 | 3canal (Trinidad & Tobago) |
Rapso power trio bringing the T &T
Carnival to the world
www.myspace.com/3canal |
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 | Abdeljalil Kodssi (Morroco/Spain) |
Former Nass Marrakech frontman's global
Gnawa fusion
www.ventilador-music.com |
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 | Aman Aman (Spain) |
Fresh interpretations of Sephardic
music from international ensemble
www.lasibilavalenciana.info |
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 | Badila (India/Iran/France) |
Intercontinental ensemble exploring the
world of Trans Oriental Sufi Groove
http://badila.free.fr/spip/ |
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 | Bajofondo Tangoclub
(Argentina/Uruguay) |
Gustavo Santaolalla's new tango for the
digital age
www.laagencia.biz |
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 | Balkan Beat Box (Israel/USA) |
New York Israeli crew launch
pan-Mediterranean dance-floor unity
offensive
www.balkanbeatbox.com |
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 | Caravan Palace (France) |
Classic Gypsy swing jazz gets electro
dance workover
www.myspace.com/caravanpalace |
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 | Dengue Fever (Cambodia/USA) |
LA sextet takes innovative
Cambodian-American Psychedelia in all
directions
www.myspace.com/denguefevermusic |
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 | Electric Kulintang
(Philippines/Cuba/USA) |
Traditional Phillipines instrument inspires
avant-garde Filipino sound
www.electrickulintang.com |
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 | Ensemble "AltaiKai" (Russia) |
Prize-winning throat-singing ensemble
from Altai Republic
www.altaikai.narod.ru |
| |
 | Fanfara Tirana (Albania) |
Albanian brass band blaze new trails
through ancient territory
www.musicballkan.com |
| |
 | Gaiteiros de Lisboa (Portugal) |
Leading traditional music rejuvenators
search for new old sounds
www.gaiteirosdelisboa.com |
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 | Hazmat Modine (USA) |
Pan-Ethnic-Roots-Blues from New York
music archeologists
www.hazmatmodine.com |
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 | Julie Fowlis (UK) |
Bright young star of Scottish folk brings Gaelic songs to the masses
www.juliefowlis.com |
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 | Kasai Allstars (Congo-Kinshasa) |
Buzzing and rumbling out of Kinshasa, electro-traditions from the urban jungle
www.divanoprod.com |
 | La Shica (Spain) |
Charismatic singer and dancer
ensemble mix flamenco with hip-hop,
reggae and bossa nova
www.lashica.net |
| |
 | Lo Còr de la Plana (France) |
Hand-clappin', foot-stompin' Occitan
polyphonic singing with attitude
www.myspace.com/locordelaplana |
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 | Majorstuen (Norway) |
Young fiddlers scraping up a storm with new Norwegian roots sounds
www.majorstuen.biz |
| |
 | Mamani Keita & Nicolas Repac
(Mali/France) |
Malian songstress blazes further new
trails in electro roots music
www.noformat.net |
| |
 | Maravilla de Florida (Cuba) |
New generation of charangistas keeps legendary name in the spotlight
www.maravilla-florida.de |
| |
 | Mastaki Bafa (Congo-Kinshasa)
Cancelled! |
Congolese singer/songwriter looks to his roots to bring message of peace
www.networkmedien.de |
| Replaced by: Vieux Farka Touré (Mali) |
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 | Mayra Andrade (Cape Verde/France) |
The rising young star of Cape Verdean
song
www.mayra-andrade.com |
| |
 | Melingo (Argentina/France) |
Fresh tango songs in old-school style from Argentinian renaissance man
www.myspace.com/melingo |
| |
 | Mono Blanco (Mexico) |
Multi-generational renovators of son
jarocho
www.monoblanco.org |
| |
 | Ross Daly Quartet (Ireland/Greece) |
Exciting improvisations inspired by
time-honoured traditions
www.rossdalymusic.com |
| |
 | Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (Nigeria) |
Son of Fela keeping the Afrobeat flame
burning
www.myspace.com/seunkuti |
| |
 | Shanbehzadeh Ensemble
(Iran/France) |
Presenting the living traditions of
southern Iran
www.zamanproduction.com |
| |
 | Siba e a Fuloresta (Brazil) |
All-drumming, all-singing, all-blowing
Pernambuco rural party coming at you now!
www.myspace.com/sibaeafuloresta |
| |
 | Sväng (Finland) |
Finnish harmonica quartet blow up a
storm with international repertoire
www.svang.fi |
| |
 | Taksim Trio (Turkey) |
Turkish master musicians create new
sounds on traditional instruments
www.myspace.com/taksimtrio |
| |
 | Tanya Tagaq (Canada) |
Startlingly innovative vocal explorations from Inuit throat-singer
www.tanyatagaq.com |
| |
 | Tara Fuki (Czech Republic/France) |
Czech cello duo create beguiling
contemporary sounds with strings and
voices
www.tarafuki.eu |
| |
 | Telmary (Cuba) |
Mucho flow Cubano from boundary
breaking urban poetess
www.myspace.com/telmarydiaz |
| |
 | The Dizu Plaatjies Ibuyambo
Ensemble (South Africa) |
A neo-traditional musical journey
through sub-Saharan Africa
www.mountain.co.za |
| |
 | Toumast (Niger/France) |
Touareg freedom fighter uses poetry
and music to continue the struggle
www.toumast.com |
| |
 | Umalali & The Garifuna Collective feat. Andy Palacio
(Belize/Guatemala/Honduras) |
Award-winning team focus on the
voices of Garifuna women
www.stonetreerecords.com |
| |
 | Vieux Farka Touré (Mali)
|
"The great dynasty lives on." The Guardian
www.vieuxfarkatoure.com |
| Replaced Mastaki Bafa (Congo-Kinshasa) |
| |
 | Yamandu Costa (Brazil) |
Young virtuoso of the 7-string guitar cross-pollinates South American styles
www.matogrosso.at |
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| DJs: |
![[dunkelbunt]](http://www.womex.com/realwomex/images/2007/dunkelbunt.jpg) | [dunkelbunt] (Germany/Austria) |
Bicycling out of Vienna at the forefront of the Balkan Disco-Boom
www.dunkelbunt.org |
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 | DJ 99 (Norway) |
Promoting multi-rhythmical society with eclectic, booty-bumping mix manifesto
www.myspace.com/DJ99DJ99 |
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 | Daladala Soundz (Germany) |
Dynamic turntable duo guide you
through the streets and new beats of
Africa
www.myspace.com/daladalasoundz |
