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ARTIST PROFILES
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Wafia
Australian singer-songwriter Wafia Al-Rikabi didn’t intend to pursue a career in music. She was studying biochemistry in college when she...
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Chinese Man
French trip-hop group Chinese Man isn’t afraid to play with genres. DJs High Ku and Marseille Zé Mateo along with beatmaster SLY create...
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Mabuta
London is not the only place where jazz is having a renaissance. Cape Town, South Africa is home to a thriving community of musicians...
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Make War
From disparate points in the Western hemisphere, the members of MakeWar converged in Brooklyn to creates punk rock for our times. Jose...
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Abi Ocia
The London singer Aii Ocia’s earliest experience with music came when she attended church as a child. It is there she first began...
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The Pale White
There is a distinct buzz surrounding Newcastle, UK’s The Pale White. The trio (with brothers Adam and Jack Hope (vocals & guitar and...
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Josef Koumbas
Josef Koumbas was born in London to a Greek Cypriot father and Irish mother. He caught the music bug early, forming his first group at...
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Nicolas Jaar
Nicolas Jaar is a Chilean-Palestinian-America musician based out of New York City. Early in his career, an encounter with Gadi Mizrahi...
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Freya Ridings
British singer-songwriter Freya Ridings leaped onto TV viewer’s radar in a big way when her song “Lost Without You’ was featured on the...
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Ego Ella May
British singer and songwriter Ego Ella May creates music infused with contemporary jazz and classic soul. She cites Stevie Wonder and...
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Noa Drezner
A rarity int he music world, Israel’s Noa Dresner is one of the most prominent women to be known for playing Flamenco and Spanish...
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Vázquez Sounds
Vázquez Sounds became a YouTube sensation with a cover of Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” in 2011 when the members were in their teens. The...
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Camille Thurman
Native New Yorker Camille Thurman is a multi-instrumentalist and singer who is Down Beat’s 2019 Rising Star. Just 15 when she received a...
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Edna Vazquez
Mexican-born singer, songwriter and guitarist Edna Vazquez now calls Portland, OR home. She combines the Latin traditions from her...
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Hackney Colliery Band
Hackney Colliery Band is a brass ensemble based in East London. Historically, a colliery band, most coal mines (also known as collieries)...
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Fantastic Negrito
With a backstory that is as compelling as his music Fantastic Negrito has channeled the narrative of his complicated life into his music....
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Walter Gorra
Originally from Colorado, pianist Walter Gorra is now based in New Jersey, giving him access to a wide range of opportunities to...
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No Resolve
No Resolve burst onto the Detroit rock scene in 2009. Formed by guitarist Russ Mitchel and singer Oscar Pegorraro in Lake Orion, MI, the...
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Kim Petras
Kim Petras was born in Cologne, Germany. She gained notoriety in her childhood as being one of the youngest people to undergo gender...
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Omar Sosa & NDR Band
Omar Sosa is a Cuban pianist, composer, and bandleader. During his formative years in Cuba, he started out on the marimba (a percussion...
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