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Beautiful singing accompanied by masterful zither-playing
Traditional Lebanese and Arabic music performed by this oud and flute duo from Beirut.
Lively, joyous music from Northeastern Brazil...with the funkiest tap dancing.
Slow entrancing desert chants and rhythms using swords, frame drums, and interlocking claps.
Expressive melodies and rhythms from Turkey ranging from melancholy to lively drums and horns
Solo Albanian Clarinet Improvisations
29-piece ensemble with massive bass drums and frame drums playing mind-bendingly complex rhythms slowly but surely leading you to a trance.
High energy drums, vocals and bagpipes from this Palestinian collective based in Staten Island, NY
Groovy Romani folk songs from Serbia with rich melodies and harmonies
Metal castanets (qraqeb) carry the hypnotic grooves, as the bass (guembri) and chants take you higher and higher.
Virtuosic cimbalom improvisations on various folk tunes ranging from energetic to jazzy to deep and melancholy.
An earth-shattering performance by this all-women percussion and vocal ensemble from Marrakech.
Rooted in Afro-indigenous practices, this rural northeastern Brazilian ensemble celebrates the annual sugarcane harvest by oscillating between meditative solo vocal melodies and frenetic drums, horns, and dancers with bells dangling from their stunningly elaborate costumes.
Rooted in the Gnawa tradition, this multi-instrumentalist genius shows us some of the infinite possibilities that can arise when one takes the Gnawa roots to other sonic worlds and instruments like the kalimba, the cheftali, the djembe, and even the 12-string guitar.
Virtuosic yet expressive solo performances by Suya on the Sihu, a bowed and plucked string instrument from Inner Mongolia, China.
Bowed and plucked string instruments and singing over groovy percussion that slowly grows in intensity, in characteristic Moroccan syncopated 12/8 groove.
Wide range of emotions and sounds from this NY-based all star ensemble of Palestinian, Lebanese, and Syrian musicians.
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