(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...
(Para español, vaya abajo) Karsh Kale is a genre-bending musical collaborator and a world-renowned tabla player. Exploring the worlds of electronica, Indian classical music, rock, jazz fusion, and hip hop has led Karsh to work with some of the most renowned artists in...
(Para español, vaya abajo) Join Dillon Bustin to reminisce and remember Indiana musician Quinten “Lotus” Dickey through stories, songs, and the silver screen. Audiences will hear from Lotus himself during the short film Water from Another Time (1982, co-directed by...
(Para español, vaya abajo) When it gets dark, be sure to turn your attention to the Monroe County Courthouse dome for for a dazzling 360° “projection-mapping” display celebrating 25 years of the Lotus World Music & Arts Festival in Bloomington. The creative team...
The Big Tent, a 360° video and audio projection installation/venue (free, located at 4th & Washington), leverages immersive technology to create a unique, communal viewing experience at Alumni Hall (located in the Indiana Memorial Union). In this age of individual...
(Para español, vaya abajo) Be part of bringing Brazil to Bloomington! An accomplished percussionist, teacher, and ethnomusicologist, Dr. Colleen Haas specializes in Brazilian music and is the lead artist for this year’s Lotus Summer Visual Arts Outreach program,...
(Para español, vaya abajo) Raye Zaragoza is an award-winning singer, songwriter, and performer whose multinational heritage (Native American (O'odham), Mexican, Taiwanese and Japanese) deeply informs her music. This perspective can be heard in her independently...
Lemon Bucket Orkestra is a 12-member-plusguerilla-punk-klezmer band that delivers cathartic and exhilarating performances. On stage – or on Kirkwood – the Orkestra is a movable street scene. They bring the party with big brass, strings, drums, dance, and vocals.
Featuring Brittany Haas (fiddle), Paul Kowert (bass), Jordan Tice (guitar), and Dominick Leslie (mandolin), Hawktail has played with bands like Crooked Still, Punch Brothers, David Rawlings, the Prairie Home Companion, among others…
(Para español, vaya abajo) 2018 Kat Domingo Memorial Artist* Aynur is the voice of a culture: a Turkish-born Kurd, she sings Kurdish songs steeped in centuries of tradition and yet brings her own contemporary style to a folkloric repertoire. Aynur’s music focuses on...