Artists
ARTISTS
Yacouba Sissoko was born in Kita, Mali, to a well-known djely family. Djelys for centuries they have been the traditional musicians and keepers of the...
Yungchen Lhamo’s name – given to her at birth by a Tibetan lama – means “Goddess of Melody.” Born and raised in Lhasa, Tibet, she...
Ustad Noor Bakhsh is a master of the benju, a keyed zither that is a folk instrument of Balochistan, a province of Pakistan. He plays an electric...
From Havana, Cuba, street poet Telmary has emerged as a leader at the cutting edge of hip-hop and urban music in her home country. As...
Maryna Krut (pronounced “kroot”) is a Ukrainian singer and virtuoso on the bandura, a stringed instrument unique to Ukraine that looks and sounds like a...
Multilingual singer, songwriter, and producer Luciane Dome is part of a new generation of contemporary artists from Rio de Janeiro. She composes and performs poetry to themes...
“We are strength, union, love, sisterhood, music. We are Guaracheras.” This all-women salsa sextet (founded in the city of Cali, Colombia, in 2017) lifts and...
A native of Newfoundland, Keith Murphy performs a traditional song repertoire drawn from Eastern Canada and Quebec as well as from his current home, Vermont....
Irish singer-songwriter Karan Casey has been singing ballads, love songs, and searing social justice songs to audiences for 30 years. Lately, she’s been exploring new...
The Latin fusion, hip-hop, and reggae of Forgotten Tribe is feel-good music for the soul. Band leader Khiry Managan is a singer, dancer, and multi-instrumentalist;...
DREAM is the preservation and continuation of bachata, a music of the Dominican barrios that is a staple of dance halls and Latin radio the world over....
Born in Rusape, Zimbabwe, Dan Kusaya’s journey as a musician began with being immersed in traditional music and culture: ngoma percussion and dance, hosho (Zimbabwean...
Hosted by Corey Harris – “one of blues’ most faithful contemporary griots” (NPR “Mountain Stage”) – and featuring renowned Creole/Blues musician Cedric Watson, “True Blues”...
Local favorites Coolmule are Genevieve Koester, Jesse Woolen-Danner, Abby Ladin, and Sam Bartlett (on fiddle, guitar, bass, and banjo, respectively).
Founded in 1963 by Peter Schumann on New York City’s Lower East Side, Bread and Puppet Theater is now based in Vermont.
Ashlee Watkins and Andrew Small come to Lotus from the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwest Virginia. Their acoustic instrumentation (fiddle, mandolin, guitar, banjo) and exquisite...
Old songs, bold harmonies / US Known for the innovation of their arrangements, Windborne’s bold harmonies are unpredictable and showcase the profound power and variations...