Line-up Festival UNITED #6 – Marco Santos & Friends 2019:
– Triktopus (Portugal) – João Frade (accordeon), Diogo Duque (trompet) & Marco Santos (drums). The versatility and various influences of these musicians naturally combine to give rise to new sound environments and new discoveries influenced by strong ethnic roots with jazz combined with electronic elements
– Kees Gelderblom (Holland) – A master of Brazilian guitar
– Conchita (Holland) – Incredible Flamenco dancer.
– Sinan Arat (Kurdistan / Turkey) – Amazing musician with his roots on Sufi music, singing and playing the Ney flute.
– Veran Nunda (Surinam) – One of the best Dholak players in Holland
– Thea van Doorn (Holland) – Her speciality is making paintings and drawings of musicians.
– Lise Lore (Scotland/Holland) – Draws and paints art that analyse anatomy until there’s nothing but movement, whilst having conversations with music.
– DJ Meneer Jansen (Holland) – Uses vinyl from artists all over the world.
– Paulo Bouwman (Cabo Verde) – Guitar player, strong Cape Verdean background, combined with influences of many world music collaborations.
– Marco Santos (Portugal) – performing his solo project Common Ground – from minimalism to improvisation, from body to instrument, from organic to electronic… leading us to several paths / atmospheres but always united … Common Ground.
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