X Darawish is a music group that plays world music and was founded in Bari, Italy in 1997. The group consists of Stratos Diamantis, Enzo…
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Omar Souleyman, a farmer from Syria who became a popular wedding singer and now an electronic music sensation, is set to perform on Thursday, May…
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Väsen plays Swedish folk music with complex arrangements, with one foot firmly planted in the Swedish fiddle tradition, and the other in new acoustic music.…
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