Tiwonge Hango ABOUT Now a superstar in his home country of Malawi, Tiwonge Hango’s Afro-pop and Jazz Fusion career began when a British family friend saw the six-year-old Tiwonge singing and dancing and gifted him a keyboard for Christmas.
DJ Mayeva ABOUT With a lifelong passion for World Music and Music of Black Origin, DJ Mayeva comes from a multicultural background with parents of Peruvian-Scottish and Norwegian-Irish origin.
Emmanuela Yogolelo ABOUT With a lifelong passion for World Music and Music of Black Origin, DJ Mayeva comes from a multicultural background with parents of Peruvian-Scottish and Norwegian-Irish origin.
Jeff Ukiri ABOUT Jeff Ukiri, who dreamed of becoming a singer from childhood, first discovered his talent at his local church in the Delta State of Nigeria. Several years later he formed a gospel band, G-Light, with a group of friends and they went on to tour their native country.
Tshepe Tshepela ABOUT Master pianist, Tshepe Tshepela, hails from Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He started in music and vocals in his church choir until as a teenager he left the choir to concentrate on his chosen instrument, the piano. His influences included piano players from a wide variety of genres, including French jazz pianist, Michel Petrucciani, Oscar Peterson and many others.
Felix Ngindu ABOUT Liverpool-based Felix Ngindu is a professional musician from Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is an experienced drummer and percussionist who can play a wide variety of styles, including African and other world rhythms, as well as rock and jazz.
Jayanthi Sivakumar ABOUT Mumbai-born Hamit Walia grew up in a family whose members were passionate about Indian classical music. His grandfather was a tabla player, so Hamit’s father sent his son for tabla lessons from age four, continuing to study the theory behind the instrument during his early teenage years.
Magaly Flores ABOUT Magaly Flores, was born in Coyuca de Catalan, Guerrero in México. A member of the Institute for the Institute for the Preservation of Mexican Folk Dances (IDDMAC) in Mexico, CIOFF and the UNESCO CID Dance Council, in 2021 she received the Distinguished Mexican Award from the Mexican Government for promoting Mexican culture overseas.
Jamsalana ABOUT Jamsalana is a group of musicians from the Caribbean and Sierra Leone. Paul Aikens and Byron Calame hail from Jamaica, Morris Clarke is a British musician whose parents are from Nevis and Barbados. The three Caribbean musicians play steel pan and Sam Maitland, from Sierra Leone plays djembe and congas. The band plays traditional Jamaican and Trinidadian folk music and covers of pop songs.
