Acts tagged with 'afro-cuban', from across the UK...
afro-cuban acts across the UK...
Baraka is a unique combination of musicians from Ghana, Senegal, Germany, Dominica and Northern and Southern Ireland. Each musician contributes his individual sound and style - Reggae featuring a Kora and Djembe, Township with a Calypso bassline, Hilife with Blues Harmonica, Soca with Balafon and Flute. Baraka features musical collaborations ... » View band profile »
Barulho (based in Brighton)
Music Description: Brighton-based Brazilian Samba band
Packages range from £500 to £1500
Barulho are a leading Brighton based Samba band. With a unique style and presence, they bring any event to life with infectious rhythms, funky beats and spectacular performances. Blending Afro-Cuban and South American roots with samba reggae, funk, hip hop and drum & bass, their passion for sound is guaranteed to get you dancing and lift your spirits. From ... » View band profile »
Cafecito (based in London)
Music Description: 5- 10 piece Cuban style band
Packages range from £900 to £2500
Cafecito plays a lively pre-salsa style of music still heard on the streets of Old Havana today - charanga! They play cha cha chas, boleros, danzones and Latin jazz, a flavour of which you may have heard on some of the Buena Vista Social Club recordings. Perfect for dancing and background music, weddings, parties, corporate events and Cuban or Latin themed ... » View band profile »
DIÁSPORA: United in the Latin Beat “Clave... To us the word goes beyond explanations and definitions. It means life, salsa, the food of our leisure time, the motion of intense rhythm, the emotion of 20,000 people simultaneously grooving to the natural sounds of life. It’s being played in beat, on key, on clave... It means to be on top o ... » View band profile »
Extra Love Reggae Afrobeat Band (based in Manchester)
Music Description: 10 Piece Reggae Dub Afrobeat Band
Packages range from £500 to £2000
Born over 3 years ago as a two piece horn section, Extra Love have grown within the last year to a 10 piece band performing at some of the UK's best loved music events. Extra Love band members all have a holistic professional background, sessioning with some of the best and most highly acclaimed musicians. Their experience spans many major festivals worldwid ... » View band profile »
Kalakuta Millionaires (based in Brighton)
Music Description: AfroFunk Latino band
Packages range from £1500 to £4000
An AfroFunk Latino outfit fusing tunes from the heart of 70s Nigeria to the carnivals of Cuba, the back streets of Brazil and beyond - expect blistering brass, stunning harmonies and an explosive rhythm section! ... » View band profile »
MacUmba (based in Glasgow)
Music Description: 8 piece Scottish bagpipes and Brazilian Samba percussion band
Packages range from £1300 to £3200
MacUmba is a professional group of musicians based in Scotland who mix the traditional sounds of Scottish bagpipes with the infectious rhythms of Brazilian Samba percussion. MacUmba have played at many events and festivals all over the world and continue to develop their unique sound, entertaining audiences where ever they go. The normal instrumentation of t ... » View band profile »
Mariachi el Mexicano (based in London)
Music Description: Authentic Mexican Mariachi band.
Packages range from £650 to £1300
Mariachi music is the unique and vibrant sound of traditional Mexican music, guaranteed, with its exciting blend of live musicians and colourful costumes to bring the passion of Mexico and the authentic Mexican ‘fiesta’ feel to your special occasion. Mariachi El Mexicano's bandleader Pablo Aguilar was born in the neighbourhood of the ‘Plaza de Garibald ... » View band profile »
Philips Man and Nanacere (based in London)
Music Description: Afro-Latin-Funk-Hip-Hop-Reggae-Reggaeton-Salsa band
Packages range from £1000 to £3000
The Philips Man and Nanacere Band play a live fusion of Afro-Latin-Funk-Hip-Hop-Reggae-Reggaeton-Salsa. They have a live DJ and Electric Guitar, Bass and Guest Vocalists, Congas and Drums. Formal Biography... Philips Man was born in Santa Clara, Cuba.Together with his two friends Julio Gavilan and Tony Man, they formed the band Triangulo Oscuro in 1996 in ... » View band profile »
Rory Duffy (based in London)
Music Description: Jazz, Latin and pop saxophonist available as a quartet, trio, duo or solo.
Packages range from £250 to £3100
Rory Duffy is a London-based saxophonist, pianist and arranger/composer/director with a background in jazz and improvised music. As director of Diáspora, he performs with his jazz quartet and Latin trio, combining his love of jazz and improvised music with Latin, soul and contemporary styles from around the world. Diáspora, his large-scale Latin production ... » View band profile »
Son Guarachando (based in Brighton)
Music Description: 5 piece Cuban band
Packages range from £500 to £1200
Son Guarachando are one of the top exponents of Cuban Son, Salsa and Latin Music working in the UK today. They are fronted by vocalist Adriana Lord from Havana, Cuba who has been a leading force on the Havana Scene for well over a decade having worked with the likes of William Vivanco, Eliades Ochoa (Buena Vista Social Club) and NG La Banda. Individually the ... » View band profile »
Soulatino (based in Glasgow)
Music Description: 5-8 piece salsa band
Packages range from £1600 to £4700
Soulatino is the result of a merging of ideas and influences of eight musicians living and working in Scotland. Latin American Afro Culture and rhythms are the roots from which Soulatino has grown and developed. The band is made up of musicians from a few corners of the globe including Venezuela, Cuba and Scotland. Soulatino is a mature, vibrant and explosi ... » View band profile »
The Sterling Three Jazz Trio (based in London)
Music Description: 2-5 piece Jazz Group (Trad & Modern/Latin/Soul)
Packages range from £250 to £1500
'The Sterling Three' The Sterling Three is a London based jazz trio. The core group consists of three experienced musicians with exemplary credentials from famous and well known events/venues. All three musicians have performed at: Glastonbury '10 Big Chill '10 '11 O2 Millennium Dome '10 Jazz Cafe - Camden, London '11 The Sterling Three trio offers a diverse ... » View band profile »
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- drumming groups
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