WOMEX SPECIAL
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22 TO SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26 AT 21:00
World Music Expo (WOMEX) is an annual trade fair that organizes showcases and celebrates international music. The convention takes place in a different city every year: 2025’s edition is held in Tampere, Finland. Stingray DJAZZ looks back at the incredible performances from WOMEX 2018 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. On Wednesday, October 22, witness the fiery blend of traditional French songs and original instrumentals by Vishten, a trio fusing Celtic, Acadian, and contemporary folk influences with energetic virtuosity. On Thursday, October 23, delight in the music of Invisible World, the quartet of Czech bassist Tomáš Liška. Featuring musicians from Turkey, Serbia, and Moravia, the group stands at a jazz crossroads where Eastern European and Mediterranean influences merge and caper off in new directions. On Friday, October 24, immerse yourself in the vibrant, percussive sounds of Ladama. A positive force in an age where communication and tolerance are direly needed, this collective of four women and one man from Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, and the USA delivers a powerful musical statement. On Saturday, October 25, explore the soulful music of Cape Verdean singer Lucibela. With her rich, deep voice and captivating stage presence, Lucibela breathes new life into the traditional styles of morna and coladera. On Sunday, October 26, delight in the melodic, light-hearted, uplifting and refined musicianship of power trio Toko Telo featuring vocalist Monika Njava, inspired by their southern Madagascar roots - at 21:00 daily on Stingray DJAZZ!
Vishten
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22 AT 21:00
Since 1994, World Music Expo (WOMEX) has been attracting musicians, agents, a great number of press agencies, as well as media companies from all over the world. Its main exposition event has been held in various locations throughout Europe, including Berlin, Brussels, Marseille, Stockholm, Seville, Cardiff, and Budapest. The 2018 edition of WOMEX was held in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. One of its showcase participants, Vishten, has been animating audiences for 15 years with its fiery blend of traditional French songs and original instrumentals fusing Celtic, Acadian and contemporary folk influences with energetic virtuosity. The trio comprises multi-instrumentalists Emmanuelle and Pastelle LeBlanc from Prince Edward Island and Pascal Miousse from the Magdalen Islands.
Invisible World
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23 AT 21:00
Since 1994, World Music Expo (WOMEX) has been attracting musicians, agents, a great number of press agencies, as well as media companies from all over the world. Its main exposition event has been held in various locations throughout Europe, including Berlin, Brussels, Marseille, Stockholm, Seville, Cardiff, and Budapest. In 2018, WOMEX was held in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. One of its participating bands, Invisible World, is based at the jazz crossroads where East European and Mediterranean influences merge and caper off in new directions. Led by Czech bassist Tomáš Liška, a prolific idea man of many projects, joined by Turkish violinist Efe Turumtay, Serbian accordionist Nikola Zarić and Moravian drummer Kamil Slezák.
Ladama
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24 AT 21:00
Since 1994, World Music Expo (WOMEX) has been attracting musicians, agents, a great number of press agencies, as well as media companies from all over the world. Its main exposition event has been held in various locations throughout Europe, including Berlin, Brussels, Marseille, Stockholm, Seville, Cardiff, and Budapest. In 2018, WOMEX was held in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. One of its showcase participants, Ladama, is a quintet of women multi-instrumentalists from Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia and the United States who not only perform as a touring band, but also strive to engage youth in their respective communities in the process of musicmaking, composition and audio production through collaboration and performance workshops. Ladama is a positive force in times urgently in need of tolerance and communication.
Lucibela
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 AT 21:00
Since 1994, World Music Expo (WOMEX) has been attracting musicians, agents, a great number of press agencies, as well as media companies from all over the world. Its main exposition event has been held in various locations throughout Europe, including Berlin, Brussels, Marseille, Stockholm, Seville, Cardiff, and Budapest. In 2018, WOMEX was held in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. One of its showcase participants, Lucibela, comes from the island of São Nicolau. Her assured, warm voice is shaped by years of assimilation to the sounds of morna and coladeira.
Toko Telo
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26 AT 21:00
Since 1994, World Music Expo (WOMEX) has been attracting musicians, agents, a great number of press agencies, as well as media companies from all over the world. Its main exposition event has been held in various locations throughout Europe, including Berlin, Brussels, Marseille, Stockholm, Seville, Cardiff, and Budapest. In 2018, WOMEX was held in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. One of its showcase participants, Malagasy power trio Toko Telo, combines dazzling musicianship with sparkling compositions inspired by their shared southern Madagascar roots, featuring the soulful voice of Monika Njava and dexterously interweaving guitar wizardry from D’Gary and Joël Rabesolo.
