Suonno d’Ajere
Suonno d’Ajere means ‘The Dream of Yesterday’ and refers to a famous song title by Neapolitan cantautore Pino Daniele. It’s also the band name adopted by three passionate musicians, born and bred in the city of Naples, Italy, who despite their different musical backgrounds – from jazz to light music, from popular to classical – came together in 2016 to prove once and for all that the tradition of Neapolitan songwriting is still as moving and relevant as it has ever been.
Pascuala Ilabaca Y Fauna
Chile’s Pascuala Ilabaca is considered one of the most prominent talents in Latin America and a leading light in a cohort of exciting young Chilean singer-songwriters who redefined creativity following the dark days of dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Xênia França
Xênia França is a talented singer-songwriter from Bahia, Brazil who navigates between jazz, electronica and pop with a bossa nova flair. Her sound is soft and sensual, shrouded in mystique and otherworldly energy. At the centre of an art scene concerned with reviving and disseminating African-Brazilian culture, this ‘force of nature’ has emerged as the voice of female empowerment.
Jeremy Ledbetter Trio
The Jeremy Ledbetter Trio features three Canadian virtuosos at the top of their game: pianist and bandleader Jeremy Ledbetter (best known to TD Sunfest patrons as a member of Caribbean Latin Jazz powerhouse CaneFire), drummer Larnell Lewis (Snarky Puppy) and bassist Rich Brown (rinsethealgorithm). Forged in an interstellar collision of contemporary jazz and world music, Ledbetter’s compositions form a style that is truly organic and uniquely his own.
Hirahi Afonso
For Gran Canarian artist Hirahi Afonso, traditional Canarian music could have been his natural environment, allowing him to move like a fish in water; however, the timple (a traditional five-string plucked string instrument native to the Canary Islands) has been his tool to explore different musical styles like jazz and pop.
Pascuala Ilabaca Y Fauna
Chile’s Pascuala Ilabaca is considered one of the most prominent talents in Latin America and a leading light in a cohort of exciting young Chilean singer-songwriters who redefined creativity following the dark days of dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Miguel de Armas Quartet
One of Cuba’s great masters of Afro-Cuban jazz, Havana-born Miguel de Armas fuses the riches of African polyrhythms with the complexities of American jazz, blues, roots and world music in a compellingly eclectic way.
Suonno d’Ajere
Suonno d’Ajere means ‘The Dream of Yesterday’ and refers to a famous song title by Neapolitan cantautore Pino Daniele. It’s also the band name adopted by three passionate musicians, born and bred in the city of Naples, Italy, who despite their different musical backgrounds – from jazz to light music, from popular to classical – came together in 2016 to prove once and for all that the tradition of Neapolitan songwriting is still as moving and relevant as it has ever been.
Donald Dogbo
In March 2020, Donald conceived the musical project Coubli, whose name means “adventurer” in his native language Bété. Through this project, he strives to further the marriage between jazz and the traditional rhythms of Central and West Africa, such as the akpongbô and the gbégbé (Ivory Coast), the bikutsi (Cameroon), and the mbalax (Senegal).