Charismatic, self-taught darbuka player Iba Abukhalaf says playing music makes him feel the purest and the best feeling ever. Growing up in Jerusalem, Iba's passion for music was established as a
Hindi songs, folk songs, modern songs, love songs, devotional songs, patriotic songs, sad songs, romantic songs.... Iffatara Khanam's repertoire is clearly vast.
Born and brought-up in Rajshahi in
The Igbo Voices UK perform ancestral chants and folk songs from their cherished homeland in Nigeria. Many of their sacred songs are rooted in biblical Christian themes but also draw upon indigenous
Igorot UK are a loose collective of musicians and dancers from the Cordillera mountain region in the north of the Philippines. Igorot means 'people of the mountains' and Igorot UK was formed to
From the very beginning, people have told stories. Our brains are wired to understand and cognate things through stories says Inno Sorsy. Sorsy is a leading international storyteller, born on the
"I grew up listening to the radio, rock & roll, rhythm & blues, salsa, mambo, gros-ka, the many sounds of the Caribbean, that stayed in my hair", says Rony Tafiel, aka Isaah Mango, who was
Jackie Guy is an international choreographer and one of Britain's leading authorities on Afro-Caribbean dance forms. As well as working with Birmingham Royal Ballet Education Department, BBC
Born in Trinidad of Chinese descent, Jacqui Chan is an actor, storyteller, director and choreographer. Passionate about dance and performance from an early age, she came to England at an early age to
Praise for Kurdish - Iranian singer Jale can be found in Kurdish communities across the globe! With tours of Sweden, Norway, Belgium, France, Germany, Holland and the UK already under her belt, Jale
Many words from around the world share their etymology with “jaljala” - Arabic for “sound” or “echo”. The music played by the Jaljala quartet is a rich blend