Albaluna (POR)Founded in 2010, this Portuguese sextet drew their original inspiration from the nexus which binds peoples, cultures and civilisations around the Mediterranean Basin; and the three religions – Christianity, Judaism and Islam – which forged and defined the Iberian Peninsula. Albaluna’s fundamental premise is finding the experiences and journeys which unite rather than separate people. Their artistic conversations draw on age-old concepts, diaspora routes (Roma and Silk Road being examples), and a thoroughly modern world music, prog rock and metal, folk and fusion palette.