Incognito is a British acid jazz band that is led by Jean-Paul ‘Bluey’ Maunick and consists of various members over the years such as Linda Muriel, Jocelyn Brown, Tony Momrelle, Imaani, Maysa Leak, and Carleen Anderson. Incognito was formed in London, England, and their music is a mixture off jazz, soul, pop and house. Maunick and Paul “Tubbs” Williams founded... read full bio
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble is an eight-piece brass ensemble based out of Chicago, that consists of eight sons from jazz trumpeter Phil Cohran. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble performs a mixture of music which includes hip-hop, jazz, funk, rock, calypso and gypsy music. All members of the group grew up surrounded by music since their father was a musician. The group previously performed... read full bio
It's time to get acquainted with Yebba if you aren't already. The Grammy-winning musician has become one of the most in-demand artists in the music business, working with artists like Ed Sheeran, Drake, Chance the Rapper and Mark Ronson. The singer first came to public attention when a video of her mesmerizing rendition of the song "My Mind" at a Sofar Sounds... read full bio
Thanks to his production approach, amazing graphics and incisive lyrics, Dublin rapper Kojaque is steadily making progress on the Irish and global music scenes. Kojaque, a co-founder of the independent label Soft Boy Records, combines jazz and sampling beats with vivacious, poetic lyrics to depict life in contemporary Dublin. Kojaque is a well-known musician, filmmaker and visual artist. His multi-media performances and... read full bio
Colombia has developed as a hub for new talent. Nobeat makes an appearance from Santa Marta, a city of 500,000 people renowned for its historical and cultural diversity, to attract the attention of influential people in the industry and global listeners. He is a singer, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is undoubtedly one to watch because of his successful career. The emerging... read full bio
Sarathy Korwar was born in the US and raised in India's Ahmedabad and Chennai. At age 10, he started playing the tabla, but he was also influenced by the American music he heard on the radio and seeping through the doorway of his neighborhood jazz music store. While in Pune to pursue a degree in environmental science, Korwar instead focused... read full bio
In the service of good vibes, spiritual uplift and "don't worry, be happy" fun, cool jazzy tones are peppered with pop, hip-hop, reggae, soul, calypso and even some street-corner swing. But once you go past those attractive, beguiling Surfaces, that's when Colin Padalecki and Forrest Frank, the band's two main musicians, genuinely reveal their three-dimensional musical richness. Forrest handles the vocals and... read full bio
With Motherland Journey, the London duo Blue Lab Beats—producer NK-OK and multi-instrumentalist Mr DM—makes their full-length Blue Note Records debut after their appearance on the celebrated project Blue Note Re:imagined and the publication of their EP We Shall Rise. The vibrations are powerful on everything this duo creates in Blue Lab HQ, including their exquisite rendition of the funk classic "Montara" by... read full bio
In terms of skateboarding, Tommy Guerrero may be more well-known than in the music industry. Guerrero, a San Francisco native, joined Powell Peralta Skate Company and was one of the founding members of the fabled "Bones Brigade" squad. Along with his brother Tony, TG has been performing music since the late 1970s. Both brothers were reared on a regular diet... read full bio
Nerija, a group of musicians based in London who have won the Jazz Newcomer Parliamentary Jazz Award and been nominated for the Jazz FM Breakthrough Act of the Year, perform vibrant and unique music that draws inspiration from jazz, hip hop, afrobeat and South African Township. The seven-piece ensemble contains up-and-coming musicians including guitarist Shirley Tetteh (Maisha, Gary Crosby's Groundation), trumpeter... read full bio
From Austin, Texas, comes the instrumental quartet known as JaRon Marshall + the collective. It stars Michael Longoria (Bob Schneider, Patty Griffin), JaRon Marshall (Black Pumas), Brian Donohoe (Progger, Snarky Puppy) and Chris Loveland (Clunis). At Adrian Quesada's Electric Deluxe Recorders in Austin, Texas, they just recorded their debut album. They draw inspiration from contemporary spiritualists Kamasi Washington and Shabaka Hutchings... read full bio
Texan instrumental group Balmorhea is known for its harsh but bright pictures of emotional landscapes, defying simple classification. The ensemble has seven full-length albums to their credit, the most recent of which, The Wind, was their debut on the illustrious Deutsche Grammophon label. Balmorhea have played to audiences in cities such as Mexico City, China, Istanbul and Italy. They have... read full bio
The four-piece, self-described "Creole Afro-Futurists" Dowdelin, who are based in Lyon and have roots in Guadeloupe, Martinique and Armenia, spread the love with their addicting new foot shuffler Simé Love. Dowdelin make a comeback with their track Simé Love (Creole meaning Spread Love), their first new song since the Poul Wélélé EP. The ensemble, which has recently grown to a four-piece size,... read full bio
For the next generation, trumpeter, producer and composer Matthew Halsall is reimagining spiritual jazz. With his sinuous, infinite fusion of jazz and deeply contemplative influences that are in sync with the natural world, he has established himself as a key voice in UK music over the course of nine albums, several honors, and his taste-making label, Gondwana Records. His contemplative and... read full bio
In the early 1980s, while other kids were playing war with G.I. Joe action figures, Detroit native Marcellus "Malik" Pittman was cranking up his radio and listening to jazz performances by Rosetta Hines, "the Wizzard," and "Electrifying Mojo." Malik started working as a DJ for college parties, wedding receptions, and "old school parties" in the early 1990s. Malik collaborated with... read full bio
A multi-horn, multi-drummer and multi-singer brass funk beast from Niagara, Ontario is called My Son The Hurricane. The 12-piece brass-dance group has performed at some of the major events in the US, Canada and Europe. There is no live show like My Son The Hurricane, as evidenced by the over 45 sold-out performances. We defy you not to dance while the band... read full bio
Ghost-Note is an explosion of sound, led by the multi-Grammy winning percussion combo of Robert "Sput" Searight and Nate Werth from Snarky Puppy. The group, which includes members of Prince, Snoop Dogg, Erykah Badu, Herbie Hancock, Kendrick Lamar, Marcus Miller, Toto and more, is advancing funk music into the future by building on the uplifting, innovative foundations laid by artists like... read full bio
Walter Smith III started to take music extremely seriously at a young age. Despite the impression that Smith is a fresh face on the stage, many people know him as a talented musician, composer and innovative teacher. Smith's most recent album, In Common III, has been called "border pushing" and includes some of the world's most significant and well-known musicians, including... read full bio
Grammy-winning Mexican-American rock group La Santa Cecilia is based in Los Angeles. They use a variety of Pan-American rhythms, such as cumbia, bossa-nova, rumba, bolero, tango, R&B, jazz and klezmer music, to draw inspiration from around the globe. La Santa Cecilia, named for the patron saint of music, sings in both English and Spanish with a mesmerizing voice about love, sorrow,... read full bio
Adedeji is one of the most recent findings from Nigeria. At the age of six, he began singing, and he later enrolled in the University of Lagos to study music. Following that, he received his guitar degree in London and pursued a jazz specialty in the Netherlands. But Adedeji's music is anything but scholarly. Together with his very tight band from... read full bio
