Matthias Loibner - an Austrian playing folkloric tunes plus his own improvisations "before after and in the middle of the tune". His instrument is the hurdy gurdy (Drehleier), which he loops in real time and thereby creates a tremendous wall of sound. (He will soon perform Schuberts Winterreise on his stunning instrument in Berlin at Radialsystem)
Danyel Warò - Not only speaks, shouts and sings Danyel Waroin a special creole from his home island La Reunion. Even there his singing is often hard to understand, since he developed his own language alongside his amazing impressionistic traditionals. His Maloya sounds similar to brazilian Coco, but has more variations. He won the WOMEX award this year.
Nathalie Natiembé - She is quite a character and a very nice person! Other than Danyel Waro she and her serveral band projects found a modern approach to maloya, including expressive rock passages and glamourous poetics.
Desert Slide - Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, a student of Ravi Shankar with his indian slide guitar and an amazing Ensemble. Watch an extract of their breathtaking show here.
Oudaden - hypnotic moroccan Berber-music
Sagapool are said to be nice. NuJazz and Chanson influenced.
Dobet Gnahoré - her multilingual West-African Alternative Pop (Nfletoun is the hit) beat the Central African one of famous fashion victim Papa Wemba if you ask me...
Karina Buhr - Promising theatrical alternative from Recife (northern Brazil). Check out her new album!
Other nice acts, that I do not want to leave out: OMFO; Baba Zula (feat. the turkish Frank Zappa); Phonix; Bomba Estereo; Kobo Town and Tremor
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