Grace Christiansen is a 25 year old solo singer songwriter from Hull. Her music is a unique fusion of folk, pop and country, finding influence in music by Lucy Rose, Phoebe Bridgers, Nora Jones and Fleetwood Mac.

“A very talented musician and multi instrumentalist” - Alan Raw, BBC Introducing

“Hull’s answer to Lucy Rose” - Hull Daily Mail

 For enquiries or bookings please email grace.christiansen@outlook.com

Oskido is a pioneer in South African music and global dance culture. Known for shaping Kwaito, House, and Amapiano, he continues to evolve with fresh Afro House sounds while mentoring new talent and pushing African music worldwide. 🌍🎶

BIO
Sauti Sol is an award-winning afro pop group from Kenya. The winners Best African Group at African Muzik Magazine Awards (2015 AFRIMMA) also won an MTV EMA Award for Best African Act in 2014. Comprising of Bien-Aime Baraza, Willis Austin Chimano, Polycarp Otieno and Savara Mudigi; the group mixes their soulful voices with vocal harmonies, guitar riffs and drum rhythm. Sauti Sol blends warm resonant pop with traditional Kenyan inuences. Their mélange of energetic rhythms has promoted the group to become one of Africa's most celebrated and East Africa's pioneers of a fresh sound that has inspired the sprouting of many other bands from East Africa. 

Sauti Sol's two albums, Mwanzo (2008) and Sol Filosoa (2011) have received high acclaim on Kenyan charts and gained international attention with shows in Africa (including their 2011 celebrated concert performance in Kenya with Ladysmith Black Mambazo), Europe and the US, as well as television appearances and various nominations. In June 2012, Sauti Sol released Sauti Sol, self-titled EP and collaborative effort with South African avant-garde innovative rapper/producer Spoek Mathambo. 
The band has produced their brand new third album, Live and Die in Afrika - Released in Novemeber 2015.

 RECOGNITION
Sauti Sol has steadily built their professional international experience. In 2015 Sauti Sol's notable tours and performances include the Las Vegas Sauti Sol Valentines Show at Hard Rock Café, Kenya's Koroga Festival, Tanzania's Jembeka Party and Dubai's Industry Nite, among others. In 2014, they performed at Blankets & Wine at 50 Festival (Kenya), Zanzibar International Film Festival, among shows in Europe. In 2013, they also headlined at Boombaataa Festival (Kenya) and City of Stars festival (Malawi). 
A tour through Europe in 2010 took Sauti Sol to Sweden where they made a television appearance and recorded their sophomore album, Sol Filosoa. In February 2012 they debuted at the Festival sur le Niger in Mali where they were performed alongside some of their African idols: Habib Koite, Salif Keita and Lokua Kanza. In 2011 and 2012 the band performed at the South by Southwest Music Festival (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. In June same year, they performed at the Kalorvy Vary International lm festival and Colours of Ostrava 2012, Czech Republic's biggest music festival. Between Sept-Dec 2012, Sauti Sol signed with Kenya's Niko Na Safaricom Live Tour transporting their renowned electric live performances to their fans in major Kenyan towns and cities. 
Sauti Sol has also performed at widely televised events including: the MTV Africa Music Awards (2014), Kenya's 51st Independence Day (2014), inauguration of Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta (2013), Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards held in Nigeria (2013) and at Big Brother Africa Reality Show in South Africa (2012). 

AWARDS/ACCOLADES
In 2015 BBC's 1Xtra named Sauti Sol among 5 Top African Acts to Watch. The BBC also interviewed Sauti Sol for the 2015 BBC Club Africa series and documentary - part of the BBC's 'A Richer World' season for BBC World Service Radio, World TV and 1Xtra. Winners Best Video in Kenya for Sura Yako at 2015 Bingwa Music Awards. In 2014, Sauti Sol made history as the rst Kenyans to win Best African Act at 2014 MTV Europe Awards (EMA). “Nishike” Sauti Sol music video was declared the Most Watched Video in Kenya by Google, while receiving numerous nominations including East Africa's Most Gifted Music Video at the 2014 Channel O Music video Awards (CHOMVA14). Winners SOMA 2014 for Best Use of Social Media in Entertainment. Winners SOMA 2013 Artist of the Year Award. Winners East Africa's Most Gifted Music Video at 2012 CHOMVA with “Shukuru” featuring AY.  

Damian Robert Nesta Marley, also known around the world as “Junior Gong” and more recently as “Gongzilla” was born in 1978 to parents Bob Marley and Cindy Breakspeare, Miss World 1976.  As a young adult, he developed a passion and a gift to speak for those who cannot always speak for themselves. A self-proclaimed ‘Spiritual Revolutionary’, Damian has worked assiduously to carve his own niche in music history and to add a new perspective to the Marley legacy for the 21st century. 

At the age of 13, Damian began performing in a group called “The Shepherds” which comprised of Shiah Coore (son of Third World guitarist Cat Coore) and currently a member of his band, and Yashema Beth McGreggor, daughter of reggae singers Freddie Mcgreggor and Judy Mowatt and then began touring with his brothers, Stephen, Ky-mani, Julian and Ziggy. 

By 1996, Damian had already made his stamp as a different kind of Marley when he released his first solo album “Mr. Marley”, a heavily dancehall-influenced album produced by his brother Stephen Marley.  His second album “Halfway Tree” was released in 2001 by a major record label and showcased Damian’s unique gift for blending dancehall, reggae and hip-hop styles.  This album won Damian much recognition and remained on the Billboard Top Reggae Album Charts for 158 weeks and earned him his first Grammy for Best Reggae Album in 2002. 
While honored by this recognition by the global music fraternity, Damian continued to work in the studio, laying the groundwork for the tracks that would become his highly anticipated album, “Welcome To Jamrock”. The lyrics in this album presented Marley as a true spiritual revolutionary, as he used his talent to evoke a spiritual change while trying to enforce a better way of thinking.  He is described as “rhyming with the conviction of a street preacher with the intellect of a university economist”.  

Damian’s hit single “Welcome to Jamrock” was listed as one of the Top 100 Songs of the Decade by Rolling Stone, and at the 2006 Grammy Awards, he won Best Reggae Album and Best Urban/Alternative Performance for Welcome to Jamrock. Damian is the only Jamaican reggae artist in history to win two Grammy Awards on the same night. He is also the only reggae artist to win in the Best Urban/Alternative Performance category at the Grammy Awards. The New York Times called Welcome to Jamrock the “best reggae song of the decade.” 
Welcome to Jamrock led the pathway to Damian’s critically acclaimed collaboration with Nas for 2010’s much lauded album “Distant Relatives” – a project which explored the relationships between reggae, hip-hop and Africa. The album title refers not only to the bond between the artists, but the connection to their African ancestry, which inspired the album both musically and lyrically. USA Today referred to the album as a “potent and often provocative collaboration” and by Rolling Stone as “an Afrocentric winner.” The album debuted at Number 5 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and Number 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Rap Albums and Reggae Albums charts, with Billboard heralding the album as “a dynamic hybrid.”    

The Distant Relatives Tour kicked off in 2011 and saw Damian traveling and performing for thousands of fans all over the world, including South America, Europe, The United Kingdom, The Caribbean and North America.  

Damian continued to cross musical boundaries in 2012, as he went on to partner with Skrillex for their groundbreaking track “Make It Bun Dem”, which Rolling Stone called “a monster mash up of dubstep and dancehall” and has led to several remixes of the original version.  Damian recently released two other singles; “Set Up Shop” and  “Affairs of the Heart” which both received widespread airplay. 

Damian continues to tour with his band all over the world as a way of entertaining and healing as he continues to spread the message for those whose voices cannot be heard. He is working with his brothers Stephen and Julian under their Ghetto Youths International Label, to discover, develop and sign gifted artistes by applying their musical talent and vast experience to create new and different styles of music.  

Damian is currently in the studio working on his upcoming solo album.

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