Les Artistes

Ahau Marino

 Finding the essence of Mexican music and bringing together African, indigenous and European roots to continue along the ancestors’ musical ...

Aldo Guizmo

World Music

 Aldo Guizmo is a young Guadeloupean artists who blends reggae, dance hall and Creole musical styles to create something unique dreamed up ...

AnishNabe

On a summer evening in 1994, the group Anishnabe was born not far from Lake Simon. That's when the adventure begins on the icy roads of the vast ...

Audrey Emery

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Beatrice Deer

English version coming...

Berbanya

Musique berbère

Montréal July 2003. Seven musicians living in Montreal decided to pool their talents and found Anzar, at the urging of Arezki Taleb. The seven ...

Bourask

Gumboot

La compagnie de danse Bourask se spécialise dans la création de spectacles de gumboot et de danse percussive. Le gumboot est une danse ...

Cécile Doo Kingué

blues, afro, soul and pop

Soul, Versatility and Passion compose the triumviral force behind Cécile Doo-Kingué’s sound. Born in New York City, first generation from ...

Charles Alnave

Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist (guitar, accordion, piano, violin) Charles Alnave flew from Haiti, holding in its branch a sprig of songs ...

Cie Essama

Stories & Music

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Dakka

World Music

 Dakka, born Seïdou Dembélé, was a child of exile, an artist forced to bow to the vagaries of history and to his own story to practise his ...

De-Od & Tap-Flap

DE-OD, whose real name Woudly, is originally from Haiti. At the age of 5 years old he formed a band with his older brother and plays various ...

Diblo Dibala

World Music

 It could be argued that Diblo Dibala was born with a guitar in his hands. This was almost the case. Diblo was born in 1954 in the city of ...

El Hispalis

Guitar Flamenca

After several years of classical and modern training including electro acoustic composition, arrangement, orchestration and classical guitar, ...

Flash Mizik

Flash Mizik, formerly Still-Freez, is a Kompas group of 11musicians with Haitian origins. Enthusiastic, passionate and good with people, Flash ...

Grre en famille

World Music

 Grre en Famille – what a funny name for a group! But in less than three years, this name has become synonymous with a new musical style, ...

Herleo Muntu

World Music

  Herleo Muntu is an artist at the crossroads. Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, he grew up in Canada, becoming immersed in both ...

Idir

Inusaso

InusAso occupies the scene for 17 years already. The group is composed of 7 members, playing the guitar, bass, drums, piano, organ, saxophone, and ...

Jesus Cantero & los Criollos All Stars

Guajira, guaracha, salsa, merengue, reggaeton – the repertory of Jesus Cantero (a former member of Cubanismo) and Los Criollos All Stars is vast ...

Joyce N’Sana

World Music

 Joyce N’Sana likes to present herself as an “AfroBluHop” artist. This is a powerful musical style, enhanced by this young women’s various ...

Jully Freitas

Born in Salvador de Bahia in Brazil, this young artist discovered music at the age of 15. Jully Freitas then found a new passion and quickly ...

K'lana Vibes

Kareyce Fotso

Kareyce Fotso was born in the country of Bamiléké and was raised with the Béti. After studying successfully for a number of years (in biochemistry ...

KayaManga

Reggae

Born in Yafera, Senegal, KÂYAMANGA is first of all a militant artiste. Influenced by Fela , Burning Spear or Peter Tosh, his music displays ...

Khakheni

Krakatoa

The Indonesian volcano Krakatoa is known for its explosive nature. Krakatoa is also a group from Quebec that shares with the volcano the same ...

Kya Kindu

Reggae

Kya Kindu – The Voice of Revolution

Labess

Le R

Le R was born in Benin in West Africa. Very soon, he is in love with writing and it is on the banks of High School that he engraved his first ...

Look Out

 In 2010, ten young musicians of Haitian descent got together to give rise to a project, a group, a dream. This dream bears the name Look ...

Luisa Maita

Since the moment she was born on April 27, 1982 in the Bela Vista neighborhood of São Paulo, Luísa Taubkin Maita has been surrounded by music. In ...

Makam

MakaM is a musical project based on a ruthlessly efficient recipe, the compositions of the quintet are made from a dub reggae base that's enroll ...

Mamadou & KaneWaraba

Mamadou Kane is a child of West Africa, formerly the Mandingo Empire. From an early age, music has been rhythming his life. After a brief stint at ...

Marinda+Solari

Bossa Nova / Chanson française / Folk

Marinda + Solari attended The American School of Paris and later moved to London where they studied Folklore of the Americas with funding and ...

Mélissa Laveaux

Mélissa Laveaux (born Mélissa Michelle Marjolec Laveaux on January 9, 1985 in Montreal, Quebec) is an Ottawa musician of Haitian descent signed to ...

Mistysa

Mohamed Masmoudi

Oud

Mohamed Masmoudi, of Tunisian origin, is among the best known oud players. Devoting himself to several instruments, including bass, guitar and ...

Nael'C

Addicted to rap and reggae, it's at age 14 that Naël'C discovered his vocation. As he composed his first song, entitled "Adolescence", he ...

Nneka

Pop music is a ‘here today, gone tomorrow’ world. A starburst of YouTube notoriety and then oblivion. Or at least it is for most.But when your ...

Ô

Ô is a recent group of four musicians exploringa blend of different instruments, sounds, ryhtms and musical traditions. Originally, a duo formed ...

Oktopus

Oktopus is eight talented musicians, eight different instruments and eight unique approaches to music, coming together to give birth to a single ...

Pacophonique

Pacophonique was born from a passion for world music and reggae. Santiago "Paco" Risso (vocals and guitar), Melissa Desjardins (trombone) and ...

Paulo Ramos

Born into a musical family in São Paulo, Brazil, guitarist, singer and songwriter Paulo Ramos learned to play the acoustic guitar from his brother ...

Prodiges Galsen

Prodiges Galsen is a group of Hip Hop, Reggae and Dance Hall, composed of artists from Senegal to Montreal. Founded in 2008, the group wins a ...

Ramon y su son

Ramon y su sound is a Latin music group that was born in Montreal by 2005. The seven musicians are inspired mostly by salsa, cha-cha, mambo or ...

Richard Kara

World Music

Born in 1969 at Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire, Richard Kara (whose real name is Kouadio Koffi Richard) travelled between France and Africa throughout his ...

Roots Steppers

Reggae

Formed during summer 2004, the reggae band Rootsteppers took time to find a permanent band name. Drummer Richard Marescot, bassist Simon Bélanger ...

RUPA AND THE APRIL FISHES

Four years, festivals and village concerts on three continents, two previous albums, several languages from Hindi to Tzotzil to French, many ...

Salah Ait-Gherbi

Salah Ait-Gherbi is a singer from Kabylie (Algeria), singing and playing guitar since his university years. Writer-composer-performer, he is best ...

Senaya

Elle est née sous le soleil d’Afrique, a connu la France et a voyagé un peu partout et s’est maintenant posée à Montréal. Dès son arrivée sur le ...

Servantes

Servantes took his first music lessons at the age of six years and fell in love with the guitar. His passion did not die with time as he deepened ...

Son Sur y Luna

SoNSuRyLuNa music tells the story of Mexico. Each song on the group takes on the appearance of a chapter recounting the tragedies and the ...

Suzy Tremblay

It is a true love story that binds Suzy Tremblay to music. Her childhood was filled with learning music through singing and diction lessons. At ...

Tchaka Love

Tchaka Love was created in 2007 by singer Eralus Jean Daddy, and guitarist Rony Petit Frère. Their musical style is varied and explores the Kompa, ...

Tiken Jah Fakoly

TIKEN JAH FAKOLY – AFRICAN REVOLUTION« African Revolution » is a radical turning point in Tiken Jah Fakoly’s career. Tiken Jah Fakoly has always ...

Trio Hélène Engel

Hélène Engel sings the Jewish tradition for many years now, she shows to the world the beauty, diversity and vitality of an ancestral music while ...

Veeby

Veeby is a diaspora child, both in life and in music. Her music combines influences from her African origins and the vibrating rhythms of Soul and ...

Youssou Seck

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