2008 Lotus World Music & Arts Festival / Artist List

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• Ray Bonneville / Saturday
  Roots and blues
  
  
• Sogbety Diomande’s West African Drum and Dance Company / Friday, Lotus in the Park (Saturday), Saturday
  Drum and dance from Côte d'Ivoire
  
  
• Etran Finatawa / Friday, Saturday
  African tribal fusion music from Niger
  
  
• Etugen Ensemble / Friday, Saturday, Sunday
  Mongolian folk music
  
  
• Julie Fowlis / Thursday, Friday
  Scottish Gaelic folk song
  
  
• Frigg / Thursday
  String folk music from Norway & Finland
  
  
• Funkadesi / Friday, Saturday
  Global fusion
  
  
• Marta Gómez / Friday, Saturday
  Contemporary Colombian & Latin American
  
  
• Bill Harney & Paul Taylor / Friday, Lotus in the Park (Saturday)
  Australian storytelling and didjeridoo
  
  
• James Hill & Anne Davison / Friday, Saturday
  Ukulele & cello from Canada
  
  
• Gaida Hinnawi / Saturday, Sunday
  Arabic song from Syria
  
  
• Little Cow / Friday, Saturday
  Ska/rock/funk/Gypsy fusion from Hungary
  
  
• Lo Còr de la Plana / Saturday, Sunday
  Polyphonic song from Occitan/southern France
  
  
• March Fourth Marching Band / Saturday
  Marching band, streeet performance
  
  
• Mucca Pazza / Friday
  Marching band, streeet performance
  
  
• La Musgaña / Friday, Lotus in the Park (Saturday), Saturday
  Traditional music of Central Spain
  
  
• The New York Gypsy All-Stars / Saturday
  Jazz-influenced Gypsy music, by way of NYC
  
  
• Pistolera / Friday, Saturday
  Latin Alt-Folklorico
  
  
• Reelroad / Friday, Lotus in the Park (Saturday), Saturday
  Modern Russian folk music
  
  
• Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band / Friday, Saturday
  American roots and blues
  
  
• Solas / Saturday
  
  
• Son de Madera / Friday, Lotus in the Park (Saturday), Saturday
  Traditional music & dance from Veracruz
  
  
• Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko: Africa to Appalachia /
  Friday, Saturday
  Appalachia/Mali fusion
  
  
• Vieux Farka Touré / Friday
  Desert blues from Mali
  
  
• Waltz with Me (Annbjørg Lien, Bruce Molsky, Christine Hanson, Mats Eden) / Thursday, Friday
  International folk music string quartet
  
  
• The Wilders / Friday, Saturday
  Old-time country
  

Updated 14 August 2008 / Subject to change.

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