Performers for RWMF 2005 |
Every year, many distinguished musicians and artistes will perform in the Rainforest World Music Festival to a receptive crowd. For this coming RWMF 2005 we have:
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PETRONA MARTINEZ (COLOMBIA) Colourful Caribbean Queen of the bullerengue, at 67 years old, with her family of percussionists and her very distinctive voice. PICTURE GALLERY LISTEN PRESS RELEASE
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FLORENCIO MESS AND THE MAYA KEK’CHI STRINGS (BELIZE) A rare glimpse into ancient Kek’chi harp and string music from the tropical rainforests of Belize, through self-made instruments and the gentle soul of Florencio Mess. PICTURE GALLERY LISTEN PRESS RELEASE
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YELEMBA D’ABIDJAN (COTE D’IVOIRE) A frenzy of drums and percussions mixed with balafons, songs, dances and masks with traditional rhythms from Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Guinea. PICTURE GALLERY LISTEN PRESS RELEASE |
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DJAMEL LAROUSSI (ALGERIA) Exciting & catchy - a mix of Algerian rai with influences of jazz, blues, reggae. World beat at its most attractive. PICTURE GALLERY LISTEN PRESS RELEASE |
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TUKU KAME (SARAWAK) Modern fusion of traditional Sarawakian melodies as well as the Malay joget and zapin. PICTURE GALLERY LISTEN PRESS RELEASE |
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OLD SPICE BOYS (AUSTRALIA) Combination of comedy and music from this irrepressible trio from Down Under. PICTURE GALLERY LISTEN PRESS RELEASE |
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CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY ENSEMBLE (THAILAND) Serene hypnotic music from the different regions of Thailand played on a large array of ethnic instruments PICTURE GALLERY LISTEN PRESS RELEASE |
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JERRY KAMIT (SARAWAK) The lonely and mesmerizing sape music of Sarawak by one of the virtuosos of the instrument. PICTURE GALLERY LISTEN PRESS RELEASE |
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FAIZ ALI FAIZ (PAKISTAN) Powerful, spiritual and spine tingling - the new voice of Qawwali and highly regarded as the successor of the late and legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan PICTURE GALLERY LISTEN PRESS RELEASE |
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NAMGAR (BURYATIA) Little known ancient music from Buryat and Mongolia which dates from the time of Genghis Khan and beyond" PICTURE GALLERY LISTEN PRESS RELEASE |
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THE FOGHORN STRINGBAND (USA) Kick up your heels! Early bluegrass and square dance music from the South Appalachian and Mid-west region. PICTURE GALLERY LISTEN PRESS RELEASE |
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ACQUARAGIA DROM (ITALY) Who can resist the allure of wild gypsy music? Sacred and secular music usually heard at weddings and traditional feasts. PICTURE GALLERY LISTEN PRESS RELEASE |
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BAUN LENJAU (SARAWAK) Evocative and haunting nose flute music from the Ulu Baram jungles of Sarawak - a fast dying art that has been preserved by this lady PICTURE GALLERY LISTEN PRESS RELEASE |
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SARAWAN (IRAN & KURDESTAN) Classical poems from ancient pre-Islamic Persia sung in melancholic wails with lutes and hypnotic percussion. PICTURE GALLERY LISTEN PRESS RELEASE |
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PAYA KAJAN & WASTI LAWENG(SARAWAK) Melancholic lutong music of Sarawak that has been passed down the centuries PICTURE GALLERY LISTEN PRESS RELEASE |
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