10 LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS ABOUT ETNIKA
* Etnika started off as a research project in 1999. * Frans Baldacchino 'Il-Budaj' wrote some of the lyrics for Etnika. * The band has played in more than 15 different countries, its first foreign concert being in Gibraltar in September 2002. * Etnika performed at the world-famous Montreux Jazz Festival in 2004. * The term Etnikafe' was conceived as a fusion of Maltese folk, jazz and flamenco, the 'fe' coming from the Spanish word for conviction or faith. * The first Etnikafe