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Of the Armenian diaspora, Arto Tuncboyaciyan grew up outside Istanbul. His music celebrates Armenian sorrow + loneliness, also in African-American jazz and blues; it's melancholic, joyous, loving, consoling...

Globe trot non-stop from dance to trance in contempo percussive fusion mixes of ancient instruments, kaleidoscopic musical styles from Africa, New York's underground, Europe and the Middle East

Multicultural, polyphonic, highly creative and entertaining group that takes rhythms beyond their natural frontiers and creates a brand of music too innovative and varied to be labeled.

familia de percusionistas cubanos, mas precisamente de rumberos y tamboreros. Fue aceptado como aprendiz y pude aprovechar de la mejor enseñanza y experiencia deseable con ellos.

Felipe Cabrera, à la basse, donne ici la réplique aux tamboreros réunis en collectif (batas, congas et cajones)...Rumbabierta vient de sortir un disque avec Julien Loureau (labelbleu/2007)

Great shekere trio! Worth a listen just for that...

Regino Jiménez and I got to know each other at Afrocubanismo! in Banff, Canada back in the late 1990s. A gentle, sweet guy, and a great teacher.

Grupo Imole live at Palenque club, Athens, Greece, May 2000.

04:48 From: stuffnbits

Soungalo Sanou est un musicien de Bobo-Dioulasso dans le quartier Bolomakoté au Burkina Faso. Il pratique plusieurs instruments, djembé, dunum, bara, mais ça spécialité est le balafon. On peut le retrouver dans la troupe Saramaya et Sababougnouman.

Yambu is a style of rumba characterized by it's slow pace and tempo; highly sensual and elegant at the same time, the rhythm "imitates" (or matches) the movements of older people's dancing.

Dholis, or dhol players, are often found in Bhangra performances, although traditional dhol rhythms are not necessarily adhered to.