This year’s editions of Womex and Exib Musica have offered us plenty of beautiful little musical surprises. One of them, one of the most inspired and vivid ones, is Aguamadera, a project founded in 2015 by Argentinian Maria Cabral and Marco Grancelli re-discovering, making its own and re-interpreting the kaleidoscopic soul...
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It’s EXIB time! On Thursday, EXIB Music will launch its 8th edition in Setúbal for three days of cultural sharing, meetings, conversations, workshops and showcases to re-think the Ibero-American music ecosystem. To shine a light on the happening event and anticipate some of the sounds that will travel far and...
The second leg of our Road to Womex brings us to South Africa, where we meet a talented and eclectic musician born and raised in Eastern Cape, who is dedicating her life and career to preserving, showcasing and bringing forward the local folk repertoire. Singer/songwriter, storyteller, activist, creative entrepreneur and...
We don’t know if a biography of Alex Figueira will ever be published, but if it is, it’s arguably going to be such an intricate, complex and of course, interesting work that its author will eventually end up on the Booker Prize shortlist. Jokes apart, to recall, discern and write...
The countdown has officially started… in two months’ time, the 2022 edition of Womex will get underway to spread the sounds, words and images of the world-music world throughout Lisbon. After a thoroughly successful experience in Porto last year, the Worldwide Music Expo is indeed going to be back to...
