The Rainforest World Music Festival is a unique festival that brings together on the same stage renowned world musicians from all continents and indigenous musicians from the interiors of the mythical island of Borneo.
Its formula of afternoon informative workshops, ethno-musical lectures, jamming sessions and mini concerts, followed by evening performances on the main stage has proven to be a hit with the audience, who come from near and far.
The festival site also sets up a variety of food and drink stalls, an arts and crafts area as well as a counter for festival memorabilia, Sarawak souvenirs and CDs by the performing artists, all this contributing to a fun filled, wholesome festival experience. World Music plus a country fair atmosphere in the midst of lush greenery.
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Nading Rhapsody – Sarawk, Malaysia
Nading Rhapsody portrays the Iban ethnic’s mythical story of an extraordinary role model. According to the long saga of Dayak tribe, Nading was a legend god of a place called “Panggau Libau.” Nading Grasi was Keling’s uncle, the Iban master hero. Due to his aggressive nature and curiosity, Nading Grasi was asked to leave (expelled […]
Stephan Micus – Germany
Born in 1953 in Germany, Stephan Micus made his first journey to the Orient at the age of sixteen. Fascinated by the variety of musical cultures around the world Micus has travelled in virtually every Asian and European country as well as in Africa and the Americas. Studying with local master musicians he learned to […]
HoromonaHoro
Composer, practitioner and cross genre collaborator, HoromonaHoro has fused the traditional instruments of the Maori, taongapuoro (singing treasures), within a diverse range of cultural and musical forms. Mentored by tohunga of taongapuoro, the late Dr Hirini Melbourne and Dr Richard Nunns, in 2001, Horo won the inaugural Dynasty Heritage Concerto Competition and in the intervening […]
Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys – Canada
Hailing from Prince Edward Island, the award-winning Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys serve up old-time roots music with an energy level that practically yanks you out of your seat by the collar. The Rhythm Boys were given the Galaxie Supernova Award at the 2012 Ottawa Folk Festival for outstanding live performance. Tom Power, host […]
Geng Wak Long – Malaysia
Geng Wak Long has expertise in Kelantan traditional art genres and contemporary such as Shadow Play – (Kelantan leather puppet theatre), Dikir Barat, Kelantanese Silat, Makyung, Tari Inai and several north-east Malaysia arts. Geng Wak Long is made up of family members originating from Kelantan and this group received training from the late Pak Awang […]
Ryuz – Japan
Ryuz is a group which explores music transcending musical borders, and consists of three exciting Japanese musicians: Shigeri Kitsu, known for her original style of folk singing while accompanying herself on folk drum; superb tsugaru-shamisen (traditional string instrument) player Nobuto Yamanaka; and, Kazuki Kunihiro who gives the group an exceptional appeal with his highly original […]
Lo Còr De La Plana – France
Lo Còr de la plana was awarded in 2003 the “grand prix de l’Académie Charles Cros” for their first album “Es lo titre”, and in 2005 the “Prix SACEM des musiques du monde”. Since 2001 Lo Còr de la Plana, based in the “La Plaine” area of Marseilles has been reinventing meridional vocality often mixing […]
Karinthalakoottam – South India
Karinthalakoottam is an ethno music performing group from Kerala, South India. Injecting fresh life into traditional music Karinthalakoottam weaves performances filled with breathtaking musical energy. The group consists of 8 members. The songs they sing are of the working class and peasants. The songs they sing talks about the preservation of environment. They use traditional […]
Talago Buni – Indonesia
Talago Buni was founded in 1998. The idea was to develop a contemporary music emerging from the music of the Minangkabau people, West-Sumatra, in response to the fast-growing, disposable, mass-culture pop music in the region. The founding members all knew their own traditions, which received new perspectives thanks to their extensive academic music education as well. What emerged was an entirely new repertoire, a […]
Blackbeard’s Tea Party – England
Gutsy folk rock, brought kicking and screaming into the 21st Century. Funky folk tunes, swashbuckling songs and an infectious stage energy. Blackbeard’s Tea Party mix fiddles & squeezeboxes, guitar noise & synth bass, and a feast of international percussion to bring you an unforgettable folk‐rock extravaganza. Grounded in English traditions, but flirting shamelessly with a […]
Son Yambu – Cuba
Son Yambu- red hot rhythms straight from the streets of Eastern Cuba. Son Yambu play authentic ‘Son Cubano’ or Cuban son – the essential Afro-Cuban music that originated in the streets of eastern Cuba at the turn of the last century. Son is a fusion of Spanish and African rhythms and is the root of […]
Jamie Smith’s Mabon – Wales
The mighty Jamie Smith’s MABON (JSM), the award winning, Welsh based band are Britain’s finest original InterCeltic music performers, traveling beyond borders to explore the forms and styles of the Celtic traditions and work them anew. The band’s reputation for producing acclaimed recordings and stunning live shows is well documented, “… a class act……uplifting, energetic […]
Jagwa Music – Tanzania
From The Streets Of Dar Es Salaam … Imagine a crew of 8 youngsters playing nutty grooves at breakneck speed on traditional & makeshift percussion, a keyboard player going mad on a battered vintage Casio, and three relentless front persons: two breathtaking, spectacular dancers and a charismatic lead vocalist/MC, belting out songs about survival in
Kalakan – Spain
1 band 3 singers and percussionnist : Thierry, Xan et Jamixel 1 language Euskara (basque language), a natural choice. It’s their mother tongue, with which they learned to sing. Euskara is also the language of the repertoire they chose to defend and revisit : traditional Basque songs. 1 state of mind Freedom to serve the
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino – Italy
Best Italian World Music Band, MEI 2010 Babel Med Music 2011 globalFEST NY 2012 WOMEX 2012 SXSW 2013 WOMAD 2013 Formed by writer Rina Durante in 1975, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino is regarded as Italy’s leading and longest-standing traditional music ensemble, hailing from the Salento, the heel of the Italian boot, in Puglia. Italy’s fascinating dichotomy
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