The women of Kardemimmit sing and play the Finnish national instrument – the kantele, which is similar to a zither or dulcimer. The quartet has mastered both the 15-stringed and 38-stringed kantele, producing the distinctive sounds made by the plucked acoustic...
If you’ve gotten into zydeco music, or felt its influence, or watched the world celebrate this great aspect of Louisiana culture over the past 30+ years, it’s likely been because of Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural, Jr. No other zydeco artist has come close to selling as...
Enjoy a lively demonstration of Ceili (group) and solo Irish dance at Lotus in the Park! The goal of the Ryan Academy of Irish Dance is to pass on the rich traditions and beautiful culture of Ireland to a new generation of artists through music and dance, and to...
Mabuhay! Philippine Cultural Community (PCC) is a non-profit cultural and educational organization whose mission is to share and engage the community in the Philippine culture through education, partnership, participation, and active involvement. Inspired by the Lotus...
Indiana will celebrate its 200th birthday in 2016. As part of the statewide Bicentennial Celebration, the Traditional Arts Indiana traveling exhibit “Indiana Folk Art: 200 Years of Tradition and Innovation” celebrates Indiana’s rich culture and heritage by...
Grey Larsen, Dillon Bustin, Janne Henshaw, Nan McEntire, and Mark Feddersen — all of whom knew Hoosier musician and songwriter Lotus Dickey (1911-1989) — will lead a workshop in which you’ll learn some of Lotus’s best songs. The Lotus World Music and Arts Festival was...
Los Angeles based chanteuse, songwriter, and accordionist Jessica Fichot is a lot like her hometown of Paris: French at heart, but with a soul that's truly international. Drawing from a French, Chinese, and American upbringing, her music fuses styles and languages,...
The soaring, joyous music of Baltic Crossing comes from the folk scenes of the United Kingdom and Scandinavia. This young quintet’s musical prowess and love of old dance traditions make for brilliant sets of jigs, polskas, waltzes, schottisches, and other tunes. Ian...
Lyrical, trippy, trancelike, transcendent: fiddler Maarja Nuut creates remarkable soundscapes from the traditional dance tunes, songs, and stories of her native Virumaa in Northern Estonia. She often builds from a single violin motif, deftly looping it and adding...
tUnE-yArDs is fresh, avant-garde, experimental, groovy, poppy, funky — pick a word to describe Merrill Garbus’s band and a reviewer somewhere in the world has already used it. Garbus and her collaborator, bassist (and Bloomington native) Nate Brenner, along with a...