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Monday, Apr 2 2012, 6PM
Japanese Salsa... from Osaka... Yoko released her 2009 album La Japonesa Salsera and has been singing with Chico Nunez and Friends since she moved to the U.S. in 1997.
Carvalho is a very important artist in the history of samba, as she has celebrated and brought the spotlight to the work of legendary composers such as Cartola, Nelson Cavaquinho & Guilherme de Brito when they weren't receiving the attention they deserved.
Check out the artwork on this album... urban music that started in Panama and grew to adulthood and raging popularity in Puerto Rico. Reggaeton
Cover of Australian duo Yolanda Be Cool feat. Roberto Santamaria
Actually released by Faraon Bantu originally, featuring Novalima on Profesías del Emperador Bantú
The project is Charity based through the registered Artist Project Earth (APE) charity; the monies of which go to disaster victims and will be paid directly from APE to a local benefactor.
This duo orginially formed in Colombia, but is now based in LA. They fuse Afro-Colombian melodies and rhythms in their energetic live shows.
Check out the diva on the cover of the album of this steel drum band known for their funky covers. charityshopstuff2.blogspot.com
Cesaria Evora of Cape Verde with Lura of Portugal, but also of Cape Verdian descent.
The main lyrics in this song ("Let me stand next to your fire") came from a time when the band had just finished a gig in the cold around Christmas, 1966. They went to bass player Noel Redding's mother's house. When they got there, Jimi asked Margaret, the mother, to "Let me stand next to your fire" so he could warm up. They had a German Shepherd that way laying by the fire, which inspired the line, "Move over Rover, and let Jimi take over."
Cuba, Queen of Salsa with House Legend from Brooklyn. Chango or Shango, is the thunder god in Yoruba mythology.
Following his departure from Radio 1, Gilles started a new 3 hour Saturday afternoon show on BBC 6 Music, beginning on Saturday 7 April 2012, running weekly from 15:00 to 18:00 (GMT), and giving him an extra hour of broadcast time.
German Uwe Schmidt (Senor Coconut) is often regarded as the father of electrolatino, electrogospel and acitón (acid-reggaeton) music.
Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those in the United States alone. She has won three Grammy Awards, and 4 Latin Grammys, and is the most successful crossover performer in Latin music to date.
He is the electric and upright bass player from the reunited Argentine band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs.
Stevie Wonder cover by this Brazilian born in Sao Paulo.
This Spanish singer planned to take a long break from her 2006 release, but released another album in 2009.
Pump Up the Jam was originally released in 1989 by Techtronic.
This Argentian group covers the track originally released by New Order, which is the biggest selling 12 inch of all time. According to Bernard Sumner, "Blue Monday" was influenced by four songs: the arrangement came from "Dirty Talk", by Klein + M.B.O.; the signature bassline with octaves came from Sylvester's disco classic, "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"; the house beat came from "Our Love", by Donna Summer; and the long keyboard pad on the intro and outro was sampled from the Kraftwerk song "Uranium", from the Radio-Activity album.
In 1996, at the age of 12, Gómez made his first performances on stage in Argentina, where he played for well-known tropical bands which he toured throughout the country with.
Pancho Sanchez originally played guitar, but taught himself flute, drums and timbales before settling on congas.
The latest release from this Brazilian singer. Song title means "Barefoot in the Park".
Conceived as an imaginary band, the sound of the Dutch Rhythm Combo can't be precisely categorized. One can roughly locate it in a sound spectrum that spans genres like dub, disco or tropical which get freshly flavoured with an acoustic twist.
Spanish duo perhaps named after the German actor Klaus Kinksi??
This Mexican singer songwriter decided to further her musical studies rather than travel with the band she was playing with after they signed with BMG.
Elis Regina is a Brazilian diva who's early death at age 36 saddened many who consider her the best Brazilian singer ever.
An electronic music project created by Mexico City-based DJ and producer Camilo Lara. By day, Lara is the president of EMI Mexico.
This Brazilian recently gained Italian citizenship after marrying his fourth wife, Flora.
Has worked with artists such as the Dust Brothers and Jeff Buckley.