Along with traditional South American instruments like the box, the pot (similar to the Indian ghatam), Chilean drums and Peruvian chajchas, Lukax Santana adds bamboo tubes, whistles, egg beaters,
M is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, audio engineer, puppeteer, actor and composer, but sees himself as "more of a conceptual artist" than a songwriter. His work ranges from electro-acoustic sound
At 23, Madhumita Bose got on a plane and came to London. She didn't know anyone here but she was determined to see for herself the painters that had inspired her while studying for her Fine Arts
Malti Patel says until quite recently she worked in a bank, she says, "One day I decided 'This isn't me! I'm leaving!' and I returned to my childhood passion - dance." Choreographer and dancer
"We don't really classify ourselves as a world music group. We just call ourselves more of a contemproary grou because we are open to so many things," says Panos of Mandura. Yet although the group
"I remember listening to classical music from an early age because it was played in the background. Without me realising, my ears got fine-tuned. As I grew up and started going out to clubs and
Listening to Manorama Prasad describe rhythm belies the fact that she trained as an economist as well as a classical musician. "Suppose if I'm counting 8 beats in South Indian music, each beat is
The repertoire of this band can be described very well in Romania as 'cafe concert' - meaning a bit of music in all styles' says Pete Watson, of the Marama Caffe Band. They began in the late 1990s as
Margareta Kern arrived in London in 1992, ten days before her 18th birthday. She had trained as a nurse in Bosnia, both because of parental expectations and because there was no art school back home
"Dance gives people inspiration for a good life, a heady life. It gives you energy and headspace through physical expression" says Maria Hasulova, her warmth and energy underlining her words. A