Jorge Ben Jor
Jorge Ben Jor is a Brazilian popular musician, born in Rio de Janeiro in 1942 (and known as Jorge Ben until 1988). By his early 20's in the 1960's he was famous for pop/bossa nova hits, and in the 70's his work deepened and he began adding funk and soul to his style. His characteristic style fuses samba, funk, and rock, with lyrics that blend humor and satire with often esoteric subject matter (frequently, football). While he is probably best known as the composer of the bossa nova classic "Mas Que Nada Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Jorge Ben Jor (Spotify)
Romperayo
Contemporary tropical music with electronic rituals, “descargas” of Colombian coasts poisoned with psychedelia, samplers, synthesizers, accordion and percussion, this is the sound of Romperayo, a group led by Pedro Ojeda (Los Pirañas, Los propios Bateros, Chúpame el dedo, CíeloMama, Palanca) and that has Juan Manuel Toro in the samplers, keyboards and synthesizers, Nicolas Eckardt on bass and Ivan Medellín on accordion and synthesizers. Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Romperayo (Spotify)
Trian Kayhatu
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Wally Badarou
Waliou Jacques Daniel Isheola "Wally" Badarou (born 22 March 1955) is a French-born musician. A synthesizer specialist, Badarou was the long-time associate of the British band Level 42, known for its blend of funk, pop, soul and rock. He has co-written and performed on a number of the band's tracks since their recording début in 1980, later co-producing them. Though not an official member of Level 42, he has long been considered an informal "fifth member"[citation needed] of what has otherwise usually been a quartet with bassist Mark King Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Wally Badarou (Spotify)
Martin Campbell
BIOGRAPHY The Early Years Martin Campbell was born in Germany, in 1955. When he was two years old his family moved to Jamaica. He soon discovered a talent for music and by the age of seven was an accomplished pianist! After spending two years at the famous Alpha Boys' School, Martin moved on to Military school. He also joined the Sea Cadets where his aptitude for music was encouraged and he learnt to play the Side Drum and Bugle. Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Martin Campbell (Spotify)
Linval Thompson
Linval Thompson is a reggae and dub artist and producer. He started life writing his own music and was recognised to have great talent not only with songwriting but also singing. He worked at Lee "Scratch" Perry's Black Ark studios and contributed to The Upsetters classic "Kung Fu Man". Although he found greatest acclaim as a producer between the mid-70s and mid-80s, working with greats such as Scientist, King Tubby and singer Johnny Clarke. He has produced albums for artists such as Dennis Brown Read more on Last.fmArtist image: Linval Thompson (Spotify)
Zena
There are at least four artists with this name: 1) Zena (Zinaida Aljaksandraŭna Kuprijanovič) is a Belarusian singer. She represented her country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with "Like It". Born Zina Kupriyanovich on 17 September 2002 in Minsk, she began performing as a young child and already has several awards to her name. Those include coming first at Slavianski Bazaar, a kids contest in Vitebsk in 2014 and she won a fellowship for the Special Fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus which supports talented young people. Read more on Last.fmArtist image: ZENA (Spotify)
Neves E Silva
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