Musical grooves from both southeast and west Madagascar. Green World was recorded while Modeste Hugues and Kilema were at a distance. Together they embarked on a musical journey with the aim to spread the message of saving their much-loved home country of Madagascar. Modeste Hugues is an award-winning singer-songwriter and guitarist from Madagascar whose music is a unique blend of traditional Malagasy sounds. He creates beautiful melodies and rhythms with hypnotic guitar playing and vocals,…

“Dazzling virtuosity” – San Francisco Chronicle Hunting Eagles Catching Swans is a historic, honorary album of one of the greatest pipa masters of all time: Lin Shicheng. Lin is often referred to as the Ravi Shankar of the pipa, first for his unprecedented skill on the instrument and second for his years of profound contribution to the art form in teaching many of the prominent pipa players in the world today. Gao Hong is a prolific teacher,…

Quelle est la relation entre humour et racisme ? Pour y réfléchir, le juriste Adilson Moreira propose le concept de racisme récréatif – une pratique qui exprime un mépris envers les minorités sous couvert de l’humour. Mais comment classer cet humour qui reproduit des stéréotypes négatifs sur les minorités raciales ? Ne fait-il que divertir ? Peut-on rire de tout au nom de la liberté d’expression ? « C’était pour rire ! » : il paraît que l’humour…