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America

America is a British-American rock band formed in London in 1970 by Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley. The trio met as sons of US Air Force personnel stationed in London, where they began performing live. Achieving significant popularity in the 1970s, the trio was famous for their close vocal harmonies and light acoustic folk rock sound. The band released a string of hit albums and singles, many of which found airplay on pop/soft rock stations. The band came together shortly after the members' graduation from high school, and a record deal with Warner Bros. Records followed. Their debut 1971 album, America, included the transatlantic hits "A Horse with No Name" and "I Need You"; Homecoming (1972) included the single "Ventura Highway"; and Hat Trick (1973), a modest success on the charts which fared poorly in sales, included one minor hit song "Muskrat Love"

Consider the Source

Sci-fi fusion trio Consider the Source defy easy categorization. If intergalactic energy beings, upon their initiation into an order of whirling dervishes, built a pan-dimensional booty-shaking engine powered by psychedelic math…it would sound like a cut-rate CTS cover band. With their blend of progressive rock and improvisatory jazz, soaked in Indian and Middle Eastern styles, CTS blends disparate elements into an utterly original whole. A relentless touring schedule has earned them a fervent following around the world, with fans ranging from jam-band hippies to corpse-painted headbangers. Their latest album, You Are Literally a Metaphor, is the culmination of a fifteen-year musical journey

Vijay Iyer and Craig Taborn

Back to the Garden

History can be rewritten, but a song is forever. Back To The Garden embodies this truth by taking their audiences back in time through the songs of past years. Invariably, their concerts become mass sing-alongs, set to the soundtrack of the free-love era. Their inspiration comes from a heartfelt love for the music, and it is experienced on many levels, from primal to spiritual, by anyone who attends one of their shows. Talk to any member of Back To The Garden, you will be speaking to someone who's made major contributions to the music scene. As session and live players, they have backed artists as diverse as Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, Kenny Loggins, America, Kim Carnes, Juice Newton, Chaka Khan, Art Neville, BJ Thomas, The Everly Brothers, and many more. Back To The Garden is: "Cactus" Jim Soldi, Marc "Twang" Intravaia, Sharon Whyte, Larry Grano, and Rick Nash.

Kinetic Element

Mike Visaggio is the founder of Kinetic Element and has been involved in music since 1962, playing in a number of New York City cover bands, progressive rock groups Randori (early ‘70s), Innervision .(early ‘80s) and recording several albums with noted singer-songwriter Billy Falcon’s Burning Rose in the years 1977-1981 and the Richmond's legendary Strokers in the early 2000s. The veteran keyboardist began his first foray back into the realm of progressive music, after a long hiatus, with a spiritually tinged neo-symphonic solo CD called STARSHIP UNIVERSE in 2006, which served to indroduce him to the prog rock community

Shy Mascot

Shy Mascot combines funk, jazz, and hip-hop styles to create a uniquely provocative sound. Formed by vocalist Fiadh Rua Gregg, keyboard player Eanna Ryder, bassist Keith Tobin, drummer Andy O’Farrell, and Dublin-based South Floridian rapper Jamel; this quintet weaves between melodious, ethereal spaces and deep, filthy grooves.

King Street Big Band

Ordinarius

Ordinarius presents a show dedicated to the repertoire of Carmen Miranda, a Portuguese-Brazilian singer who was one of the most outstanding artists in the 30's in Brazil and the 40's in the USA. Famous worldwide for her amusing participation in hollywood films in comic characters who spoke and sang in accented English, Carmen was also responsible for releasing songs by composers such as Dorival Caymmi, Ary Barroso, Braguinha and other masters of Brazilian Popular Music. A precursor to fashion and performance. Its stylization of Bahia is a reference of the Brazilian carnival to the present day. When visiting the repertoire of the artist who represented the South American Way, Ordinarius presents original arranjements for classics such as "Tico-tico no fubá" (Zequinha de Abreu), "Na Baixa do Sapateiro" (Ary Barroso) , "Disseram que eu voltei americanizada" (Vicente Paiva and Luiz Peixoto) and "O que é que a bahiana tem" (Dorival Caymmi), in addition to visiting songs unknown to the public and equally precious as "O Samba e o Tango "(Amado Régis) and" Yi, yi, yi, I like you very much "(Mack Gordon / Henry Warren). The musical journey through the repertoire of Carmen is accompanied by an aesthetic re-reading of the artist's entire visual concept, which was famous for drawing her own clothes and for creating this character that brought Brazilian culture to the world with costumes and props that brought in itself the representation of Brazil half Bahia and half carioca, fruitful, colorful and cheerful. Augusto Ordine's musical direction, Flávio Paiva's scenic supervision, Ana Rezende's scenography and Fernanda Montavani's lighting help create the atmosphere, which is a tribute not only to Carmen Miranda, but to the whole history of Popular Music Brazilian ​ About The vocal sextet Ordinarius offers a varied repertoire, with the voice as its primary instrument

Vinyl Hampdin

Group founder and composer Steve Wiest puts it this way: “What would Chicago, Blood Sweat and Tears and Tower of Power sound like if they started out now?” That is the mission of this jam-packed all-star assemblage of world-renown musicians: to take the modern landscape of textures, hybrid styles and timely songwriting of the 21st Century and pour it all into the venerable tradition of the rocked out horn bands of yore. Lead singer Lisa Dodd is a multiple CCMA-winning vocalist, Alberta Musician of The Year and bassist from Alberta, Canada. With a stellar voice described by Jonathan Widran in his blog The JW Vibe as “sandpaper and honey” Dodd’s astounding vocal range is the perfect icing to the powerhouse horn section and the state-of-the-art rhythm section that gives Vinyl Hampdin its unique signature sound

Uralskiy Dixieland

Active since: 1969

Uralskiy Dixieland is considered to be one of the best traditional jazz bands in Russia. The members of the band are masters not only of dixieland jazz but also a variety of modern jazz genres from mainstream and bebop to jazz rock and smooth jazz. However, trad jazz remains to be the heart of Uralskiy Dixieland’s repertory. Uralskiy Dixieland was formed in Chelyabinsk in 1969 under the aegis of the regional Philharmonic under the leadership of jazz musician and trumpeter Igor Bourco. Over the years, the band has performed throughout Russia, former USSR, and most European countries. Uralskiy Dixieland is the winner of the All-Union Contest of Variety Artists (Moscow, 1979) and international jazz festivals in Tbilisi (1978), Moscow (1984), Baku (1985), etc