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Tuesday, Apr 10 2018, 6PM
Brazilian Paulista Mariana Da Cruz met her Swiss bandmates in an Irish pub in Lisbon, Portugal.
Born in the Congo, this Angolan musician sang in both Portuguese and Kikongo languages.
Amsterdam based Turkish psych folk band Altin Gün bring together bassist Jasper Verhulst, guitarist Ben Rider and drummer Nick Mauskovic with Turkish singer Merve Dasdemir and sax and keyboard player Erdinc Yildiz Ecevit, whom they met via Facebook. Jungle By Night percussionist Gino Groeneveld completes the line-up.
In English, this Hungarian group is The Amorphous Devils, formed in 2007.
You can watch them play it live here: www.youtube.com. Playing Nectar Lounge next week and Sasquatch Festival at the Gorge.
George Xylouris (Crete) and Jim White (Australia) have been been friends for 25 years. White played drums with the Dirty Three. The producer and engineer for the duo is Guy Piccioto of Fugazi and Rites of Spring.
The LA producer Simon Green teams up with the sextet of New York based Moroccan musicians Innov Gnawa for this track. Check out the very cool video here: www.youtube.com
Renowned Nigerian Afro beat drummer with Fela Kuti's band Africa 70.
Sampling Isaac Hayes "Hung Up on My Baby" and Geto Boys "Mind Playing Tricks on Me", the Brazilian rapper/composer attacks racism on this track.
This Belgian rapper was born to a Rwandan father and Belgian mother. His father, a renowned architect, was killed when he was 9 years old, while visiting Rwanda, during the Rwandan genocide. He sings in primarily in French and has sold over 8.5 million records world-wide.
The Mauskovic Dance Band is the brainchild of the producer and musician, Nicola Mauskovic. A seasoned drummer, he finds himself constantly in demand – as part of Turkish psychedelic outfit Altin Gün. Afro-Colombian styles such as champeta and cumbia are integrated with '80s No-Wave drum machines and synths: shaking and pulsing direct from Amsterdam.
This British reggae band formed at Handsworth Boys School. The first non-Jamaican band to win a Grammy for best Reggae album.
Founded and fronted by émigré Trinidadian songwriter Drew Gonsalves. Kobo Town is named after the historic neighborhood in Port-of-Spain where calypso was born. This won Juno Award for World Music Album of the Year.
The Long Road album sees artists pair up with people who have been forced to flee their homes and seek safety in the UK to tell their story. The Long Road is a ground-breaking concept album (featuring Robert Plant, Scroobius Pip,Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars, Tinariwen and Kindness) based on the real-life experiences of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.
Iphupho’ is an all-original and all new album of heartfelt stories, real experiences and sublime harmonies sung by the 6-piece South African group.
Tau Moe, veritable musical folk legend and one of the first to introduce the Hawaiian slide guitar to India’s enthusiastic shores
The album was recorded in 1983 and results from a studio encounter between experimental electronic music composers CY1, Congolese musician/vocalist Bony Bikaye, and French composer Hector Zazou, with involvement by sound engineer Gilles Martin, Marc Hollander (Aksak Maboul) and Vincent Kenis (the future creator/producer of the Congotronics series).
Birmingham, England. Their urban sound was created by Richard "DJ Dick" Whittingham who began his DJ career in Duran Duran's Rum Runner nightclub. The Rum Runner is now a Hyatt hotel.
Playing live at Benaroya Hall August 4th. See a video of these desert musicians live here: www.youtube.com
See the unforgettable live performance of these Tuvan throat musicians live here: www.youtube.com
See the live performance of these French sisters here: www.youtube.com
Died January 23, 2018, Johannesburg, South Africa -- The father and sound of of South African jazz. Teacher, husband, activist, and one hell of trumpet player. You will be missed.
Ethiopian who moved to DC. Read a great review here: pitchfork.com
Jazzanova is a German Berlin-based DJ/producer collective consisting of Alexander Barck, Claas Brieler, Jürgen von Knoblauch, Roskow Kretschmann, Stefan Leisering, and Axel Reinemer. Formed in 1995, the group's music is characterized by nu jazz, chill-out and jazz house as well as Latin jazz styles.
The album was preceded by three singles on Studio One, "Jealousy, Heartache and Pain", "Forgive Them", and "Love is Here to Stay", none of which were included on the original release of the album.
