(Para español, vaya abajo) Nicknamed the “Hendrix of Hurdy-Gurdy,” Guilhem Desq breathes new life and innovation into this old-world instrument – a deep-barreled, lute-shaped string instrument whose sound is generated by a the turning of a crank. Desq electrifies this...
(Para español, vaya abajo) Kaumakaiwa grew up on the slopes of the volcano Mauna Kea (which she regards as a an ancestor), and its primordial power was a daily influence. Her tour de force performances offer a glimpse of Hawaiian cultural practices that have been...
(Para español, vaya abajo) James Hill grew up playing folk, jazz, and blues on his ukulele; Anne Janelle played only classical music on her cello. But the duo’s differences are their greatest performance assets. The uke is high, the cello is low; the uke plays short...
(Para español, vaya abajo) Genre-defying maestro Josh “Socalled” Dolgin is a musician, producer, composer, arranger, magician, filmmaker, photographer, and visual artist based in Montreal. Socalled grew up taking piano lessons and loving funk and hip hop; when he...
(Para español, vaya abajo) Hailing from County Armagh in Northern Ireland, Jarlath Henderson is the first Irish solo artist to win the BBC Young Folk Musician of the Year Award. He is also a masterful balladeer, three times All-Ireland Champion uilleann piper, and a...
(Para español, vaya abajo) Beyond the horizon of English traditional folk music you’ll find Spiro. The band’s raw, punk-infused take on folk and string music is propelled by the fierce and joyous interplay of violinist and composer Jane Harbour, mandolinist Alex Vann,...
(Para español, vaya abajo) Trad meets metal in the take-no-prisoners folk thrash of Hoven Droven. These Scandinavian folk-rockers have been on the Lotus wishlist forever – it’s perfect that they finally make it to Bloomington in our 25th year. With a distinctive mix...
(Para español, vaya abajo) Anandi Bhattacharya – a child prodigy in a family filled with illustrious musicians and singers – gave her first radio performance at the age of four. Anandi grew up among music and musicians: her father is slide guitar master Debashish...
(Para español, vaya abajo) Kristin Adreassen, Rayna Gellert, KC Groves, and Abigail Washburn are back together – and kicking off our 25th festival in style. Fearless ambassadors for stringband music, Uncle Earl uses tradition as a springboard for their unique...
(Para español, vaya abajo) Aar Maanta (born Hassan-Nour Sayid) is a Somali-British singer, songwriter, producer, and actor. Maanta spent his early years in Somalia, but on the eve of the civil war in the 1980s, he moved to the UK. Some describe his music as...