World Music

Co-Presented w/ Keene Music Festival Get out your dancing shoes for this one! Amidst smooth harmonies, rhythms rooted in a strong Polynesian family lineage, and unassuming grooves that gradually elevate even the most casual listener, Bobby Alu’s music has a way of sneaking into your subconscious and staying there. His songs often reappear as toe-tapping reminders to take it slow and enjoy the moment. Dubbed the “curator of calm,” Alu delivers his island-time ethos not with force, but with gentle optimism—inviting reflection best done in a hammock. Yet it’s not all palm trees and daydreams—there’s a robust energy in his...

Award-winning singer, composer, producer, MALIKA ZARRA is a multi- cultural shape-shifter, an enchantress who leaps effortlessly between seemingly unconnected languages and traditions, uniting them while utilizing each to further enrich the others. The exotically beautiful artist with the velvety, sinuous mezzo-soprano voice has demonstrated a rare ability to communicate both powerful and subtle ideas and...