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Freddie began his career at age seven. In 2013 he received a Marcus Garvey Lifetime Achievement Award from the Institute of Caribbean Studies.
Uwaifo is a justice of the peace and has served in many capacities. Uwaifo was also appointed as the honorable commissioner of Arts, Culture and Tourism and Member of the State Executive Council, the highest policy making decision body in the Edo State 2001-2003.
Tanzania. The name Zawose is synonymous with Tanzanian music and tradition. By his 13th birthday, he had already mastered all of the signature Gogo instruments and was already touring widely throughout the country.
In December 2013, Omar Souleyman performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway.
In June 2014 he performed at The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee. Mad Decent is the label run by Diplo.
In 2002, Jorge Ben contributed to the critically acclaimed Red Hot + Riot, a compilation CD created by the Red Hot Organization in tribute to the music and work of Nigerian musician, Fela Kuti, that raised money for various charities devoted to raising AIDS awareness and fighting the disease. He collaborated with fellow hip-hop artists Dead Prez, Talib Kweli, and Bilal to remake the famous song by Fela Kuti, "Shuffering and Shmiling," for the CD.
When he was 19, Arian came to New York City, working different jobs and studying music. His first music engagements were in various clubs throughout the city, playing guitar and singing. He then met with James Benjamin-Fish, well known bass-guitar player, with whom he formed the band ARIAN & FUNKY FAMILY, mainly performing in the best clubs of NYC at that time.
Oby was born in Lagos & brought up in the eastern part of Nigeria. Her father was the Head of the Godian Religion. Godianism does not look down upon or despise another religion, nor does it use force or coercion to impose its belief on others.
A dj of amazing taste and one of the most respected producers around, Tim started his label Marketing Music a few years back to great success. He is now concentrating on his dj and producer career with long time friend Ivan Smagghe as It’s A Fine Line while carrying on releasing quality records on his label.
In the summer of 2010 legendary Norwegian pop band a-ha gave away four separate prizes of one million kroner each Norwegian artists who they felt had the most export potential at that time. Casiokids was one of the recipients along with Susanne Sundfør, Moddi and Shining.
The title song,“Mimini Michoel (The Angel Michoel Is at My Right),” was composed by Leiby Moskowitz and written by badchan and lyricist Motty Ilowitz, paraphrasing the doctor’s words to Schnitzler after his successful surgery: “I did the operation, but an angel helped me.”
12/9 - Clinton Fearon & Boogie Brown Band plus Kore Ionz @ Nectar Lounge
Santana turned this song into a huge hit in 1970. Gabor Szabo was one of the most original guitarists to emerge in the 1960s, mixing his Hungarian folk music heritage with a deep love of jazz and crafting a distinctive, largely self-taught sound. Inspired by a Roy Rogers cowboy movie, Szabo began playing guitar when he was 14 and often played in dinner clubs and covert jam sessions while still living in Budapest.
The name of the group, "The People of the Grass ", comes from the title of the documentary film released in 1996, Microcosmos: The People of the Grass , and is an allusion to cannabis. When the group was created in 1997 , the political situation in Europe seemed different and the members hoped for a decriminalization of the product in France . At that time, the group's logo represents a dog holding a cannabis leaf in his mouth
There's no simple way to define the Puerto Rican band's sound, but one could describe it as a cross-cultural amalgam that starts with Cuban rhumba and adds layers of electronic synth textures, Afro-Caribbean polyrhythmic patterns, and the beating heart of the West African Yoruba religion. ÌFÉ's founder and lead singer, Otura Mun (Indiana native born Mark Underwood, who relocated to Puerto Rico in 1999), is a producer and DJ by trade, later becoming a Yoruba priest in 2012 after answering a spiritual call.
She is the daughter of English actress Jane Birkin and French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg. blog.kexp.org
Trio Da Kali unites three outstanding musicians from the Mande culture of southern Mali who come from a long line of distinguished griots (hereditary musicians). Formed of voice, balafon and bass ngoni, the Trio aim to bring a contemporary twist to ancient and neglected repertoires. Look for a live in studio on KEXP soon.
House producer and DJ Henrik Schwarz recently teamed up with the German electronic label !K7 to found Between Buttons, a new sublabel focussed on acoustic sounds and contemporary composition. The imprint's second release is Aphorisms, written by Syrian pianist Khaled Kurbeh and oud player Raman Khalaf. The album is recorded with a group of Berlin based musicians. “The record was composed over the last two years and blurs the line between written music and improvised playing,” says Raman. Khaled adds that, “the pieces articulate our reflections on different topics such as solitude, absurdism and despair, all set to a fictional musical narrative, hence the title Aphorisms.”
Regarded as one of the most important figures in French popular music, he was renowned for his often provocative and scandalous releases, as well as his diverse artistic output, which embodied genres ranging from jazz, mambo, world, chanson, pop and yé-yé, to rock and roll, progressive rock, reggae, electronic, disco, new wave, and funk.
A multicultural, high-energy collective from Ottawa, Ontario, the Souljazz Orchestra -- featuring keyboardist Pierre Chrétien, alto saxophonist Zakari Frantz, baritone saxophonist Ray Murray, tenor saxophonist Steve Patterson, and percussionists Marielle Rivard and Philippe Lafrenière, all of whom are also vocalists -- took root in 2002 and debuted with a fully developed sound that fused Latin and African jazz, funk, and Afro-beat.
In essence, the track Na Poi is a sexual guide set to music. As such, it features both spoken narration as well as sung lyrics. "Na Poi"'s rhythms churn and grind through several notable movements -- including a spirited percussion section and several tight horn arrangements. These hark back to the same type of perpetual funk that became the cornerstone of Parliament and Funkadelic. Initially, the repercussions of such blatant sexuality resulted in the track being banned by the Nigerian Broadcasting Company -- although when the song was reissued in 1975 it snuck back on the air as the new version had an ever so slightly different name. "You No Go Die.....Unless" is much in the same spirit as James Brown's hard-driven funk musings.
Mista Savona is a highly regarded Reggae, Dancehall and Hip-hop producer and keyboardist based in Melbourne, Australia. He first gained international recognition with the release of his third self-produced album Melbourne Meets Kingston, released by Elefant Traks in 2007
Saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings has been ubiquitous on the U.K.'s jazz and electronic scenes over the past half-decade with Sons of Kemet, Heliocentrics, and other bands. Earlier in 2016, he was nominated for a Mercury Prize -- as part of the Comet Is Coming -- for their debut full-length Channel the Spirits.
Thomas Mapfumo made revolutionary changes in Zimbabwe's pop music scene by recording a song for which he'd written his own music. Before Mapfumo, songs in the traditional style were always based on tunes that had been handed down for generations.
The Okapi Guitar Band started performing in 1986, making them Australia’s longest surviving Afropop group. They’ve been described as “an amazing group”, “proving that music has no frontiers” for their deep knowledge of African guitar band styles
Rio de Janiero-studied classical piano and theory as well as guitar at the Conservatorio de Musica Brasileira in Rio de Janeiro. He then moved from Brasil to Los Angeles and worked with several artists including Airto Moreira, Mia Doi Todd, Aloe Blacc, Sam Gendel, Arthur Verocai and more...
The youngest of nine from a Yemenite Israeli family, she was spotted at age 12 and by 19 was one of the biggest pop stars in Israel, often called the Madonna of the East.
Brooklyn Gypsies is an eclectic artist collective made up of New Yorkers both native and immigrant to our city. We present annual showcases of new works of theater, dance, poetry and film that spark dialogues on critical issues of immigration, economics, and urban survival
Polish born Bałdych picked up the violin at the age of 9 years, and started at a music school in Gorzow Wielkopolski under guidance of Grazyna Wasilewska. He is a graduate of the Institute of Jazz and Popular Music at Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music, and got a scholarship to continue at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Recognized throughout North America as one of today's top First Nations/Native American singing groups, Young Spirit embody the energy and essence of the Cree Round Dance.
Often referred to as “The Hendrix of the Sahara”, Vieux Farka Touré was born in Niafunké, Mali in 1981. He is the son of legendary Malian guitar player Ali Farka Touré, who died in 2006. Ali Farka Touré came from a historical tribe of soldiers, and defied his parents in becoming a musician