Photo by Rita Carmo | António Zambujo (Portugal)
Silky voiced fadisto exploring roots and expanding horizons with fresh approach to fado
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www.antoniozambujo.com
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Photo by Hanta Arita | Baba Zula (Turkey)
Turkish psychedelia pioneers and oriental dub inventors fire off in all directions
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www.babazula.com
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Photo by Luis Alvarez | Bomba Estéreo (Colombia)
New-style cumbia and champeta from Bogota’s bubbling electronic underground
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www.bombaestereo.com
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Photo by Werner Puntigam | Cheny Wa Gune Quarteto (Mozambique)
Maputo’s m’bila maestro lays down ancestral grooves in urban funk format
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www.myspace.com/chenywagune
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Photo by Lindsay Blatt | Chicha Libre (USA)
Brooklyn’s Amazon explorers find lost world of Peruvian psychedelia and go crazy
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www.myspace.com/chichalibre
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Photo by Jérôme Boccon-Gibod | Damily (Madagascar)
Expert exponents of tsapiky rhythms lay down the grooves and kick up the dust
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www.myspace.com/damilytsapiky
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Photo by Rita Carmo | Danças Ocultas (Portugal)
Accomplished accordionistas squeeze out new sonic textures from concertina quartet concept
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www.dancasocultas.com
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Photo by Philippe Conrath | Danyèl Waro (La Réunion)
*WOMEX 10 Award Artist*
Plantation blues, Creole poetry and the politics of identity from La Réunion’s ambassador of maloya
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www.runprod.com
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Photo by Leraf.com | Desert Slide (India)
Inspired meeting of Indian slide guitar pioneer with master musicians of Rajasthan
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www.zamanproduction.com
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Photo by Claudia Janke | DJ Scratchy (UK)
Famed selectah spinning globalista rhythms, the universal blues and the rock and the roll of the world
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www.scratchysounds.co.uk
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Photo by Vini Goulart | DJs Criolina (Brazil)
Innovative collective taking the sounds of Brasília’s biggest global dance party to the world
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www.criolina.com
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Photo by Dirk Leunis | Dobet Gnahoré (Ivory Coast/France)
Dynamic singer, percussionist and dancer bringing Ivory Coast to the world stage
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www.dobetgnahore.com
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Photo by Serena Auroras | Fatoumata Diawara (Mali/France)
Multi-talented Malian film actress, singer and songwriter draws from the Wassalou well
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www.myspace.com/fatoumatadiawara
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Photo by Laurène Bercheteau | Kamel el Harrachi (Algeria/France)
Son of famous father carries the chaabi torch for a new generation
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www.myspace.com/kamelelharachi
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Photo by Ariel Martini | Karina Buhr (Brazil)
Sao Paolo-based singer/songwriter sets new standards for contemporary Brazilian pop
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www.karinabuhr.com.br
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| Kiril (DJ-set) feat. Ras Tweed (Macedonia)
Pioneering visionary composer of Macedonian and Balkan ethno-electronica
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www.kiril.com.mk
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Photo by Darin de Montbrun | Kobo Town (Trinidad & Tobago/Canada)
Classic calypso philosophy inspires contemporary Caribbean mix of style plus content
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www.kobotown.com
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Photo by Gerald von Foris | LaBrassBanda (Germany)
Never mind the oompahs, here comes the new heavy heavy sound of funky Bavaria
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www.labrassbanda.com
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Photo by Thommy George | Lelo Nika & Friends (Sweden/Denmark)
Astounding accordion virtuoso weaves Balkan roots and global shoots with soul and gusto
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www.myspace.com/lelonikamusic
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Photo by Gerardo Castillo | Líber Terán (Mexico)
From rock to ranchero and banda to the Balkans, former Los de Abajo front man breaks new boundaries
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www.myspace.com/liberteran
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Photo by Dieter Telemans | Malick Pathé Sow & Maoba (Senegal/Belgium)
Expert hoddu player and long term Baaba Maal sideman now leading own excellent ensemble
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www.myspace.com/malickpathesow
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Photo by Doug Kanter | Mamer (China)
Influential figure of China’s alt-country scene revitalizing his Kazakh grassland roots
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www.earthbeat.nl
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Photo by Barbora Fabianova | Matthias Loibner (Austria)
Hurdy-gurdy man turning out unexpected new sounds from ancient instrument
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www.matthias.loibner.net
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Photo by David Carracedo | Mercedes Peón (Spain)
Stunning one-woman show from champion and modernizer of Galician traditional music
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www.mercedespeon.es
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Photo by Fanny Vidal | Nathalie Natiembé (La Réunion)
Taking maloya into a new era with her incisive poetry and adventurous arrangements
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www.myspace.com/nathalienatiembe
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Photo by Fernando Diaz | Nidi D´Arac (Italy)
Taking the traditional roots of the Italian South on a journey to the big city
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www.myspace.com/nididarac
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Photo by Almagul Menlibaeva | OMFO (Ukraine/The Netherlands)
Proposing the inseparable unity of ethnic wisdom and electronics as a true 21st century folklore
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www.omfo.net
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Photo by Brahim El Mazned | Oudaden (Morocco)
Inspirational poetry and irresistible rhythms from renowned ambassadors of Amazigh culture
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www.oudadenmusic.com
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Photo by Amos Fait Main Productions | Papa Wemba (DR Congo)
International ambassador of Congolese music celebrating 40 years as the King of Rhumba Rock
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www.papawemba.fr
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Photo by Katharina Döring | Samba Chula de São Braz (Brazil)
Veteran village ensemble keeping alive the deep roots of samba
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www.myspace.com/sambachuladesaobraz
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Photo by Mutis | Sexteto Tabalá de Palenque (Colombia)
Village drum and voice ensemble cultivating roots of Afro-Latin musical history
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www.omproducciones.com
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Photo by Andreja Leko | Svetlana Spajic Group (Serbia)
Striking singer bringing Serbian vocal traditions to vibrating life in new quartet project
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www.svetlanaspajic.com
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Photo by Pedro Quintans | Tremor (Argentina)
Plugged-in roots and digital folklore with soul from Buenos Aires power trio
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www.facebook.com/thesoundoftremor
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Photo by Alexandra Lebon | Wang Li (China/France)
Sound explorer expanding on 10,000 years of Chinese jew’s harp playing traditions
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www.zamanproduction.com
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Photo by Zohar Ron | Yemen Blues (Israel/USA)
Soul-searching singer reunites with Yemeni roots after long journey through the Sahara
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www.myspace.com/yemenblues
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Photo by Fred Rol | Yom, New King of Klezmer Clarinet (France)
French clarinet maestro takes on mantle of revered klezmer monarch, Naftule Brandwein
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www.myspace.com/klezmerking
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Photo by Franz Helmreich | Zohreh Jooya & Ensemble Afghan (Afghanistan/Iran/Switzerland/Austria)
Acclaimed ensemble preserving and celebrating endangered Afghan music traditions
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www.zohreh-jooya.org/EnsembleAfghan
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WOMEX 09 Showcase
WOMEX 09 Showcase
