Isaac Waddington, a singer-songwriter who now resides in London and is originally from Portsmouth, has a classical music background. He spent his formative years singing with the Chichester Cathedral Choir and was awarded the renowned "BBC Young Chorister of the Year" award. Isaac has drawn musical inspiration for his new EP, Dirty Mile, from some of his most important musical role... read full bio
The Southeast Symphony & Chorus in Los Angeles and the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra both employ American conductor Anthony Parnther as its music director and conductor. The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Opera, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Chineke! Orchestra, Simfnica de Barcelona I Nacional de Catalunya, Jacaranda — Music at the Edge, Hear Now Music Festival, Mann Center Festival Orchestra, Pittsburgh Microtonal... read full bio
Katie Noonan, a five-time ARIA Award winner, has established herself as one of Australia's most diligent, adaptable and productive artists. The Herald Sun named Katie one of the best Australian singers of all time. Over the course of her career, she has created 21 albums, achieved seven times platinum record sales and received 28 nominations for ARIA Awards in a variety of... read full bio
Rita Payés, a trombonist and vocalist from Catalonia, has been immersed in music her entire life owing to her musical family. She first studied the piano before switching to the trombone as her primary instrument. Under the leadership of bassist and tenor player Joan Chamorro, she joined the renowned Sant Andreu Jazz Band. She collaborated on multiple recordings with Andrea... read full bio
India has demonstrated a variety of musical skills throughout her career, including freestyle, house, Latin pop and reggaeton, but her run of chart-topping New York salsa hits for the RMM label in the mid- to late '90s, when she was dubbed the Princess of Salsa by none other than Celia Cruz, will forever define her. In the late 1980s, while freestyle... 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
Grammy-nominated musician, rapper, vocalist, producer and percussionist Kassa Overall combines experimental hip-hop production with avant-garde experimentation to shift the intersection of jazz and rap in uncharted directions. Kassa used his voice to address the injustices of the criminal justice system, the pharmaceutical industry, anti-black racism and the perils of his own mental illness on his first two studio albums, GO GET ICE... read full bio
A two-time MOBO Award winner, YolanDa Brown OBE's music is a delectable blend of reggae, jazz and soul. She has performed live shows with The Temptations, Billy Ocean, Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics, Bill Laurance of Snarky Puppy, Kelly Jones of the Stereophonics and Rick Astley. She is now writing music for Sesame Street, a television... read full bio
One of the most popular vocalists to come out of India is Asha Puthli, pronounced better as PUT-LEE, as in "put that away". Asha is a cosmopolitan pioneer of jazz, funk, soul and electronic dance music, perhaps best known for her moving vocals on the groundbreaking album "Science Fiction" by free jazz icon Ornette Coleman. She has made 10 solo albums... read full bio
Some have referred to Mim Suleiman as Mama Africa of the modern day. Refuses to be categorized. She is a boundary-pushing artist that incorporates dub, jazz, soul and funk with traditional Taarab vibes, drawing heavily from her East African background. She sings in a number of languages, including Fula, and is a talented composer and songwriter in both English and Swahili.... read full bio
The Grammy Award-winning NICHOLAS PAYTON is a multi-instrumentalist, performer, songwriter, producer, arranger, essayist and social activist who transcends genres and becomes a prominent voice in American popular music. In the process, he pays tribute to the legacy of Black American music and what he refers to as "postmodern New Orleans music." Born in New Orleans, Walter Payton is a well-known bassist, and... read full bio
Eli Keszler is a New York-based percussionist, composer, and Grammy nominee. His solo albums, which have been issued by labels like LuckyMe, Shelter Press, Empty Editions, ESP-DISK, PAN, and REL Records, have received positive reviews. Keszler has composed more than 10 original film scores. Emmanuel Seigner and Willem Dafoe in Olmo Schnabel's "Pet Shop Days," which had its premiere at the... read full bio
There are just never enough words to adequately capture Freddy Todd. Perhaps "genre-busting" is an understatement. Words like "lazer-bass" and "geek-funk" are insufficient to describe him; they don't convey the expressiveness, bravery, and cosmic quality of his music. Listening to his music is like getting kidnapped by alien space cruise ship where all the passengers are high on space acid.... read full bio
Three Chicago natives who were childhood friends, Nico Segal, Nova Zaii, and Julian Davis Reid, collaborate musically as The JuJu Exchange. They write sophisticated, evocative music that inspires trust and awe in all of us. Their primarily instrumental music combines digital and acoustic instruments to promote meaningful contact across cultures that at first glance appear to be at odds. They... read full bio
Liana Flores is a British-Brazilian singer-songwriter who combines a distinctive and enticing spectrum of musical inspirations from British folk and classic jazz to '60s Brazilian bossa nova. She crafts dreamy vignettes of her personal world with melancholic guitar melodies to get lost in. After her self-released song "rises the moon" became an overwhelming global hit, Liana tours as a headliner for... read full bio
For more than two decades, the contemporary jazz quartet known as Fourplay has enjoyed consistent artistic and commercial success by grafting elements of R&B, pop and a variety of other sounds to their unwavering jazz foundations. In the course of fourteen recordings six of which have climbed to the top of Billboards Contemporary Jazz Album charts the supergroup... read full bio
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Debby Boone earned instant fame when You Light Up My Life became an overnight hit. The tune, which outranked even The Beatles by claiming the #1 spot on the Billboard charts for ten straight weeks, sold over four million copies. The song went on to win an Academy Award for Best Song as well as Debby receiving a Grammy Award... read full bio
Kid Creole and the Coconuts’ music incorporates a variety of styles and influences, in particular American and Latin American, South American, Caribbean, Trinidadian, and Calloway. Winners of the Brit Award for Best International Artist, the musical group is conceptually inspired by the big band era. The Coconuts are a glamorous trio of female backing vocalists whose lineup has changed throughout... read full bio
Basia has established a successful international recording career featuring characteristically Latin-flavoured jazz-pop crossover songs during the late 1980s and early 1990s, particularly in the USA, the UK, France, and Japan. She is noted for possessing a wide vocal range, approximately three octaves that span from contralto to soprano tessituras, as well as her singular jazz-influenced stylings and multi-layered harmonies. Basia... read full bio
