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Tuesday, Jul 7 2015, 6PM
John Gibbs began playing steel drum at age 14.
Sir Victor Uwaifo is a Nigerian musician, writer, sculptor, and musical instrument inventor. He also served as commissioner for arts and culture in Edo State under the government of Lucky Igbinedion. Uwaifo is famous for his joromi music
Pedro Canale, better known as his stage name Chancha Vìa Circuito is a producer, DJ/remixer and composer, from Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina.
From Dj Drez's official site: Peacefully determined. Lover. Sound Ambassador. Hip hopper. Mind astronaut. Grateful. Beat maker. Student always. Sometimes teacher. Disciplined. Turntablist. From LA, Earth. Haiku D'Etat. Abstract Tribe Unique. Dreaming In Sanskrit. World Traveler. Dancer. Passionate. Compassionate. Yogi. Vishnu. Rasta. Friend. Father. Husband. Wildly calm. Love, respect and get off on what I do.
Novalima is a Peruvian band. Novalima's style blends Afro-Peruvian music with Electronica, Latin American beats and other contemporary genres
The project's name refers to Bole, a neighborhood in Addis Ababa (and the site of Bole International Airport), and Harlem, New York City, where Schommer and Siraj were residents.
Berlin. Over the past few years, DJ Scientist has become an important figure in the German Hip-Hop and Electronic scene. Running the international label Equinox Records and publishing a magazine (DEAD Magazine), he still takes his time to dj at clubs, release mixes, expand his record collection and, last but not least, produce music.
Shabba Ranks is a Jamaican dancehall musician. He was one of the most popular dancehall artists of his generation.
The Bombay Royale is an 11-piece Australian band fronted by singers Parvyn Kaur Singh and Shourov Bhattacharya and led by Andy Williamson. The band composes and performs music inspired by the soundtracks of 1960s and 1970s Bollywood movies.
Szabó Gábor István, better known as Gábor Szabó, was an influential jazz guitarist, famous for mixing jazz, pop-rock and his native Hungarian music
Nigerian hip hop/soul singer, songwriter and actress. She sings in both Igbo and English.
Gecko Turner is a Spanish musician and singer-songwriter. Based near the border between Spain and Portugal, he has fronted several bands in his native Spain.
Ibeyi is a French-Cuban musical duo consisting of twin sisters, Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz. The duo sings in English and Yoruba, — a Nigerian language their ancestors spoke before being brought to Cuba by the Spanish to be made slaves in the 1700s — though Lisa’s is the lead voice. Naomi plays traditional Peuvian/Cuban percussion instruments cajón and Batá drum, while Lisa also plays piano. www.youtube.com
Huun-Huur-Tu is a music group from Tuva, a Russian Federation republic situated on the Mongolian border.
Dub-step meets arena rock. Chassidic singer-songwriter
Canada. "2008 saw the release of Shivaboom, the third chapter in this cross-cultural dialogue. Dubbed by the Boston Globe ‘a sonic architect', Eccodek ups the musical ante with lush, aural panoramas, dubwise mixology, air-tight grooves and otherworldly melodies. As with all of Eccodek's releases, Shivaboom echoes the ancient past while keeping a conscious, culturally inclusive eye to the future."
Kora Jazz Trio was a three piece African musical group, founded in 2002 by Djeli Moussa Diawara, Guinean Korafola, with Abdoulaye Diabate and Moussa Sissokho, best known for producing a music that is a mix of American jazz with traditional African music.
Ahmed Mukhtar Arabic,أحمد مختار (born 1967) is an Iraqi musician who is internationally renowned for his playing of the oud. He was born in Baghdad and is a graduate of the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad.
Senegal. Lô is a member of the Baye Fall, a movement within the Mouride Sufi order of Islam. As such, he has dreadlocks, which is part of the order's customs. The reggae influence in his music, along with his dreadlocks, often leads to the misinterpretation that he is Rastafarian.
Thierry Robin known as Titi Robin, is a French composer and improviser. He developed a particular musical environment rooted in the Mediterranean world: the confluence of Gypsy, Oriental and European cultures. He plays guitar, buzuq and ’oud and is the unique author of all his works.
ORKESTAR ZIRKONIUM (Seattle) is an American mobile brass-and-drum ensemble that formed in 2003 to play the propulsive, virtuosic brass music of the Eastern European Romani diaspora. Inspired by greats such as Fanfare Ciocarlia, Kocani Orkestar, Goran Bregovic, Boban Markovic, Esma Redzepova and others, the group performs traditional popular music from Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, and India, as well as original dance tunes generated by the band.
Pablo Fierro is a producer, musician, DJ, born and raised in the Canary Islands, Spain. His music is defined as tropical, electromagnetic, and powerful. Pablo is the founder of Vida Records, one of the prominent Global Club Music record labels, releasing the best of tropical sounds.
Rachid Taha (Arabic: رشيد طه)is an Algerian singer and activist based in France who has been described as "sonically adventurous." His music is influenced by many different styles such as rock, electronic, punk and raï.
Prince Jazzbo, was a Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay and producer.
Fokn Bois are the most celebrated Ghanaian music duo in the world due to their most unconventional way of entertaining with ingeniously tasteful shock lyrics, revolutionary performance art & indulgent progressive afro sounds.
Dark Sunrise is an anthology of Zambian “Zamrock” godfather Rikki Ililonga and his groundbreaking band Musi-O-Tunya. The anthology surveys Musi-O-Tunya’s rarely heard LP’s not just the first psychedelic rock music, but the first pop music independently released in Zambia.
Fat Freddy’s Drop are a New Zealand seven-piece band from Wellington, whose musical style has been characterised as any combination of dub, reggae, soul, jazz, rhythm and blues, and techno.
