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DOBET GNAHORE - ZUIDERPERSHUIS 11/2008
"Ki-Yi M'bock was founded in 1985 by Werewere Liking, a writer and painter from Cameroun.
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CEDRIC 'IM' BROOKS AB 11/2008
"It started after Roland Alphonso (Roland Alphonso aka.
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MINYESHU - ZUIDERPERSHUIS 11/2008
Minyeshu, your second album is entitled ‘Dire Dawa'.
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FEMI KUTI - FLAGEY 10/2008
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ANTHONY B - VOORUIT 10/2008
Anthony, I know you hail from the parish of Trelawny in Jamaica, a parish that's well-known for its Maroon history.
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ERNEST RANGLIN - HELDEN IN HET PARK 08/2008
Ernest, you already started to play the ukulele when you were still a little boy; would you say you were kind of genetically predestined for a career as a musician?
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TUFF LION - HELDEN IN HET PARK 08/2008
"Well, I still primarily think of myself as a musician.
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ALPHA BLONDY - REGGAE GEEL 08/2008
"It's my first time here, but I'm really honoured they've thought to invite me for this jubilee edition.
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BITTY MCLEAN - REGGAE GEEL 08/2008
"I'm not sure about that actually.
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BRIGADIER JERRY - REGGAE GEEL 08/2008
"No, I did a little comedy thing in the community, you know.
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JOSEY WALES - REGGAE GEEL 08/2008
"As a youth, U Roy, who was still with King Tubby's Hifi at the time, was my idol; it was really him who inspired me to get into music.
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U ROY - REGGAE GEEL 08/2008
"I used to have a little joint in Southfield, Saint Elizabeth, a little bar, but after a few years I realized I didn't want to spend the rest of my life serving drinks.
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AURELIO MARTINEZ - SFINKS 07/2008
"Thanks to the work of Andy Palacio and the decision of UNESCO to acknowledge our cultural patrimony as world heritage, the world is finally becoming aware of the Garifuna.
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VICTOR DEME - SFINKS 07/2008
"I was born in a griot family.
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FANFARE CIOCARLIA - SFINKS 07/2008
"There are days we don't touch our instruments, yes, but honestly, that only happens very rarely because even when we're not playing a concert somewhere we still have to practice to maintain our skill.
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MIDNITE - POLE POLE 07/2008
Vaughn, Midnite are the frontrunners of Virgin Islands roots, but a lot of people over here in Europe don't really know all that much about these islands.
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ETANA - COULEUR CAFE 06/2008
Etana, most people in Europe will probably know you as the background singer for Richie Spice, but there's a more unknown earlier chapter to your career; you started out as a member of the all girl band Gift.
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PARNO GRASZT - COULEUR CAFE 06/2008
Parno Graszt means "white horse" in Romani, that much I know already, but why are you called that way? What's the story behind that name?
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ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE BARBES - COULEUR CAFE 06/2008
"Most of all, we really needed to digest the success we had experienced in the preceding period, so we reduced the concerts we did to about a dozen a year.
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RICARDO LEMVO - COULEUR CAFE 06/2008
"(laughs) I went to Los Angeles in 1972 to continue my studies and I'm still there.