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Tuesday, Feb 21 2012, 6PM
Nigerian inventor of the double neck guitar.
Hondurian steeped in Garifuna (Carib, Arawak and African) tradition.
Gorilaz - Damon Albarn brought a group of producers to Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in an attempt to forge some of those exchanges of his own.
Hungarian music group. Their music blends folk and contemporary instruments (including cymbalon).
Baba Ken Okulolo, Nigerian bassist and band member of King Sunny Ade, founded the band in the 1970's. He now lives in San Francisco.
Folk/Jazz Lepistö&Lehti is a fresh Helsinki-based duo of talented and sought-after instrumentalists Pekka Lehti (double bass) and Markku Lepistö (accordion).
A Taureg rebellion happening in Mali now, has forced more than 55,000 people to flee their homes.
Seminal track of Venetian Carnival (which ends tonight 53 days of partying - now really 20 days) . Started in 1162 and then brought back in 1979.
Dragon Tongue Squad are the main core artists of hip hop label Dragon Tongue Records, a sublabel of KKP Productions, the name was given by the boss of KKP; their style has some weird Chinese music elements in it, not only by adding Chinese music instruments into drum loops but also providing some interesting extras to complete their vivid sounding Chinese styled hip hop.
This Trinidadian is the Calypso King of the World, having won the Carnival Road March competition eight times and crowned Monarch eleven times.
The Rhythm Roots Allstars began as the house band for the Rhythm Room, a sunday night dance club that remained a weekly ritual for years at the Temple Bar in Los Angeles. Combining elements of funk, latin, calypsoul, electro-brazillian, dancehall, afrobeat, etc., this tight ten piece ensemble ignites dance floors with its unique blend of raw yet sophisticated dance music.
One of the early Jamaican artists to be described a Singjay, essentially a combination singer/deejay.
The album received two grammy nominations in 1974.
Rappin 'Hood was created in the village Arapuá, Heliopolis, on the outskirts of Sao Paulo . He began composing at age 14. He studied trombone and trumpet.
(The Carnival Country), title of a Jorge Amado novel written 1931. Not by chance, 2012 is the hundredth anniversary of Jorge Amado's birth in Ilheus, Bahia.
A Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer. Driving force behind the 60's tropicalia culture
Troy Andrews is also known as Trombone Shorty. He is James' younger brother.
Winning Samba school for 2012 Carnival (Carnaval) in Rio de Janeiro parade.oglobo.globo.com
Manguiera is the school noted for their green and rose colors.
