The New York Times referred to Ghalia Benali as "a maker of her own myths." The Belgian-Tunisian artist Ghalia Benali began her artistic career as an actress, painter, designer, composer, writer, and vocalist. Reviving the ancient and establishing the new, blending various musical genres, and bridging cultural divides are all inevitable results of combining the two extremes she experienced. Raised in... read full bio
Ghetto Tango is a stirring and inspirational performance that features songs and music performed in the underground nightclubs, which appeared in the Jewish ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe. The musical genre was originally created for entertaining people in a time where many of the composers and lyricists were raised in a world of crumbling institutions during World War II. Group co-creator,... read full bio
A DJ, record collector and host of one of BBC Radio 6 Music's most well-liked music programs, Gilles Peterson also runs the independent record label Brownswood Recordings and is the creator of the internet radio station Worldwide FM. On the GTA V video game, Gilles is also the host of the Worldwide FM radio station. Peterson has advocated for the cutting edge... read full bio
Known for her genuineness and ability to turn art into universal themes, Gisela João is one of Portugal's most influential voices. Through her own renditions of songs by José Afonso, José Mário Branco, and other cultural icons whose works are closely linked to the Portuguese Revolution and the struggle for democracy, she created the album Inquieta, which praises freedom and... read full bio
Givers is an indie pop group from Louisiana. A combination of vocals, percussion, guitar, bass, flute, keyboard, and saxophone, this group demonstrates their multi-instrumentalist talents through their music. Inspired by the hardships they experienced during Hurricane Katrina, the band formed after using music to join together and build each other up. Their music is influenced by many different genres, including... read full bio
Glasser is the one-woman orchestra of Cameron Mesirow. Glasser entered public consciousness in 2009 with her debut EP, Apply. The intimate, luxurious music resonated widely, despite being made by Cameron, alone and in airplanes and shoe stores, on Garage Band. With her album Ring, however, Cameron worked for months with producer Ariel Rechtshaid to re-imagine her musical arrangements, incorporating organic... read full bio
Golem is a six piece, Eastern European Klezmer-rock band that was formed by performer, singer, writer, dancer, linguist, pianist and accordionist Annette Ezekiel Kogan. Over the years, the New York based band has collected Jewish, Gypsy, and Slavic folk songs and became a leading translator and innovator. Today the band pushes forward into the 21st century by rewriting, adding, editing,... read full bio
A family band called Gonora Sounds has been performing on the streets of Zimbabwe providing thousands of commuters with entertainment with their Gonora Sounds-inspired street rhythm. Daniel Gonora, the band's lead vocalist and guitarist who is blind, is a master on the guitar, and his drummer-protégé son Isaac plays the drums. The band has expanded in recent years to include... read full bio
Great Big Sea is not a band you just go and see, or a CD you just listen to. Great Big Sea is something you have to do." Lead singer Alan Doyle's description of his band might be simple, but it comes close to describing the phenomena that is Great Big Sea. Their records are renowned for drawing together disparate... read full bio
Sharon Isbin, Stanley Jordan, and Romero Lubambo join together to create exquisite music via the guitar. Isbin is a three-time Grammy Award winner, Jordan a jazz master, and Lubambo a Brazilian guitarist. Their sounds, combined together, create a performance that is unique from any other. The trio demonstrates incredible skill in guitar. Critics have reported, These three amazing instrumentalists were... read full bio
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu is an Indigenous Australian musician. He was born blind, has never learned Braille and does not have a guide dog or use a white cane. He plays several instruments, including the drums, keyboards, guitar and didgeridoo, but it is the clarity of his singing voice that has attracted great attention. He sings stories of his homeland... read full bio
The Bethlehem Morning Call has called the Guy Mendilow Ensemble an international tour de force. Their sound combines talents from the Middle East and the Americas to display world-class musical and storytelling to audiences around the world. The group tours four shows, the Tales from the Forgotten Kingdom; Three Sides to Every Story (ft. Philadelphia Girls Choir); Heart of the... read full bio
Habanot Nechama is made up of three beautiful, experienced singers, Karolina , Dana Adini and Yael Deckelbaum. Habanot Nechama is a live band in the deepest sense, having built a huge and very dedicated following before ever releasing even one single. No one could possibly have predicted the enormous success HaBanot Nechama found with their eponymous debut album. The August... read full bio
In the thriving international arts scene of Goa, India, Danny Cudd and Markus Offbeat, the founding members, met and began their artistic collaboration. The Hang Massive project changed over the next few years, moving from busking on the streets of European cities to playing at prestigious music venues and festival lineups worldwide. The two now divide their time between touring... read full bio
German pianist and composer Hauschka, whose real name is Volker Bertelmann, is known for his incredible piano compositions. Early on in his musical career, Hauschka teamed up with his cousin to form the hip-hop duo they dubbed God’s Favorite Dog, and the duo’s most famous and popular tracks are entitled “Sway” and “Love and Pain.” They went on to perform... read full bio
Henry Kapono Ka'aihue is an award winning and Grammy nominated singer/songwriter. He has taken home numerous Na Hoku Hano Hano Awards (Hawaii's equivalent of the Grammy's) including Male Vocalist of the Year, Song of the Year, Single of the Year, and Album of the Year. He is also the author of the award winning children's book, A Beautiful Hawaiian Day,... read full bio
Hinako Omori's "a journey..." mixes inner healing and natural landscapes into an immersive mapping of the mind in ambient electronics by fusing therapeutic frequencies, woodland bathing and binaural sound. The album moves along not track by track but rather as a continuous journey; a stream of consciousness that follows hills and valleys while retaining the coziness of analogue synthesis and Omori's... read full bio
Since galvanizing the instrumental music world with its unique East meets West approach in the late 70s, Hiroshima has always kept its eye on a distinctive One World philosophy which seamlessly blends Asian and North American culture to reflect both cultural and spiritual connections. The band's unique combination of distinctively Japanese elements-June Kuramoto's classical flavored koto, Johnny Mori's booming taiko... read full bio
IAM, a French group, started its ascent to prominence in Marseille. Featuring themes that include the sounds of Ancient Egypt, Africa, China, Japan, India, and American music, this French hip-hop ensemble consists of five members: Akhenaton, Shurik'n, Khéops, Imhotep, and Kephren. The publication of the album L'école du micro d'argent, which eventually sold 1.5 million copies worldwide, was IAM's big... read full bio
She launched "Kamisori Otome" as her first album, and since then has released 6 further solo albums. She has traveled extensively, playing all across Japan and the world with her voice and classical guitar. She hasn't just limited herself to the music industry; she has also developed her skills further by taking on narrating, commercial, theater and installation art jobs. Her... read full bio
