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On Greek singer Katerina Papadopoulou's Anastasis, it is also the Greek word for resurrection and depicts the theme of this album: how Greek music travels, changes and stays alive, a beautiful album by a superb singer, accompanied by an excellent ensemble.

Letizia Fuochi performs on vocals and guitar, with also congas, def mute, bongò, shaker, block and cymbal, as an artist capable of resembling as closely as possible the dream she had of herself: Chavela Vargas (great mexican singer) was able to break the silence of solitude to transform it into the highest and supreme act of freedom.

The Brazilian-born, Paris-based singer, songwriter and cellist has created a series of small moments, sometimes sunny, often dreamy, and occasionally laced with that beautiful nostalgia the Brazilians call saudade.

Roberto Delira, is known as a leader of an experimental- folk group, called Żywiołak. In this solo project, Robert accompanied only by his lute, on a mysterious journey through gloomy but intriguing times of Baroque in Poland.

Malian singer Nahawa Doumbia is well known at home and abroad for her powerful voice and wassoulou style music. With her first new album in 9 years, which means "Don't Go" in Bambara, is connected to Mali’s current political and social order.

Ten years, seven countries and thousands of miles in the making, An East African Journey is an exquisite album of collaborative world music recordings from Cuban jazz pianist Omar Sosa. It is a personal musical pilgrimage by an artist who throughout his career has been passionately exploring African musical cultures/connections with Afro-Cuban roots. Tracks: Eretseretse with Monja Mahafay on marovany (a suitcase shaped, wooden, type of box zither from Madagascar) + Dadilahy with Rajery on is a player of the valiha from Madagascar (a tube zither) as an infant, Rajery lost all the fingers on one of his hands and is self taught