Bestelling Artists from Afro-Cuban on Calabash Music

Africando

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You're in Africa! You're in Cuba! You're in New York! You're in the world of Africando!

Bembeya Jazz

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One of Africa's greatest dance bands, Bembeya Jazz's signature four-guitar section still shines, crowned by the sterling lead guitar work of Sekou Bembeya Diabaté.

Omar Sosa

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Omar Sosa is one of the most versatile jazz artists around, creating a fresh and original urban sound with a Latin Jazz heart

National Geographic GeoReMixes

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Pacha Massive

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The Bronx-based act’s rhythmic blend of funky Latin jams with Colombian cumbia, Afro-Cuban son, Jamaican reggae-dancehall, dub and drum-and-bass has made them a New York club favorite.

Ayhan Sicimoglu

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Genuine traditional Cuban music from Turkey (!) seasoned with jazz and reggae played by superb musicians

Asere

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The members of Asere (pronounced aséré, meaning “my friend” in the local slang) take a malicious pleasure in jostling the music of the Cuban granddads in order to give it a new youth.

Mas Y Mas

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Latin music in the style of The Clash

Alma Niurka

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Alma & Niurka conjure the lush melodies, stirring rhythms and rich harmonies of Afro-Cuban culture

Marabi Africa

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Marabi is the independant label created in 2002 by Christian Mousset, director of the Festival Musiques Métisses d'Angoulême in France.The festival, place of exchange and discovery, is widely opened to urban popular musics from the African Continent, Indian Ocean, the Caribbeans, America. Marabi is mainly a discographic extension of this event. On the same artistic line, the label puts upcoming artists forward as well as patrimonial leading figures. Marabi is the name given to the South African Jazz born in the townships of the thirties.