http://calabashmusic.com<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/816/ray_lema.jpg'>&nbsp;Ray Lema is one of the most prolific and powerful West African musicians. He has a passion for cultivating blend as an art, to launch into audacious rapprochements and impossible implants is second nature to him.Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:31:32 -0500http://raylema.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/72255/toto_bissainthe.jpg'>Singer, composer and actress. Her innovative mixture of traditional music, contemporary arrangements and modern lyrics honoured the lives, the problems and the spirituality of the Haitian people, in particular the working class and the farmers.Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:31:32 -0500http://totobissainthe.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/73308/les_primitifs_du_futur.jpg'>Legendary underground cartoonist Robert Crumb and guitarist Dominique Cravic founded Les Primitifs du Futur in 1986 craving real Parisian musette instead of poor imitations heard in variety shows.It Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:31:32 -0500http://lesprimitifsdufutur.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/6180/amina.jpg'>Tunisia's most successful international star, Amina is an energetic, genre-bending singer and composer.Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:31:32 -0500http://amina.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/50303/muntu_valdo.jpg'>Rather than hybridism, Muntu Valdo from Cameroon prefers the concept of reconciliation: bossa nova, afro-cuban, blues, soul and funk, all have their origins rooted in the Diaspora and slavery.Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:31:33 -0500http://muntuvaldo.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/38363/pierre_akendengue.jpg'>Pierre Akendengue is a non-conformist, with neither a strict tie to tradition nor a slavish addiction to pop music, and he searches and finds a unique artistic vision in his music.Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:31:33 -0500http://pierreakendengue.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/42867/delizioso.jpg'>Delizioso is a vocal trio: Maryam Chemirani, Mardjane Chemirani and Catherine Catella.Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:31:33 -0500http://delizioso.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/4096/malavoi.jpg'>Led by Martiniquan pianist Paulo Rosine, Malavoi has become an institution in Martinique.Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:31:33 -0500http://malavoi.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/4182/alma_rosa.jpg'>Born in La Havanne, Alma Rosa is based in Paris and sings with a lush, supple voice that spins through the music like a delirious dancer.Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:31:33 -0500http://almarosa.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/70694/cyrius.jpg'>Part French, part Spanish, producer of the successful &quot;Casa de la Trova&quot; album, Cyrius Martinez is a true singer-composer and all his musicians are cuban.Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:31:33 -0500http://cyrius.calabashmusic.com/