Imamyar Hasanov & Abbos Kosimov
The powerful music of Azerbaijan ranges from the sublime to the ecstatic in both folk and classical idioms. Imamyar Hasanov is a virtuoso of the kamancha, the spiked fiddle that is central to Azerbaijani musical tradition. His unique gifts and vision have not only contributed to the preservation of Azerbaijani traditional music but have also created a body of work...
Greenbelt S.I.T.Y. Stars
Remember the pleasure of jumping rope on the playground? Come be amazed and inspired by the boundless creativity and intense athleticism of the champion jumpers of Maryland’s own Greenbelt S.I.T.Y. Stars. Jump rope may be one of the oldest forms of athletic play still practiced today. Historians date the practice back to at least 1600 BCE, when Egyptians used vines...
Dancing On Air Crew
Gravity-defying head spins, twirling windmills, and rapid-fire footwork are hallmarks of breaking, an urban dance style that, along with graffiti, MC-ing, and DJ-ing, makes up the expressive core of hip hop culture. The b-boys of Charleston’s thrilling Dancing On Air Crew (DOA) are on a mission, “trying to make a name for the Carolinas” in the breaking scene. Practitioners of...
The Chankas of Perú
The Chankas of Perú carry on the legendary danza de las tijeras (scissors dance), an ancient, highly acrobatic indigenous ritual dance from the southern Andes of Perú. This dance survived colonialism, repression by the Catholic Church, and the dislocations of transnational migration to become a powerful symbol of the perseverance of Andean traditions in the modern world, recognized by UNESCO...
The Bing Brothers Band feat. Jake Krack
West Virginia’s Bing Brothers Band plays old-time music with a “hard-driving style that reflects the gumption it takes to live in the Mountain State” (Bluegrass Unlimited). “Old-time” refers to the rural American string band traditions that developed from the meeting of the African banjo and European fiddle in colonial times, traditions that have been well-kept in the mountain communities of...
Albert Lee
Albert Lee occupies a unique niche—British by birth and upbringing, he gained acclaim in the 1960s as one of the UK’s top R&B players, and since the 1970s has been recognized as one of the top rockabilly guitarists in the world. In England, Albert Lee is a household name, and in Nashville and Los Angeles, he’s long been one of...
Clinton Fearon & the Boogie Brown Band
A member of the legendary Gladiators, one of the most popular vocal groups to emerge from Jamaica in the formative years of reggae, singer and songwriter Clinton Fearon has been bringing roots reggae music to audiences across the globe for more than four decades. Emerging from the island of Jamaica in the 1960s, reggae captivated the world with its musical...
