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
Afro-Cuban culture, Yoruban sacred music, current Jamaican dancehall, trap, and Afro-beat are all incorporated into the futuristic live electronic music act IFÉ, which was founded by African American producer and drummer Otura Mun in Puerto Rico. The most significant electronic act in Afro-Caribbean music, IFÉ's debut album "IIII+IIII" revolutionized how electronic music was conceived and performed, seamlessly fusing the complexity... 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
Ikebe Shakedown is an instrumental soul band from New York City. The band has forged a style of its own by blending cinematic soul, Afro-funk, deep disco and groove elements. Their songs are born from the creative talents of the four-man rhythm section and horn trio. Ikebe Shakedown is as diverse as they come producing songs from dance-floor hits to... read full bio
Ikwinder Singh, an artist and producer from Canada, is redefining the sound of India by fusing it with other cultures. With songs like Amrit Maan & Sidhu Moose Wala's "Bambiha Bole" and Garry Sandhu's "Yes Baby" garnering over 2 billion streams worldwide, his production has rumbled subwoofers from the roads of India to the streets of Toronto. After working behind... read full bio
