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Tuesday, Mar 10 2015, 6PM
LA. Formerly a hip hop DJ, he has evolved into one of the leading LA underground world music DJ's/producers.
Vampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio, Senegalese singer Baaba Maal, London-based singer-songwriter Seye, and Jutty Ranx's Jutty Taylor are all on the record.
Originally formed in 1984 in Portugal. They have made five albums.
The LA Weekly calls them “cross pollinated gypsy music….one of the most thrilling young acts on the planet.”
In September 2012, she featured in a campaign called "30 Songs / 30 Days" to support Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, a multi-platform media project inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s book.
They orginated as an army band after Nigerian civil war. They eventually moved to London in 1974 gaining western prominence.
DJ Goodka. His artist name was coined in 1984 and comes from a phonetical misunderstanding : he mismatched Goodka and « Good God », the shout from James Brown or Zapp.
A trio of producers, consisting of Jed (a.k.a. producer Mark Reveley), DJ Haul, and DJ Mason, based in the greater Los Angeles area.
Founded by Vincent Brijs. There is a monthly at 'Nuff Said in Antwerp.
Berlin. The PR in the name of the singer stands for the literal translation of disc jockey .
Their 8th release. Without them we probably don't have the previous 3 songs and other things like Afrika Bambaataa and other things like Hip Hop :-)
A German Federal Foreign office funded project bringing together women from Libya, Egypt and Tunisia to sing against corruption, despotism, patronization and narrow-mindedness.
He is considered one of the most important Spanish composers of present times, and together with Paco de Lucía, Tomatito, and Vicente Amigo, one of the main figures in the evolution of the flamenco guitar in recent years.
A French based project of DJ's and African artists, brought in 2005 to the US by Tommy Boy.
Hijaz is Moufadhel Adhoum - Oud; Niko Deman - Piano; Rui Salgado - Bass; Chryster Aerts -Percussion
Read about Cheb here: blog.kexp.org
Sweden. The album consists of 10 original songs in Swedish written by Möller, who accompanies herself on piano and reed organ, backed by an intimate band of musicians on guitar, banjo, lap steel guitar, double bass and flute.
Go see Meklit, playing Sat. 06/27, 8:00PM @ The Triple Door. I saw her here at KEXP last year, a beautiful and captivating singer. Video here kexp.org