Diana Olutunmogun's storytelling draws from a vibrant mix of cultures: from African folk tales to Lewis Carroll-esque surrealism. Other influences include ancient myths and legends, Aesop's fables,
From Bogota', Colombia, musician Diego Laverde Rojas has played the arpa llanera, or lowland harp, since 1982. It is a popular folk instrument named after Los Llanos, a lowland area between Colombia
Guitarist, singer and songwriter Ditio Dark Syed is a self-styled one-man rock and roll revolution. A tight fusion of Eastern harmonies and vocal lines with Western late-70s rock. Ditio's music is
Described by Time Out magazine as 'Extreme virtuoso, Balkan Gypsy Jazz', Danajska Kapelye continues to receive rave reviews. Brainchild of Piotr Jordan (violin), Viktor Obsust (Double Bass) and Jez
Although he was born in Bombay, Narendra Kotiyan was first initiated 49 years ago in the traditional folk dances of Scotland, Russia, France and many other cultures. He is equally at home at a Welsh
Born in Asmara Eden Solomon is a graduate of the Fine Art School of Addis Ababa who came to Britain in 1989 to continue her studies at Goldsmiths. There, she discovered puppetry as an effective
Elizabeth Nott is an Italian-English Venezuelan born musician and promoter based in London since October 1999. She left her Modern Languages studies in Venezuela to travel to Europe in search for a
The Engine Room Collective is a band that specialises in backing the U.Ks top pan players, capable of playing any style of music.
The sound of the steel band is very new, developing on the
"When I play Venezuelan music I feel I am inside the music. It's like a passion, because before I played professionally I dreamed of this," says Wilmer Sifontes.
Wilmer had been playing traditional
The music of the group Fantazia is often classified as Afro-Oriental. It is a phrase which the group itself discourages, yet it appears to have stuck as a description of their inventive use of