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JOHN LEGEND | Website |
| Hailed as a global humanitarian, John Legend was named one of Time Magazine’s "100 Most Influential People". This world-renowned, Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist, is responsible for such mega-hits as "Ordinary People" and "Green Light". Legend has collaborated with countless artists and is currently touring with Sade. |
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ALI CAMPBELL ( UB40) | Myspace |
| Former lead vocalist of UB40, Ali Campbell has been topping charts for over 30 years. This international icon toured the globe, selling over 70 million records worldwide. Ali Campbell’s legendary voice, on such classics as "Red Red Wine" and "I Can’t Help Falling in Love", is unforgettable. In 2007, Campbell’s solo project Running Free made the U.K.’s top 10 and went gold. |
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ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO LATIN JAZZ ENSEMBLE | Website |
| Headed-up by distinguished composer and musician, Arturo O’Farrill, the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble boasts among its many accolades, a 2006 Grammy nomination for "Una Noche Inolvidable", as well as the 2009 Grammy for Best Latin Jazz album for Song for Chico. The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble has been the resident band at New York City’s renowned jazz club, Birdland, for 13 years. |
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BLUE ESSENCE | Website |
| In 2008, five seasoned musicians came together to create Blue Essence. With no sampling or sequencing in their music, they produced a unique sound that has taken the alternative Caribbean music world by storm. Since then the band has opened for acts such as Barron, Tanya Stephens, The Drifters, The Spinners and Fantasia. |
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HLSCC ENSEMBLE | Website |
| The Virgin Island’s premier performing jazz orchestra, the HLSCC Jazz Ensemble, is comprised of students and faculty at H. Lavity Stout Community College (BVI). Led by Prof. Andre Braithwaite, the HSLCC Jazz Ensemble is where the big band sound meets the smooth syncopation of jazz. |
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MASTER JOSEPH GEORGE |
| 16 year-old Master Joseph George started playing music at the tender age of three. A former student of the St. George’s Secondary School (BVI), Joseph is an up-and-coming music composer, producer and recording artist, who sings, plays the piano, guitar, saxophone and drums. Joseph briefly received formal piano training at Harrigan’s Music School on the island of Tortola. His musical inspirations include Stevie Wonder, John Legend, Alicia Keys, and Ronnie Jordon, among others. |
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QUITO AND THE EDGE | Myspace |
| Quito Rymer is a self-taught musician and founder of The Edge. Combining soulful reggae melodies with hard hitting dance grooves, The Edge has amassed a repertoire of 40 original pieces, which wowed the crowds at East End Festival Village (Tortola, BVI) this summer. |
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SMOKE FEATHERS | MySpace |
| Championed by top DJs on Britain's best radio stations BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music, Smoke Feathers is an alternative soul band fronted by award-winning journalist Matt Falloon. Smoke Feathers has toured the UK three times, played six storming shows at this year's Glastonbury Festival and recently supported Bob Marley’s guitarist Junior Marvin at a sell-out show in London. Their much-hyped debut album, Liberation, set for release in 2012, is an explosive and melodic political and personal creation that draws on Matt's experiences as a news reporter in Guyana and Jamaica. |
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SPECTRUM | Website |
| Soca band, Spectrum, was founded in 2005 by Malvern V. Gumbs, and features lead vocals by incomparable songstress, Lorna Freeman-Dennis. The success of their songs "Boom" (2011) and "Kallaloo" (2010) earned them two back-to-back Carnival Road March titles. The band has backed-up the likes of Mighty Sparrow, King Short-Shirt, De’Baron and Claudette "CP" Peters, and appeared on "Tempo Turns Two". Spectrum has played in VI Summer-Splash, and the International Socafest at Miami Carnival. |
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