www.mosno.net Mosno Al-Moseeki, the 3rd World Rocker, is a singer/songwriter Native of Sudan, currently living in Baltimore, Maryland. He uses Arab-poetic lyrics, with a Middle-Eastern style of alternative rock. He calls it Desert Eclectic. His new concept album “Novella”, is a semi auto-biographical fairy tale of his cultural migration from East to West, which features many […]
Codin Marin Deboveanu aka ‘Debo’, is a talented Romanian-Canadian bassist, guitarist, and drummer with a great sense of humour and humility. In Romania he performed and recorded with the Destroyer Band and Cannabis Band. In Toronto, he plays with Nashpa Band, and Dan Ionescu’s Dansband which performs regularly at Night’s at Mariana’s in Mississauga. www.codindebo.com
Born in Romania, Toronto Jazz guitarist and composer, DAN IONESCU debuted in 1978 as a banjo player in a traditional Dixieland band. Four years later he won first prize at the national competition of the “Sibiu ’82 Jazz Festival” and was immediately established on the Romanian jazz scene. From 1985 he was acclaimed by jazz […]
Tiago Ciccone is a percussionist and guitarist, and an occasional berimbau and mandolin player born and raised in Campinas, Brazil, and spent his teenage years in Salvador. He has been living in Canada since 2006. Since childhood, he has been fascinated by the complexity and richness of Brazilian music, especially the old sambas from the […]
Born in Prague, Lenka Lichtenberg is a published composer, vocalist (Yiddish, English, Czech, French, Russian, Hebrew), producer, and bandleader with 6 solo CDs and an MA in Ethnomusicology to her credit. Her music channels the rich Toronto soundscapes of Middle East, India and Brazil, and her own East European heritage. She is the recipient of […]
Dieufaite Charles aka JAFFA, was born March 3, 1977 in Gonaives, Haiti outside the city called Terre Neuve not far from Gonaives city a north west province ( department de l` Artibonite d `Haiti). In a country where music is omnipresent – merengue, compass, Zouk, Reggae, Roots music and carnival rara – JAFFA showed a […]
VENTANAS weaves in and out of upbeat Bulgarian dance tunes, Greek, Turkish and Sephardic love songs and heart-wrenching Flamenco palos, leading captive audiences through windows into other lands and cultures. Lead singer Tamar Ilana’s powerful vocals, honed through a lifetime of performing internationally, evoke deep emotions. Add to this the intensity of Ukrainian fiddle (Mark […]
Formed in 1998 as one of the only all-women Taiko groups in North America, RAW is a Taiko drumming group that exists as a critical response and challenge to both systemic and internalized oppressions. Through performance, education, and community outreach, we seek to challenge, redefine and represent ourselves, and to inspire others. Through collective membership, […]
Nhapitapi Mbira (meaning “sweet mbira” in the Shona language) is a Toronto-based band formed by Memory Makuri, Evelyn Mukwedeya and Mutamba Rainos. The group performs traditional Zimbabwean music based on the mbira instrument. Nhapitapi Mbira’s interest is to present mbira music as a living classical genre, which is entertaining and healing. Additionally, they hope to […]
Evelyn Mukwedeya is a talented Zimbabwean mbira musician, singer/songwriter and teacher based in Toronto, Canada. From a young age, Evelyn pursued studies in classical piano, clarinet and music theory at the Mutare School of Music, in her home city of Mutare. With the encouragement and support of her mother, she added mbira dzevadzimu (mbira of […]
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