Gloria Estefan (born Gloria María Fajardo, September 1, 1957, in Havana, Cuba) is a seven-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, actress and social activist. Known as the "Queen of Latin Pop", she in the top 100 best-selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those in the United States. Estefan is the most successful crossover performer in Latin music to date.
Beat Connection are Jordan Koplowitz and Reed Juenger, with special performances by Tom Eddy on tracks 2 and 6 of their Surf Noir EP, which was released 06 July 2010 and can be downloaded at
http://beatconnection.bandcamp.com/
Jimmy Buffett (born December 25, 1946 in Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States) is a singer/songwriter, best known for his "island escapism" lifestyle and music including hits such as "Margaritaville" and "Come Monday". He has a rabid, but genial, cult following known as "Parrotheads." They call the youngest members "Parakeets." Buffett has written three No. 1 best sellers. Tales from Margaritaville and Where Is Joe Merchant? both spent over seven months on the New York Times Best Seller fiction list.
Forget the grim reality of modern living, Flash Fiktion are a living, modern Brothers Grimm. A collective of separatists since 2008, this trio have been practically living as one organism in a cold and dark rented lock up in a culturally isolated corner of South London. But looking inwards and breathing outwards has created a source of warmth and light, a technicoloured dream-pop storybook depicting a world completely at odds with today's economic and environmental gloom. Flash Fiktion is the way out, Flash Fiktion is on the way in.
A mediados del 2009 el FRENTE CUMBIERO invitó a Bogotá al legendario productor de Dub Mad Professor, como parte del proyecto Incubator del British Council, con el objetivo de realizar un encuentro sonoro entre la Cumbia y el Dub. Durante 3 días y bajo la orientación de Mad Professor y su hijo Joe Ariwa, se grabaron en los estudios de la Facultad de Artes de la Universidad Javeriana varios temas para ser tratados bajo la estética del Dub.
Michigan born and bred, but with an itching to travel the seas. Sonically rich, melodically sweet, and emotionally deep, Schneider presides over tunes that brings out the loneliness and distance of cross-culturalism.
High Wolf uses loops, percussive sounds, fuzzy keyboards and obscure sunken melodies to create a ritual space that combines aspects of exotica, ethno-flux, drone and minimalism while skirting the kinda haunted forests of tone previously the domain of Spencer Clark and James Ferraro.
Te Vaka is a unique group of ten musicians and dancers from Tokelau, Tuvalu, Samoa, Cook Islands, and New Zealand brought together under the inspired leadership of Opetaia Foa'i. They have been wowing international audiences since 1997, presenting a rich, luscious mix of Polynesia's ancient culture, to the modern world and in 2008 won the
Wet Hair is Shawn Reed, Justin Thye, and Ryan Garbes, the two remaining members of Raccoo-oo-oon that stayed in Iowa City after the band's end. Reed also runs Night-People Records, which Garbes often contributes to. Wet Hair began as a solo outing for Reed in late 2007 during the final months of Raccoo-oo-oon, and after the release of a 12" EP and the Irifi Cassette Garbes was added on organ and live drums.
Are you looking for an exciting band? FRUTALOKA are coming from the most vibrant areas of Birmingham, with members from diverse cultural and musical backgrounds in order to provide high-quality entertainment. They are all dedicated musicians with professional attitude and genuine ideas. Their gigs are filled with warm vibes and a fresh atmosphere which generates spontaneous dancing and soul expression.