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The rap of Walid Ben Selim, the melting-pot songs of Zoufris Maracas and the afrobeat of K.O.G: Journeys Through Music makes a welcome return to the Cabaret Sauvage in Paris.

Journeys Through Music

Journeys Through Music returns to the Cabaret Sauvage in Paris.

Walid Ben Selim | Zoufris Maracas | K.O.G

Highlight

Born in Iran and now based in Berlin, Mohammad Reza Mortazavi is one of the world's leading percussionists. As a child, he was fascinated by the musical possibilities of the tombak and the daf. The orchestral rhythms and sounds he can now produce transcend the traditional techniques and playing styles of these two Iranian instruments.

Percussionist Mohammad Reza Mortazavi demonstrates his traditional yet otherworldly skills with Iranian instruments.

Genius percussionist M. R. Mortazavi draws unprecedented sounds from two traditional Iranian instruments: The tombak and the daf.

Mohammad Reza Mortazavi

Fatoumata Diawara gets Paris moving with tracks from her album London Ko, in this special appearance for Journeys Through Music.

Fatoumata Diawara plays with her signature exuberance for Journeys Through Music.

The great Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara returns to the Paris stage for Journeys Through Music.

Fatoumata Diawara

This supergroup featuring Ballaké Sissoko, Vincent Segal, Vincent Peirani and Emile Parisien perform their Les Egarés project for a special edition of Journeys Through Music.

The supergroup project Les Egarés (Sissoko, Segal, Parisien & Peirani) comes to Journeys Through Music.

Ballaké Sissoko, Vincent Segal, Vincent Peirani and Emile Parisien present their project Les Egarés.

Sissoko, Segal, Parisien & Peirani

Ana Carla Maza appears at Cabaret Sauvage as part of a trio. With this solid backing, the Cuban cellist and composer takes us into the colourful world of her album Caribe for Journeys Through Music.

Cuban cellist Ana Carla Maza brings a Latin flavour to this edition of Journeys Through Music.

Ana Carla Maza

Argentine artist La Yegros gets the Cabaret Sauvage crowd in Paris dancing to the rhythm of her fearsome nu-cumbia. Her fourth album HAZ successfully blends genres across eras.

La Yegros shares all the colors of Latin America with the lucky audience of this edition of Journeys Through Music.

La Yegros

Unmissable

Under the theme of ‘Mediterranean Crossing’, the 2024 edition of the world music festival will focus on the musical cross-fertilisation of the Mediterranean sphere, a unique cultural space linking Europe, Asia and Africa. It's a colourful journey through artists with a wide range of influences.

This Nuremburg festival is the ideal occasion to discover a range of resolutely modern artists from across Europe and beyond.

Bardentreffen Festival

This is a musical journey through ancient traditions of driving persussion and traditional instruments like the oud. A cultural heritage dating back thousands of years and that has enveloped myriad influences. Mediterranean sweetness tinges these colourful folk sounds that oscillate between tradition and modernity. 

Undulating melodies meet driving percussion in these meeting points between East and West. 

Eastern Escapes

From Spanish early music to tango to electro, discover the richness of Hispanic music.

Hispanic Sounds

Jazz

Pop & Rock

World

Hip-hop

Electronic

Parcourir les genres

Cimafunk is the ultimate blend of funk and Cuban music. An unstoppable cocktail that the musician serves up with generosity at the Nuits de Fourvière.

Nuits de Fourvière 2024

Cimafunk

Argentina's La Delio Valdez will be getting festival-goers up and dancing for the opening night of the 47th Bardentreffen. Playing an explosive fusion of cumbia, Andean music, salsa, ska and reggae, this Buenos Aires-based group leaves no one indifferent: It's simply impossible to stay still when exposed to their unique combination of acoustic and electric instruments. A rich sound matched with infectious rhythms.

Bardentreffen Festival 2024

The 2024 Bardentreffen kicks off with a bang: Argentinean group La Delio Valdez gets the party started!

La Delio Valdez

High-tech fusion witchcraft: the heart of Baiuca beats to the rhythm of the ancestral traditions of their native Galicia. This group's inspiration comes from centuries-old songs and poems: The perfect substrate for an avant-garde fusion, an unbridled mix of samples of traditional tunes and music with a few everyday objects thrown in for good measure.

High-tech fusion witchcraft: The heart of Baiuca beats to the rhythm of the ancestral traditions of their native Galicia.

Baiuca

What started as a light-hearted idea launched during the pandemic ended up a big hit the following summer. Whenever the Crucchi Gang cover German classics in an Italo-pop style with a strong 70s and 80s flavour, you're in for a no-holds-barred evening. And don't be fooled, the recipe is contagious: the likes of Sophie Hunger and Clueso have all succumbed and have contributed to the gang's songs.

The Crucchi Gang don't take themselves too seriously, and it works! Their recipe: German pop sung in... Italian!

Crucchi Gang

Michal Elia Kamal and her group Light in Babylon are regulars at major world music festivals. The Istanbul-based musician happily blends Iranian sounds with Sephardic melodies. Whether it's Hebrew, Turkish, Farsi or Arabic, all languages are given equal footing here. A welcome ray of hope at a time when the clouds are gathering over the Middle East.

Michal Elia Kamal and her group Light in Babylon are regular fixtures at major world music festivals.

Light in Babylon

Florence Adooni is the star of Ghana's frafra scene. The singer hails from Kumasi, the cradle of Ghanaian gospel music. She's taken the genre out of churches and onto the dancefloor. In terms of sounds and arrangements, her group blends West African influences with pop, rock and jazz. When high priestess Florence Adooni officiates, an entire congregation of the faithful rejoices and dances!

Florence Adooni is the star of Ghana's frafra scene. Her highlife gospel turns churches into dancefloors.

Florence Adooni

Spanish musician Sílvia Pérez Cruz brings the 2024 edition of the Avignon Festival to a musical close. A task she accomplished with brio, backed by muisc from her latest album Toda la vida, un día.

Avignon Festival 2024

Sílvia Pérez Cruz at the closing concert of the Festival d'Avignon 2024.

Toda la vida, un dia: Silvia Pérez Cruz

Get ready to sway to the irresistable rhythms of the brilliant Femi Kuti. This leading figure in afrobeat invites us to Lyon for an evening of afrogroove at the Nuits de Fourvière festival.

An Afrobeat stalwart gets the ancient theatre of Fourvière grooving.

Femi Kuti & The Positive Force

Togo's Nana Benz quintet take the Nuits de Fourvière by storm in their neo-voodoo world. It's the perfect way to discover AGO, the group's debut album.

The neo-voodoo rhythms of Togo's Nana Benz will have you spellbound.

Nana Benz du Togo

Latin American rap, Creole blues and Afro-Cuban folk: Ana Tijoux, Delgres and Natascha Rogers are at Paris' Cabaret Sauvage so prepare for another Journey Through Music!

Journeys Through Music (Les Concerts Volants) welcome Ana Tijoux, Delgres and Natascha Rogers to the Cabaret Sauvage in Paris.

Ana Tijoux, Delgres and Natascha Rogers

Natascha Rogers bathes the Jounreys Through Music audience in a sea of sweet sounds as she performs extracts from her album Onaida, an Afro-Cuban folk gem.

The mixed folk of Natascha Rogers enchants the audience for Journeys Through Music in Paris.

Natascha Rogers

Femi Kuti, Made Kuti, Asa and Obongjayar pay tribute to the creator of Afrobeat, Fela Kuti, at the Philharmonie de Paris.

Femi Kuti | Made Kuti | Asa y Obongjayar

Femi Kuti, Made Kuti, Asa and Obongjayar pay tribute to Fela Kuti, the godfather of Afrobeat.

Tribute to Fela Kuti

Journeys Through Music once again brings together an eclectic lineup featuring rapper and singer Féfé, Argentinian nu-cumbia singer La Yegros and Cuban cellist Ana Carla Maza performing at the Cabaret Sauvage in Paris.

Jounreys Through Music invites you to a diverse spectacle at the Cabaret Sauvage in Paris.

Féfé | La Yegros | Ana Carla Maza

Guitar prodigy Thibaut Garcia performs his album El Bohemio in Rouen's sublime Chapelle Corneille. A Latin-flavoured concert paying tribute to Paraguayan composer Agustín Barrios Mangoré.

Chapelle Corneille in Rouen

Rising prodigy Thibaut Garcia pays tribute to Paraguayan guitarist and composer Agustín Barrios Mangoré.

Thibaut Garcia: Hommage to Agustín Barrios

Author, musician, photographer and performer, Siân Pottok is an artist whose visual expression is as powerful as her sound. For this edition of Journeys Through Music, she skilfully blends her influences with a wide-ranging dash of experience.

The spellbinding voice of singer and musician Siân Pottok hypnotises the audience for this special edition of Jounreys Through Music.

Siân Pottok

Franco-Greek singer and modern day Circe Dafné Kritharas bewitches festival-goers at Cosmo Jazz. A blend of jazz and Ottoman influences.

Cosmo Jazz 2023

Franco-Greek singer Dafné Kritharas casts a spell at Cosmo Jazz Festival.

Dafné Kritharas

In a European first, 65 musicians from the Orchestre symphonique de l'Opéra national de Nancy will join Yuri Buenaventura on piano and vocals in the magnificent setting of the Opéra de Nancy to form a spectacular 'salsa band'.

Nancy Jazz Pulsations 2023

Salsa in symphonic mode: Yuri Buenaventura presents Manigua with the orchestra of the Opéra National de Lorraine.

Yuri Buenaventura presents Manigua

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