Known for her warm and powerful voice, Cape Verdian singer-songwriter Elida Almeida has garnered acclaim throughout Africa, Europe, and North America. Almeida pairs honest lyrics about her life experiences with the Cape Verdian rhythms of batuque, coladera, and...
Vox Sambou is an MC, poet, and multilingual performer who writes and performs in Creole, French, English, Spanish, and Portuguese. He comes from Limbé, Haiti, and is a founding member of the Montreal-based hip-hop collective, Nomadic Massive. A Haitian-Canadian, his...
Born and raised in Lhasa, Tibet, singer-songwriter Yungchen Lhamo is known for her mesmerizing music that combines traditional Buddhist chant with her ethereal voice and unique compositions. Yungchen, whose name means goddess of melody and song, won the Australian...
Native American hoop and powwow dancer Violet Duncan is known for her acclaimed storytelling and performances across the world. Duncan, who facilitates workshops to promote spiritual wellness and cultural education across the US, Canada, and Europe, is a proud member...
Sin-Isan performs Northeastern Thai music and dance. The Isan region in northern Thailand has its own distinct culture and language. Considered the “rice bowl” of Thailand, Isan shares important heritage with neighbors Cambodia and Laos. Based in the Mahasarakham...
The DREAM Project’s Bachata Academy is the first and only music program dedicated to bachata. A music of the barrios, bachata has become an important Dominican cultural export. While it was once censored, bachata is now a staple of dance halls and Latin radio the...
The Orchid Ensemble has been tirelessly developing an innovative musical genre based on the cultural exchange between Western and Asian musicians. Since 1997, Lan Tung (Taiwan/Canada) on the erhu/Chinese violin, Xiaomei Zhu (Canada/China) on the zheng/Chinese zither,...
Ensemble Adilei performs traditional Georgian polyphonic songs and chants. After informally singing together for several years, the members officially formed the ensemble in 2012. Adilei’s main passion lies in the songs from the province of Guria in Western Georgia...
(Para español, vaya abajo) Rio Mira -- named for the river that separates Ecuador and Colombia -- brings together marimba masters Esteban Copete and Larry Preciado with Ecuadorian singer Karla Kanora and an ensemble of Afro-Latino folkloric musicians from the...
(Para español, vaya abajo) The five-member ensemble Manhu comes to Lotus from the Sani region of the Stone Forest in Yunnan Province in southwestern China. Their music expresses the unique culture of the Yi people, an ethnic minority based in this part of China. The...