2009 Lotus World Music & Arts Festival / Artist Roster

• Deborah Asante / Saturday (Monroe County Public Library)
  Storytelling and jazz
  
  
• Rahim AlHaj / Friday
  Virtuoso Iraqi oud
  
  
• Bajofondo / Saturday
  Electrotango from Argentina
  
  
• BLK JKS / Saturday
  Psychedelic, Afro-futuristic rock from South Africa
  
  
• Phyllis Chen / Friday, Saturday
  Virtuoso toy piano
  
  
• Cara Dillon / Friday, Saturday
  Irish traditional song
  
  
• Dragon Knights / Saturday
  Stilt walking street performance
  
  
• Gerard Edery & Maria Krupoves / Saturday
  Jewish and Christian songs
  
  
• EE: Magic Circus Marching Band / Saturday
  
  
• Forro in the Dark / Saturday
  Northeastern Brazilian party music
  
  
• Hanggai / Saturday, Sunday
  Folk music from Inner Mongolia & China
  
  
• The Horse Flies / Friday, Saturday
  Contemporary American folk
  
  
• Huun Huur-Tu & Carmen Rizzo / Friday
  Electronica meets throat-singing from Tuva
  
  
• Jefferson Street Parade Band / Friday, Saturday
  
  
• Kaia / Friday, Saturday
  World a cappella
  
  
• Kinobe & Soul Beat Africa / Friday, Saturday
  Ugandan song, dance, & drumming
  
  
• Srinivas Krishnan & Madras Broadcast / Saturday, Sunday
  Indian fusion
  
  
• Little Cow / Thursday, Friday
  Ska/rock/funk/Gypsy fusion from Hungary
  
  
• Los de Abajo / Friday, Saturday
  Salsa, punk, and rock from Mexico
  
  
• Lotus Dickey Song Workshop / Saturday (Lotus in the Park)
  Old-Time song traditions
  
  
• *NEW!* The Megitza Quartet / Friday
  Roma and East European world fusion
  
  
• *NEW!* Occidental Brothers Dance Band International / Friday
  Central & West African dance music
  
  
• Orchestra of Tetouan / Friday, Saturday
  Traditional vocal & instrumental music of Andalusia & North Africa
  
  
• Parno Graszt / Thursday, Friday, Saturday
  Hungarian Gypsy music
  
  
• Rupa and the April Fishes / Saturday
  Global agit-pop
  
  
• Saffire—The Uppity Blues Women / Friday
  Acoustic blues
  
  
• Salaam / Saturday
  Middle Eastern & North African traditional music
  
  
• Stairwell Sisters / Friday, Saturday
  American Old-time
  
  
• That 1 Guy / Friday, Saturday
  21st-century one-man band
  
  
• Väsen / Thursday
  Contemporary instrumental folk music from Sweden
  
  
• Vishtén / Saturday, Sunday
  Acadian traditional music, song, and dance
  
  
• Watcha Clan/ Friday, Saturday
  Global fusion from France
  
  
• The Zolfonoon Ensemble of Iran / Saturday
  Classical Persian
  
  

Updated 18 August 2009 / Subject to change.