Dan Kusaya & The Chimurenga Inspiration is a band rooted in the traditional sounds of Zimbabwe, weaving the timeless spirit of the mbira into powerful modern arrangements. Their music is driven by the rhythms and melodies of chimurenga, a genre that carries...
Singer-songwriter Shelley Morningsong (Northern Cheyenne) is one of New Mexico’s finest Native performers: her rich alto voice pulls from the soles of her cowboy boots, and her songs cut to the heart. Along with guitar, she plays her own compositions on Native flute....
Bloomington’s Swing Time Big Band is a 17-piece jazz ensemble with vocals. Formed in 2015 by band leader Jerry Jerome, the ensemble is now led by Hank Wintczak, former Director of Bands at Mitchell High School, and Elvin DeBruiker, a Music Education major at Indiana...
Krista Detor is a songwriter’s songwriter, a poet and storyteller whose songs can swing from wry humor to piercing tenderness in a heartbeat. She’s a performer, teacher, and creative collaborator with a long list of credits, including: being the only American woman...
Fans of Nordic fiddling may recognize this power duo — fiddlers Tero Hyväluoma and Esko Järvelä have long played with Lotus fan-favorite Frigg. Their music is a lithe combination of Finnish traditional fiddling, Norwegian Halling, Swedish Polska, Bebop, Western Swing,...
Terrance Simien is an icon of Zydeco music, full stop — a two-time Grammy winner who has spent more than 40 years bringing this vibrant, vital Black American roots music to audiences around the world. Driven by African and Caribbean rhythms, Zydeco has evolved from a...
Zar Electrik is a marriage of Gnawa trances, sub-Saharan loops, and bewitching techno. Anass Zine, Arthur Peneau, and Did Miosine take us on a captivating trip to the Maghreb, with vocals that are by turns enchanting or roaring, and with an instrumental mix that...
“In today's world, there are no musical boundaries,” says Max ZT of House of Waters, which makes those words come alive by incorporating elements of West African, jazz, psychedelic, indie rock, classical, and world music into their astonishing, unique sound. The "Jimi...
Yeison Landero grew up immersed in the music and dance tradition of cumbia in San Jacinto, on the Atlantic coast of his native Colombia. The grandson of Andrés Landero, who was internationally known as the “King of Cumbia,” Yeison was studying the accordion and cumbia...
A champion of Colombia’s Pacific coast Afro-Colombian cultural heritage, Nidia Góngora highlights a folk genre known as curralao, which is performed with marimba and percussion. At the same time, she builds bridges between the acoustic, folkloric repertoire of her...