Blato Zlato is a New Orleans-based Balkan band that puts a contemporary Louisiana twist on traditional folk music from Eastern Europe. The band performs dark, improvisational arrangements with particular focus on Bulgarian folk songs, three-part vocal harmonies, and...
Molly Evans is a fiber artist, educator, and arts advocate based in Bloomington, IN. She primarily works with experimental quilts and soft sculpture using the motion and construction of textiles to display gestures of emotional effort. She is also a co-founder of the...
Beatriz is a visual artist whose work experiments with the conceptual use of Papel Picado, a Mexican Folk Art, transforming layers of intricate cut paper into murals and and with the manipulation of paper she creates wearable paper sculptures. Vasquez received her...
The Indiana University Marching Hundred Drumline functions as an integral part of the nationally renowned IU Marching Hundred. Expect a top-notch performance bridging beats from gown to town. Marching Hundred is led by drumline director Ben Handel.
Since 1974, Indiana University’s African American Dance Company (AADC) has shared movement traditions and diverse dance forms of the African diaspora and African American culture with audiences in Indiana and across the globe. Directed by Stafford C. Berry Jr., the...
Kittel & Co.’s virtuosic take on American string music bridges many worlds: classical and Americana, Celtic and bluegrass, folk and jazz. American violinist, fiddler, and composer Jeremy Kittel is fluent in multiple musical realms and composes original music that...
The Yandong Grand Singers perform in a unique polyphonic acappella vocal style that has been designated a masterpiece of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. The Dong people, who don’t have a written language of their own, transmit much of their...
Väsen's origins are deeply rooted in the centuries-old tradition of the folk music of the Swedish province of Uppland. They perform exquisite string music with virtuosic flair; the sound is by turns winsome, bittersweet, and exhilarating. Väsen is Olov Johansson on...
Spanish vocalist Irene Atienza and Brazilian guitarist Douglas Lora stand at the intersection of the great musical traditions of their respective countries. The duo interprets the classic Latin catalogue of boleros, fados, tangos, sambas, and bossa-nova revere...
The Steve Riley Trio plays Cajun French music born in the bayous of Southwest Louisiana: acappella ballads; Cajun blues; hot two-steps that transform the festival tent into a Louisiana dance floor. Steve Riley is a master of the Cajun accordion and his bandmembers...