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No recording artist has more impeccable street credentials than Joe Bataan, the originator of the New York Latin Soul style that paralleled Latin boogaloo and anticipated disco. His musical experience began with street corner doo-wop in the 1950s, and came to include one of the first rap records to hit the charts, 1979's "Rap-O, Clap-O". In between these milestones, he recorded classic albums like St. Latin's Day Massacre, a perennial favorite in the salsa market Read more on Last.fm

Kurt Vile (born 1980 in Philadelphia) is an American guitarist and singer. Previously the lead guitarist in the band The War on Drugs, he began his solo career in 2008. Though his name is sometimes assumed to be a pseudonym due to its similarity to German composer Kurt Weill, it is in fact his birth name, as given by his parents Donna and Charles Vile. Vile began his musical career in 2003 creating lo-fi home recordings with frequent collaborator Adam Granduciel. Read more on Last.fm

Mazzy Star is an American alternative rock band formed in 1988 in Santa Monica, California, USA, from remnants of the group Opal. Founding member David Roback's friend Hope Sandoval became the group's vocalist when Kendra Smith left Opal. Mazzy Star is best known for the song "Fade Into You", which brought the band some success in the mid-1990s and was the group's biggest mainstream hit, earning extensive exposure on MTV, VH1 and radio airplay. Roback and Sandoval were the creative center of the band Read more on Last.fm

1. Steve Thomas Lacy-Moya (born May 23, 1998), better known as Steve Lacy, is an American musician, guitarist, bassist, singer-songwriter, and record producer. He was born in Compton, California and gained recognition as a member of the Grammy-nominated R&B band, The Internet, in 2015. In February 2017, Lacy released his debut project, a song-series, titled Steve Lacy's Demo and his debut album, Apollo XXI, was released on May 2019. That same year Read more on Last.fm

Jennifer Lara recorded at Coxsone Dodd's famed Studio One studio for most of her career and released her own album in the 70s entitled 'Studio One Presents Jennifer Lara' (pictured left). It is reported that her last song - 'Ordinary People' (a duet with Dalton Browne) - was recorded at Studio One just two weeks ago and she toured recently as a backing vocalist with The Ethiopians. During her over 35 year association with the studio, Jennifer Lara added backing vocals to the songs of some of the camp's biggest names Read more on Last.fm

He catapulted to the top of the Jamaican charts in 1997 with the dancehall boomshots "Heads High" and "Nike Air", his distinctive vocals fusing melodious singing with precision deejaying (rapping). Since then he has built an international fan base with hit singles like "Pull Up", "Tamale" and "Hot Gal Today" but it is on his latest CD "Constant Spring" that Mr. Vegas' spectacular sing-jay approach and cleverly crafted lyrics dazzle with the intensity of an evening in, well, Las Vegas. Read more on Last.fm

Yazmin Lacey (born in east London) is a British singer based in Nottingham. Having written in her bedroom for her whole life, Lacey began to play acoustic shows in 2014. As her reputation grew locally in Nottingham, she came to meet the diverse group of musicians who would form her band The Running Circle. Read more on Last.fm

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(1) Ashaye (Trevor Julian Ashaye) is a UK-based R&B artist who was primarily active from 1983 - 1995. Ashaye hit number 45 on the UK singles chart in 1983 with a post disco medley of Michael Jackson songs. Later, Ashaye co-founded the British R&B and house label V4 Visions. (2) Ashay (夜鳴夜叉 or Yokani Yasha) is a Japanese song producer that sang normal songs as well as making tunes using Vocaloid voice sample. Ashay is his other alias beside the aforementioned names above Read more on Last.fm

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