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Joseph Abraham Gordon (2 October 1934 – 19 April 2016), better known as Lord Tanamo, was a Jamaican singer and songwriter best known for his mento and ska work. Born in Kingston and raised in Denham Town in the West of the city, Gordon was influenced by Lord Kitchener, who lived in Jamaica in the 1940s. His interest in music began at an early age when he heard a rumba box being played by local musician Cecil Lawes. He went on to perform locally as a teenager Read more on Last.fm

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Sister Nancy (born Nancy Russell) is a 80's dancehall (reggae) deejay, and sister to sound system icon Brigadier Jerry best known for her hit Bam Bam on the Stalag riddim. Arguably her best two albums/works are One Two and Sister Nancy meets Fireproof. She currently lives in New Jersey. Read more on Last.fm

Bala Desejo names the event-meeting of Rio de Janeiro musicians Dora Morelenbaum, Julia Mestre, Lucas Nunes and Zé Ibarra. Friends since school days, the four musicians began to draw attention after some participation in the lives on Instagram of singer Teresa Cristina. This movement culminated in the release of the group's debut album, entitled "Sim Sim Sim", released by Coala Records label. In 2020, each of the musicians followed a different path in their respective musical careers: Dora was part of the Zanzibar vocal group Read more on Last.fm

Long before Bristol had become a recognized stronghold for downtempo trip-hop and spy-soundtrack dubs, the duo of Rob Smith and Ray Mighty teamed in the late '80s for two early breakbeat tracks, "Walk on By" and "Anyone Who Had a Heart." The anachronistic fusion of sophisticated Burt Bacharach productions with laidback hip-hop prefigured trip-hop's later fascination with the more polished end of '60s adult-pop. The pair also produced the Top Ten hit "Wishing on a Star" for the Fresh Fours Read more on Last.fm

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987) is an American rapper. Regarded as one of the most influential hip-hop artists of his generation, he was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music, becoming the first musician outside of the classical and jazz genres to receive the honor. Born in Compton, California, Lamar began releasing music under the stage name K.Dot while attending high school. He signed with Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) in 2005, and co-founded the hip hop supergroup Black Hippy there. Read more on Last.fm

Fronted by British / Nigerian vocalist Eno Williams, London based Ibibio Sound Machine combine elements of West African highlife, disco, post-punk & psychedelic electro soul. Folk stories, recounted to Eno by her family as a child in her mother's South-Eastern Nigerian Ibibio language form the creative lyrical fabric of their debut album that is due for release on Soundway Records late February 2014. A unique sound born out of the mixed up nature of London today Read more on Last.fm

Candido Camero (1921 - 2020) is Cuban percussionist (mainly conga and bongo) who backed many a jazz act since the 1950s. Early on he had recorded in his native Cuba with Machito. He moved to New York in 1952 and started recording with Dizzy Gillespie. During 1953-54 he was in the Billy Taylor quartet and in 1954 he performed and recorded with Stan Kenton. He recorded a number of albums under his own name as well, and even enjoyed some hits during the disco era Read more on Last.fm