is a family of artists whose work describes a compelling mix...
Led by charismatic brothers, Ali Hamza and Ali Noor, along with powerhouse drummer and producer Louis "Gumby" Pinto, noori's first Urdu-language album...
Masters of Haiti's twoubadou (troubadour) tradition, Ti-Coca and his band, Wanga-Nègès perform with a straightforward and utterly committed joy. The...
Danish Ali, a doe-eyed MD turned punster, and improv comedy frontrunner and viral sensation Ali Gul Pir will tell you: There's no lack of material for...