Artists

A sophisticated and compelling musical innovator of Egyptian heritage and contemporary identity. Dina Elwedidi 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 rambunctious super-charged puppet cabaret from Kyiv Trolls prowl and conflicts rage in online propaganda. External actors force themselves across...

A Musical bellwether of everyday life, capturing the stories of Cairo and the charged alchemy of the Mediterranean basin. Youssra El Hawary’s socially...

Hard grooving reggae, rai & rock from cosmopolitan Oran Democratoz lays down hard-grooving reggae, rai & rock with all the ecstasy and defiance of...

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...

From the streets of Dar es Salaam, Jagwa Music brings the noise Speed, heat, and swagger. Tanzania's 7-piece Jagwa Music bangs out a hard-won...

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...

10-piece super group creates a sonic highway from Ragas to the Blues Like an Indian Ocean blast from the seaport megacity it calls home, Sounds of...

Sweeping contemporary dance reveals the cycles of Vietnamese life... Realism merges with symbolic movement when seven dancers conjure agrarian cycles...

Captivating movement traces layers of gender, culture, history, and ancestry... Riveting solo movement by choreographer-dancer Hind Benali accompanied...

Crowd-wowing, thought-provoking Morocc'n Roll fresh from the Maghreb This “sharp, vibrant, and very nearly universal” band (Washington Post) is...

Transfixing, hyper-folk jams with rich and deep Pushtoon roots... With its propulsive, furious sound, Khumariyaan "The Intoxicators" has reawakened...

Discreetly subversive indie rock exposes the inner life of urban pakistan Poor Rich Boy, Pakistan’s underground indie-art rock phenomenon, conjures...

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...

Avant sounds of electronica, acoustic instruments, and Vietnamese motifs Sophisticated, versatile and lithe, Tri Minh’s Quartet binds electronica,...

Sharp eloquence, humanist politics, and mystic poetries are given a global voice by Arieb Azhar and his band from Islamabad, Pakistan. Defying an easy...

BélO has been hailed as Haiti's musical ambassador to the world. An outspoken groove innovator, he interweaves the Afro-Caribbean depths of Haitian...

This company of high-powered dancers and drummers, led by choreographer Jean-René Delsoin, cultivate a nuanced, sophisticated view of Haitian culture....

If there was still any doubt that hip hop is truly a global culture, look no further than Indonesia's Hip Hop Foundation (JHF). Recognized as one...

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...

In a country renowned for its puppetry traditions, Papermoon Puppet Theatre is a young, contemporary standout. Papermoon draws on a variety of...

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...

Cousins, lifelong friends and longtime musical collaborators, Zeb and Haniya bring a highly listenable, global sensibility to earthy originals and...