Aziza Brahimi, born in 1976 in the sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria. In 1995 Brahim won the ‘1st National Song Contest‘ of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. After a tour through Europe, she became more and more popular and released her first albums. Have a listen to her wonderful song “Lagi”:
Tag: roots
Music from Brazil – Mato Seco
Mato Seco is a brazilian roots reggae band from São Caetano do Sul, formed in 2002. Listen to their nice song “Resistência “:
Music from Jamaica – Chronixx
Chronixx is a roots musician from Jamaica, born in 1992. Listen to his song “Here Comes Trouble”:
Music from Portugal – The Soaked Lamb
Formed in 2006, the blues band “The Soaked Lamb” is composed by six musicians multi-instrumentalists.
The voice of Mariana Lima Balas “Singing Black Coffee”
Music from the US – Matisyahu
Born in Pennsylvania /West Chester /US in 1979 as Matthew Miller , he began to wear dreadlocks in the age of 14 . Miller tries to connect his jewish roots with hip hop and reggae and created a new music style. Listen to his song “Sunshine”:
Listen to his other songs
Music from Australia – The Beautiful Girls
The Beautiful Girls are an Australian roots music band, formed in 2001. Listen to their great song “On A Clear Day”:
Music from the US – Dezarie
Dezarie is a female US american reggae and roots singer. Here’s her nice song “Strengthen You”:
Music from the US/Hawaii – Sashamon
Sashamon is a reggae, island roots musician from Hawaii. Here’s his nice song “Japanese Squeeze”:
Music from Argentina – Nonpalidece
Nonpalidece is a reggae, dub and roots band from Argentina. Here’s their nice song “Tu presencia”:
Music from Israel – Asaf Smilan
Asaf Smilan is a reggae producer and drummer from Tel-Aviv, Israel. He’s working with a band called Zvuloon Dub System playing roots, reggae and dub. They released their great debut album “Freedom Time” on April 5th 2012:
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