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Gipsy Kings are a group of flamenco, salsa, and pop musicians from Arles and Montpellier in the south of France, who perform in a mixture of languages, mostly in Spanish, but also mixing southern French dialects. Although the group members were born in France, their parents were mostly gitanos, Spanish Romani who fled Spain during the 1930s Spanish Civil War. They are known for bringing rumba flamenca, a pop-oriented music distantly derived from traditional flamenco music, to worldwide audiences. The group originally called itself Los Reyes.
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La Yeni has lived in many countries, and has been influenced by all types of music. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and grew up in the U.K., Canada, The U.S. and Spain. Some of her influences were Sting, Loreena McKennitt, Enya, Altan, Led Zeppelin, Tori Amos, Peter Gabriel, and many others.
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A Tergo Lupi was born in 2018. Their music melt dark neofolk atmospheres with industrial influences, tied tightly to the nordic voice of the tagelharpa and to the depth of war drums.
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Dromil and Dromal Volfgang are identical twin musicians, artists, and craftsmen. Inspired by nature, mythology, and their heritage, they express themselves through creation. The twins are multi-faceted artists who make primarily music, paintings and illustrations, and are skilled builders. They are also axe throwers and stunt men! Their artistic stylization and inspiration is derived from Norse Myth and fueled by their imagination.
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Delyno Brown (born August 5, 1981), better known as Pressure or Pressure Busspipe, is a reggae musician from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Quadro Nuevo is a German acoustic quartet which was founded in 1996 by guitarist Robert Wolf, reedist Mulo Francel, accordionist Andreas Hinterseher and bassist D. D. Lowka. They have an "alchemical acoustic sound from elements of flamenco, Balkan swing, traditional folk, and avant-garde improvisation".
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Mahamadou Souleymane (born c. 16 August 1984 or 1986), known professionally as Mdou Moctar (also M.dou Mouktar), is a Tuareg songwriter and musician based in Agadez, Niger, who performs modern rock music inspired by Tuareg guitar music. His music first gained attention through a trading network of mobile phones and memory cards in West Africa. He sings in the Tamasheq language. Moctar's fourth album, Ilana: The Creator, released in 2019, was the first to feature a full band. He plays guitar in the takamba and assouf styles.
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Peter M. Tosh, (born Winston Hubert McIntosh; 19 October 1944 - 11 September 1987) was a Jamaican reggae musician. Along with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer, he was one of the core members of the band the Wailers (1963-1976), after which he established himself as a successful solo artist and a promoter of Rastafari. He was murdered in 1987 during a home invasion.