The World Music Festival (MMF) has already begun in Porto Corvo, with Janita Salomé, Forabandit and Finns Esko Järvelä Epic Male Band.
The festival exists in Sines since 1999 and in recent years has enjoyed an average of more than 80,000 spectators per year.
And what are today the world music ? “ At this point it makes sense the little concept of world music in relation to other songs, is reductive. We live in a time of great creativity, mixing, contamination, migration, today’s world is full of interculturalism, in which music is not divided into shelves. We are not looking weirdo, of ethnic, folk, but the palpitation of the global music “he told the Sun the creative director of the Festival, Carlos Seixas.
This issue of MMF presents itself as an internationally recognized, because even the British magazine Songlineso included in the 25 best in the world.
However, “ because the crisis reaches all and there is need to contain expenses “, the poster is less eccentric than in previous editions. The official recalled that the festival, the “ biggest event of the city and the region, is a public service” organized by the municipality and therefore with tight budget constraints. “There is a return to origins there are fewer big stars and more discovery “. With a guarantee: “ Do not cut the quality ”
The other trend of this edition is the strong presence of European artists, from Lisbon’s Fado singer Ricardo Ribeiro to St. Petersburg band. female rock Iva Nova. “ This year happened, maybe the European side was a little forgotten, and in a moment as serious as what we are experiencing in Europe is interesting that there is a more significant presence at the festival “, explained Carlos Seixas the sun.
The festival takes place 17-25 July in Porto Covo and Sines, and has nearly 50 performances by artists from all genres and geographies, many of them debut in Portugal .
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