Artists - fidjomusic

Nomad´s Blues from Niger - Etran Finatawa

Among the grasslands of the Sahel and the shifting dunes of the Sahara desert, two legendary nomadic peoples, the Wodaabe and Tuareg, are joined together in the raunchy guitars and haunting voices of Etran Finatawa. As the winds of change cast uncertainty over their nomadic lifestyle, both cultures are at a crossroads.

Sacred music - Malam Mamane Barka

As a nomad of the toubou tribe, Mamane Barka is the indisputable son of the desert and the world´s only remaining master of the biram. He maintains the tradition single-handedly, bringing the boat-shaped instrument to world´s attention with his own unique blend of desert blues.Barka is so far the only master of the Biram in Niger and all over the world.

The original ethio jazz - Girum Mezmur and the Addis Acoustic Project

Girum Mezmur has developed to become one of the leading instrumentalists and arrangers in the current Ethiopian music scene.

In 2008 Girum Mezmer founded the Addis Acoustic Project: Their repertoire focuses on the Ethiopian music of the 1950s and 60s unlike the “ethiopique series” which focus on the ethiopian pop music of the late 60s and 70s which it calls the 'golden days of Ethiopian music'.

Steven Sogo and the Hope Street

The most promising musician from the new born burundian music scene Steven Sogo and the Hope Street A young and very dynamic musician from Bujumbura who took the guitar in the middle of the civil war to express his wish to live and to live a normal life. His music is pure, original blues: His songs are a cry for life, full of pain and hope at the same time, just a mirror of burundian society these days.