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Fabio Robles & Ana Andre more »
From Australia
Fabio Robles and Ana Andre are recognised as the foremost exponents of Argentinian tango in Australasia. Fabio arrived in Australia in 1981 having alr&hellip » read more
Faithless more »
From United Kingdom
When Faithless released their first single, ‘Salva Mea’, in 1995, they raised the stakes for other dance music acts. Here was a song with a huge r&hellip » read more
Family Chemirani more »
From Iran
The Chemirani Ensemble is a renowned Persian classical music ensemble. The group is made up of Chemirani family members, master percussionist, Djamchi&hellip » read more
Fanfara Tirana more »
From Albania
Albania's first brass dance band bring an utterly fresh and exciting touch to the ancient and impassioned music of Albania, Europe's best-kept secret,&hellip » read more
Fanfare Ciocarlia more »
From Romania
Seven years ago, the Romanian group The Taraf of Haidouks was the sensation of the 1991 Rivermead festival, with crowds demanding unending renditions &hellip » read more
Farafina more »
From Burkina Faso
Biography by Andy Morgan, July 2000: Past their twentieth anniversary and still going strong, Farafina demonstrate that rhythm in west Africa is a lan&hellip » read more
Farida & The Iraqi Maqâm Ensemble more »
From Iraq
In the Arab world the word maqam (meaning situation or place) refers to a musical mode suffused with a particular mood or feeling. In the classical tr&hellip » read more
Fatback Band more »
From United States
In a time where many of the great rhythm-and-blues acts from the past seem to be fading fast into touring ghost band status, The Fatback Band has mana&hellip » read more
Fat Freddy's Drop more »
From New Zealand
Smouldering and soulful dub visionaries There's almost 8,000 miles between Wellington, New Zealand and the Jamaican capital of Kingston, but when you &hellip » read more
Faudel more »
From Algeria
Back in the late 1990s, rai music, that infectious hedonistic North African form of rock ’n’ roll from Algeria, was undergoing what you might call&hellip » read more
Fawzy Al-Aiedy more »
Biography supplied by management, March 2004: Fawzy is born between two rains at Basra (Iraq) towards 1950. He studied at the Music Institute of Bagh&hellip » read more
Felpeyu more »
From Spain
This dynamic band from Asturias plays wildly exuberant music firmly rooted in the instantly recognisable bagpipe and fiddle-driven Celtic style of nor&hellip » read more
Femi Kuti more »
From Nigeria
The world is full of celebrity offspring, yet it is almost impossible to think of one who lives up to expectations to the same degree as Femi Kuti, so&hellip » read more
Femi Kuti & The Positive Force more »
From Nigeria
For an artist who’s the best part of two decades into his own career as a bandleader, it’s rather churlish to keep harping on about his father, bu&hellip » read more
Fernanda Amaral more »
From Brazil
Fernanda is an extremely experienced and accomplished choreographer and dance tutor from Brazil. She has over 20 years of experience in teaching and &hellip » read more
Fernanda Amaral more »
From Brazil
Fernanda Amaral is an extremely experienced and accomplished choreographer and dance teacher from Brazil. She has eighteen years experience in teachi&hellip » read more
Fernhill more »
From United Kingdom
Biography By Andy Morgan, July 2002: Globalisation often stretches the imagination. Try and picture the King of Swaziland settling down to an educat&hellip » read more
Fetish more »
From South Africa
With their recent FNB Sama nomination for So Many Prophets, Fetish have proven to the South African music industry that a left-of-centre band has what&hellip » read more
Fiamma Fumana more »
From Italy
2001 biography: I Fiamma Fumana nascono da un'intuizione di Alberto Cottica (fisarmonicista nei Modena City Ramblers), Fiamma, (un'affascinante canta&hellip » read more
Finley Quaye more »
From United Kingdom
Ever-eclectic sounds from the musical maverick It may be a decade since his explosion onto the UK music scene (a multi-platinum album in Maverick A S&hellip » read more
Flaco Jimenez more »
From United States
The king of conjunto made his first WOMAD festival appearance 12 years ago. His rippling accordeon style, jazzy runs and seamless blend of rock with t&hellip » read more
Flame Oz more »
From Australia, Bahamas, United Kingdom
The FlameOz Fire Show is an unforgettable, awe-inspiring experience. A high-impact blend of beauty, dance, power and energy combined with feats of s&hellip » read more
Flook more »
“Sheer musical magic….stunning technique, impossibly agile rhythm work and virtuoso flights of jazzy improvisation add up to one of the most enthr&hellip » read more
Fontella Bass more »
From United States
2001 Biography "Rescue me and take me in your arms....RESCUE ME!" How many unstable angst-ridden adolescents have had their sanity rescued on the dan&hellip » read more
Forro in the Dark more »
From Brazil, United States
For those who don't already know, forró is the hip-swiveling, dancefloor-filling, rural party music of Brazil's northeastern states. And Forro in the&hellip » read more
Fourplay String Quartet more »
From Australia
“More Metallica than Mozart – the first string quartet to have inspired moshing and crowd surfing” The Sydney Morning Herald Eclectic Electri&hellip » read more
Frédéric Galliano and Kuduro Sound System more »
When it comes to Western Europe tuning into the very latest sounds from all points African, far-sighted Frenchman Frédéric Galliano is quite often t&hellip » read more
Francis Angol more »
From Dominican Republic
Francis Angol hails from the Dominican Republic and has worked in dance for over fifteen years. This performer, tutor, Assistant Artistic Director/Ch&hellip » read more
Francis Dunnery more »
From United Kingdom
Biography by Andy Morgan, June 2002: Francis Dunnery is man who’s been to the very heart of showbiz Babylon and returned with a sackload of gruesom&hellip » read more
Frank Yamma more »
From Australia
A traditional Pitjantjatjara man from Australia's central desert, Frank Yamma writes brutally honest songs of alcohol abuse, cultural degradation, res&hellip » read more
Fribo more »
From Norway, United Kingdom
Enthralling Nu-Nordic folk summit An Edinburgh kitchen table is perhaps an unlikely place for an international summit, but it's where the historical &hellip » read more
Frigg more »
Kaustinen, a cluster of villages on the slow-winding River Perho in the western Finnish region of Ostrobothnia, has long been famous for its fiddlers.&hellip » read more
Frititi more »
From Angola, Ghana, United Kingdom
Information provided by artist management, July 2002: Frititi Traditional African Drumming and Dance Company HISTORY Witnessing a world where there &hellip » read more
Fruit more »
From Australia
Band's own biography from Sue Arlidge Arts Management - June 2000 Australian music sensation, FRUIT are on their way to becoming one of the biggest &hellip » read more
Full House more »
From Switzerland, United States
This unlikely mix of naughty New York glamour and Swiss countryside naivete throws up cultural clashes, polyglot puns, improbable balancing acts and f&hellip » read more
Fun^Da^Mental more »
From United Kingdom
An audio-visual barrage of amphetamine intensity, Fun^Da^Mental hit the stage and explode into a tumbling ball of fury that takes on all-comers with i&hellip » read more
Funky Phat 5 more »
From United Kingdom
A Reading based musical collective comprising of vocalist and songwriter Dionne Williams, Richard Quittenton on bass, producer Lawrence Green on keys,&hellip » read more
Future World Funk more »
From United Kingdom
FWF is a global pastiche of rhythms and sounds, fusing musical elements of Latin, African, Indian, Arabic and Caribbean with breaks, beats and grooves&hellip » read more
Fyah Walk more »
From Australia
One of the nation's most respected live reggae acts, Fyah Walk from Byron Bay has a uniquely Australian roots reggae flavour that fuses authentic Virg&hellip » read more
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