RhythmEvolution is a spectacular multicultural choreographed and customized sequenced music show featuring internationally renowned Percussionist and DrumJungle Inc. Producer Daniel de los Reyes along with world class Drummers, Percussionists, Dancers, and Singers performing a heart-pumping fusion of Authentic World Rhythms, Vocals, and Dance.... read full bio
Samite is the unofficial amabassador of Ugandan Music to America. Increasingly drawn to instruments and rhythms from the traditional Ugandan music scene, he eventually played solo at the Mount Kenya Safari Club in Nairobi. Delivering his mellifluous vocals in his mother tongue, Luganda, he mesmerized audiences with original compositions played on kalimba (finger-piano), marimba (wooden xylophone), litungu (seven-stringed Kenyan instrument)... read full bio
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The Rebirth Brass Band's signature brand of super heavy funk has placed them among New Orleans' top brass bands and are the unequivocal, hands down favorite of the younger generation. Formed in 1983 at the now legendary musician incubator of Joseph S. Clarke high school in New Orleans' 6th ward, the Rebirth has brought to jazz their own modernist vocabulary,... read full bio
Tiamo De Vettori delivers "Keynote Concerts," which blend his speeches with unique live music, to an audience of more than 100,000 people on more than 250 stages during conferences and seminars. In addition to being a two-time #1 best-selling published author, he has made appearances on FOX, CBS, and NBC. Tiamo is a professional keynote speaker that captivates audiences with his... read full bio
Seun Kuti, a Nigerian musician who is the son of legendary afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, leads the band Egypt 80. He became the lead singer when he was only fourteen years old. His debut album, Many Things, was produced by Martin Meissonnier, who had previously produced two albums for his father. The majority of the Egypt 80 members are... read full bio
Mexrissey is the combination of Morrisey and Mexico. Band members Sergio Mendoza, Camilo Lara, Ceci Bastida, Jay de la Cueva, Alejandro Flores, and Chetes and Ricardo Njera started the musical project together. Their goal was to mold traditional music with modern sounds. Mexrissey reinvents Morriseys classic music with new age Latin elements. This incredible group of artists does the Smiths... read full bio
Nadia Tehran was influenced by her mixed culture. Growing up in Sweden and raised by Muslim Iranian parents, she experienced an upbringing that played a huge role in her musical identity. With a background rich in culture, Tehran draws out aspects of the Middle East and Europe to create her own unique sound. Tehran has released some controversial sounds, confronting... read full bio
The High Kings are an Irish folk group from Dublin, Ireland, that consists of members Finbarr Clancy, Brian Dunphy and Darren Holden. Over the years, The High Kings have released four studio albums, two live albums, and have also released. Their debut album, “The High Kings” peaked at number 2 on the US World charts and earned them platinum certification... read full bio
Skerryvore is a Scottish Celtic rock group that was formed from members Daniel Gillespie, Martin Gillespie, Fraser West, and Alec Dalglish. The group has a background in brass bands, wind bands, jazz bands, with blues, folk and country influences. Over the years, Skerryvore has released seven albums with their latest three; “Chasing the Sun”, “Decade” and “EVO” peaking in the... read full bio
Small Island Big Song is a music, film and live project that features over a hundred musicians that span over 16 island nations of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Small Island Big Song creates a musical statement of artists who are in the frontline of cultural and environmental challenges. Various members of the group come from countries such as Madagascar,... read full bio
Baaba Maal is a Senegalese singer-songwriter, composer and guitarist from Podor, French West Africa. Maal followed his love for music as he was influenced by his family friend Mansour Seck to learn music in school. He then went on to study music in Dakar before going on to study in Paris. After coming back from Paris, Maal began studying traditional... read full bio
There are plenty of high-caliber songs available for followers of the genre in the era of Amapiano giants like Kabza De Small, Kelvin Momo and DJ Maphorisa. DBN Gogo (Mandisa Radebe) makes a determined effort with Whats Real to join those ranks, with largely positive outcomes. Her hour-and-fifteen-minute debut is a polished work that is certain to light up dance floors... read full bio
Ife Ogunjobi is a Nigerian-born musician who was reared in London and whose music is a synthesis of the noises in his environment. His upbringing in South East London exposed him to a variety of musical styles, including jazz, afrobeat and hip-hop. His creative concept, which was influenced by musicians like Fela Kuti, Erykah Badu and Freddie Hubbard, breaks through borders between... read full bio
Nihiloxica is a project that employs a dark, techno-sensible prism to concentrate the full power of Uganda's old Bugandan drumming culture on the modern dance floor. The cross-continental band, comprised of UK musicians Spooky-J & pq and members of the Nilotika Cultural Ensemble, was founded by them and was nurtured in Kampala by renowned label Nyege Nyege Tapes. They explore the... read full bio
Martyn Joseph is a wholly original and astounding artist. Rip apart what you believe you know about singer-songwriters. He produces a performance for a single guy and a guitar that is dynamic, captivating and impassioned. Whether speaking to 200 or 20,000 people, he consistently disperses the gathering. His powerful and moving songs have the unusual capacity to speak directly to the heart.... read full bio
Here is a performer who is frequently hailed as Kuduro's new diva. It should come as no surprise that Pongo has made it her mission to continually modernize the history of the genre by incorporating global elements into her music. The ardent dancer, who was born in Angola, was exposed to a wide variety of musical genres as a child.... read full bio
Afrofusion musician Tim Lyre is from Lagos, Nigeria. Tim is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer whose music explores the human experience from an afro-futurist viewpoint while bending genres. Tim blends international poetry through voice and sound over a bustling, psychedelic Lagos environment as a key player in Nigeria's alté revival. His music is a genre-defying, afro-futurist study of the human experience,... read full bio
Suté Iwar is a multi-talented individual. He started learning the piano at age seven and the saxophone at Muson Centre in Onikan, where his father had enrolled him. Years later, he and his brothers would establish the BANTU Collective, an artistic hub with the mission "to push high-quality art across the board." Suté recorded albums and EPs under the group,... read full bio
Organic-electronic tracks that a feminist quintet recorded in Togo. Voodoo spirit and heritage geared for the dance floor. There are five of them, five fingers that resemble a single hand that is prepared to make a fist, to strike a table with force, or to tenderly touch the earth. All of them were raised in Togo, which is close to Benin... read full bio
