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Osunlade is a gifted and respected deep house / nu-jazz producer and DJ. Growing up in a musical environment, he knew music would rule his life. As a teenager in the 70s, he joined the cast of Sesame Street and later began producing music for the show. An ordained priest of the African religion of Ifá, Osunlade's spirituality can be heard in the tribal percussion and even Latin and Brazilian rhythm influences of his music. Osunlade moved to Los Angeles, California, where he worked with artists such as Patti LaBelle and Freddie Jackson. Read more on Last.fm

Amadou & Mariam was a musical duo from Mali, composed of the couple Mariam Doumbia (vocals) (born in Mali's capital Bamako 15 April 1958) and Amadou Bagayoko (guitar and vocals) (born in Bamako 24 October 1954; died 4 April 2025). The pair, known as "the blind couple from Mali" met at Mali's Institute for the Young Blind, and found they shared an interest in music. The duo produced music that mixed traditional Mali sound with rock guitars, Syrian violins, Cuban trumpets, Egyptian ney, Colombian trombones, Indian tablas and Dogon percussion. Read more on Last.fm

An Acid-House act from the Mid 80s to Early 90s, most famous for their "Madchester" anthem "You're Gonna Miss Me". Read more on Last.fm

Kim English (born in Chicago; died April 2, 2019) was an American electronica, soul, gospel, and house music singer. English experienced a great deal of success on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts, beginning in the mid-nineties and continuing into the 21st century. Her first chart entry came in 1995 and was a minor hit ("I Know a Place," a US #32). Between 1999 to 2007, she scored eight hit singles in a row that hit the top two, five of those went to number one: "Unspeakable Joy" Read more on Last.fm

Dream 2 Science is an alias used by Ben Cenac, member of Newcleus, to produce deep house. He released one self-titled LP and one single, both in 1990. Read more on Last.fm

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After the break-up of the original line-up of The Specials; Terry Hall, Lynval Golding and Neville Staple broke away to form Fun Boy Three. Their peculiar brand of politically driven retro-pop made an impression on the British pop charts during 1981-1982. Their biggest hit was Our Lips Are Sealed, a retread of Go-Go's 1981 song, which was co-written by Terry Hall. Other well-known tracks include The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum) and T'ain't What You Do (Its The Way That You Do It), recorded with the fledgling all-girl group Bananarama. Read more on Last.fm

William Pitt (birth name: William Frederick Pate) is a U.S.-born pop singer who scored a European hit with 'City Lights'. Before the start of his music career, Pitt worked in America as a model. Halfway the 1980s he moved to Paris, Europe, and got discovered by music producer Pascal Pillet-Desjardins who offered him a record deal. Pitt's debut single 'City Lights' became a small hit in France in 1986. A year later the song became a hit in many European countries, including Germany and The Netherlands where the song reached the Top 20. Read more on Last.fm

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Pierre-Claver Akendengué (born April 25, 1943) is a musician and composer of Gabon. In 1997, he received his country's "Prix d'excellence" at the Africa Music awards in Libreville, honoring his body of work. He also serves as a cultural advisor for the government of Gabon. Artist Bio: [http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/artist/content.artist/pierre_akendengue_38363] Pierre Akendengué is one of African music's great Read more on Last.fm