 | A Filetta (France)
[ D only ]
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Veteran Corsican polyphonic singing group
moving traditions forward
www.myspace.com/afiletta
www.womex.com/virtual/a_filetta_deda/a_filetta
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 Photo by Christina Woerns | Alex Cuba
(Cuba/Canada) |
Soulful singer-songwriter subtly subverts notions
of Cuban music
www.alexcuba.com
www.womex.com/virtual/alex_cuba/alex_cuba
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 Photo by Alejandro Diez | Astillero (Argentina)
[ D only ] |
Untypical orquesta típica at the forefront of
avant-garde tango
www.astillerotango.com.ar
www.womex.com/virtual/patchamama/astillero
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 | Aurelio Martinez
(Honduras) |
Inspirational Honduran parrandero keeps Garifuna flame burning
www.myspace.com/aureliomartinez
www.womex.com/virtual/stonetree_records/aurelio_martinez
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 | Bako Dagnon
(Mali) |
Venerable cantatrice and repository of Malian
history finally makes international debut
www.myspace.com/bakodagnon
www.womex.com/virtual/discograph/bako_dagnon
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 Photo by Robin Chand | Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba
(Mali) |
Mali's master of the ngoni brings ancient
instrument out of the shadow offensive
www.myspace.com/bassekoukouyate
www.womex.com/virtual/antehc_productions/bassekou_kouyate_ba
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 | Beats in the Heart of Orient
(Iran/India/Greece/France)
[ D only ] |
Iranian percussionist continues quest for
harmonious international dialogue dance workover
www.accords-croises.com
www.womex.com/virtual/accords_croises/beats_in_the_heart
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 Photo by Gareth Blake | Bedouin Jerry Can Band (Egypt)
[ D only ] |
Recycled military metal brings new beat to
Bedouin traditions directions
www.jerrycanband.com
www.womex.com/virtual/30_ips_ltd/bedouin_jerry_can
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 Photo by Augusto Brazio | Camané (Portugal)
[ D only ] |
Portugal's individual and inventive voice of
contemporary fado
www.camane.com
www.womex.com/virtual/v_a_vachier_lda_pt/camane
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 Photo by Juan Carlos Caiced | Cimarrón (Colombia)
[ D only ] |
Joropo at its finest from Columbia's leading
música llanera group
www.cimarroncolombia.com
www.womex.com/virtual/astar_artes/cimarron
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 Photo by Lucille Reybo | David Walters (France)
< D only > |
Singer-songwriter and one-man groove collective does everything right
www.davidwalters.fr
www.womex.com/virtual/jhd_production/david_walters
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 Photo by Nicolas Tche | DJ Grace Kelly (Brazil/Germany)
[ D only ] |
Brazilian brings Bahia to Berlin and successfully
mixes it up
www.djgracekelly.com
www.womex.com/virtual/dj_grace_kelly/dj_grace_kelly
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 Photo by Tycho Merijn | DJ Ishtar (Iran/The Netherlands)
[ D only ] |
Young Iranian's Worldtronic mix fills global
dance-floors
www.djishtar.com
www.womex.com/virtual/dj_ishtar/dj_ishtar
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 | Enzo Avitabile & I Bottari
(Italy) |
World-travelling sax man brings it all back home
to his Neapolitan roots
www.enzoavitabile.it
www.womex.com/virtual/sud_arte/enzo_avitabile
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 Photo by Sachko | Fatima Spar & The Freedom Fries
(Turkey/Bulgaria/Ukraine/Serbia/Austria) |
Austria's hottest live band swing across multiple
borders
www.fatimaspar.com
www.womex.com/virtual/fritspecial_artist/fatima_spar_the_2
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 Photo by Aj Savolaine | Jouhiorkesteri (Finland)
[ D only ] |
Nordic drones and overtones from the Finnish
friends of the jouhikko
www.jouhiorkesteri.com
www.womex.com/virtual/aeaeniae_records/jouhiorkesteri
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 | Kalman Balogh Gypsy Cimbalom Band (Hungary)
[ D only ] |
Dazzlingly dextrous gypsy swing from cimbalom
maestro's exhilarating ensemble
www.myspace.com/kalmanbalogh
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 Photo by Youri Lenquette | LA-33
(Colombia) |
Classic salsa sounds served fresh and hot by
Bogota boogaloo boys
www.la-33.com
www.womex.com/virtual/evviva/la_33_1
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 Photo by Pierre René Worms | Les Amazones de Guinée
(Guinea-Conakry) |
Famous female army band capture hearts and
minds in fresh groove onslaught
www.myspace.com/lesamazonesdeguinee
www.womex.com/virtual/bema_bureau_export/les_amazones_de
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 Photo by Esmee van der Oye | Liu Fang (China/Canada)
[ D only ] |
Traditional classics and contemporary
improvisation from pipa protagonist
www.liufangmusic.net
www.womex.com/virtual/philmultic_inc/liu_fang_1
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 | Magnifico
(Slovenia)
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He’s got the balls, he's got the style, he's got a
million dollar smile: Magnifico!
www.myspace.com/robertomagnifico
www.womex.com/virtual/ballkan_world_music/magnifico
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 Photo by Claudia Marcelloni | Mike Marshall & Darol Anger with Väsen (USA/Sweden)
[ D only ] |
American acoustic music masters meet Sweden's top traditional modernists song
http://mcbooking.com/Duo_Vasen_EPK/Home.html
www.womex.com/virtual/maria_camillo/mike_marshall_darol
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 Photo by Marie Dagnaux | Mo DJ (Mali)
[ D only ] |
Pulsating pan-African re-mixes from the Bamako beat merchant
www.mo-dj.com
www.womex.com/virtual/all_other/mo_dj
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 Photo by Béla Kása | Sunday Award Concert:
Muzsikás (Hungary)
[ D only ] |
WOMEX 08 Award Winner
Celebrating over three decades bringing the soul of Hungarian music to the world
www.muzsikas.hu
www.womex.com/virtual/mamazone_ltd/muzsikas_1 |
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 Photo by Julia Staples | Ólöf Arnalds (Iceland)
[ D only ] |
Icelandic multi-instrumentalist turns troubadour to good effect
www.myspace.com/olofarnalds
www.womex.com/virtual/rogers_stuart/oloef_arnalds
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 Photo by D.R. | Ramiro Musotto & Orchestra Sudaka
(Argentina/Brazil) |
Border-crossing berimbau master creates
innovative ethno-electronica mix
www.ramiromusotto.com
www.womex.com/virtual/helico/ramiro_musotto
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 Photo by Mark Humphrey | Salamat Sadikova (Kyrgyzstan)
[ D only ] |
Internationally acclaimed diva of Kyrgyz folk song
www.kyrgyzmusic.com
www.womex.com/virtual/frequency_glide/salamat_sadikova
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 Photo by Juan Carlos Vas | Cancelled: Sidestepper
(Colombia) |
British producer side-steps onto Afro-Columbian dance-floor and sets new trend
www.myspace.com/sidestepper
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 | Replaced by: Orquestra Àrab de Barcelona
(Morocco/Greece/Spain) |
| http://www.myspace.com/orquestraarabdebarcelona |
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 Photo by Hermosdef | Speed Caravan
(Algeria/Morocco/France) |
Electric oud power-trio forging eclectic urban
oriental rock fusion
www.myspace.com/mehdihaddabthespeedcaravan
www.womex.com/virtual/newbled_vibrations/speed_caravan
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 Photo by Renaud Barret | Cancelled: Staff Benda Bilili
(Congo-Kinshasa) |
Kinshasa's famous disabled band stand tall with
driving funk and rolling rumba grooves
www.divanoprod.com
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 | Replaced by: Eneida Marta
(Guinea-Bissau/Portugal) |
www.eneidamarta.com
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 | Suzanna Owiyo
(Kenya) |
Kenya's brightest star blends social
conscience with style
www.suzannaowiyo.net
www.womex.com/virtual/motherland_music/suzanna_owiyo
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 | Tomás de Perrate
(Spain) |
Son of famed flamenco family bringing new
sounds to old-time cante
www.panoja.org
www.womex.com/virtual/area_1/tomas_de_perrate
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 Photo by Ross Garrett | Tumi and the Volume
(South Africa/Mozambique) |
Def poet & a three-man-band deliver state of the
rainbow nation address
www.myspace.com/tatv
www.womex.com/virtual/mad_minute_music/tumi_and_the_volume
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 Photo by Jean Marie Perrot | Zabit Nabizade Trio (Azerbaijan)
[ D only ] |
Classic mugham trio interpret mystic tradition of Azerbaijan with fresh elan
www.turquoiseproduction.com
www.womex.com/virtual/turquoise_production/zabit_nabizade_trio
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