Benedicte Maurseth
Traditional songs and the haunting sounds of the Hardanger fiddle from Norway’s charming, charismatic “2007 Young Folk Musician of the Year.”
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Virginia Rocks
A highly flammable mixture of country, blues and gospel, rockabilly music exploded on the scene in the 1950s to announce the birth of rock and roll. This reunion of great Commonwealth rockabilly musicians, both past and present, celebrates Virginia’s role in the creation of a quintessentially American music.
No BS! Brass Band
Richmond’s favorite New Orleans-style brass band infuses the music with its own unique grooves and musical sensibilities, and delivers exactly what its name promises.
Andes Manta
With a mastery of more than 35 traditional instruments, including a dazzling array of panpipes, the four Lopez brothers from the mountains of Ecuador bring vibrant, haunting indigenous music from South America’s Andes Mountains.
Bonsoir, Catin
Honoring their deep family and community roots in Cajun music, the members of this all-women band express the unabashed energy, intensity and raw emotion that is the hallmark and heart of Cajun music.
Boukman Eksperyans
Drawing upon traditional vodou rhythms, compas, rock and R & B to create the Haitian musical movement dubbed mizik rasin (roots music), Boukman Eksperyans has re-emerged on the world stage to take their message of hope and survival in the aftermath of this year’s catastrophic earthquake in Haiti.
Capoeira Luanda
NEA National Heritage Fellow Jelon Vieira leads an ensemble showcasing tradition of capoeira, an exciting Afro-Brazilian fusion of acrobatics, dance and martial arts that developed in slave and Maroon communities in the northern Brazilian state of Bahia.
Donald Harrison & The Congo Square Nation
One of New Orleans’ most celebrated living jazzmen, Donald Harrison merges his two primary musical influences, jazz and the Mardi Gras Indian tradition, to create a resplendent celebration of New Orleans music and culture.
Ensemble Shanbehzadeh
Rarely-heard rhythms, songs and dances from the ancient Iranian port of Bushehr on the Persian Gulf, a crossroads of trade where the meeting of Persian, Sufi, Arab, Indian and, most strikingly, African traditions, created a unique musical culture.
Fiddle Journeys: 400 Years of Tune Migrations
Tracing the movement, transformation and evolution of fiddle tunes – from Europe to colonial America, through westward migrations and immigration to the present day – reveals much about the American experience. Master fiddlers from different regions and musical traditions share tunes and tales in this fascinating time travel.
