Sam Powys is a composer, bassist, and student of music at CSU Chico.

Download the Ricercar Cycle for the New Year free of charge here:
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A joy to listen to and a beauty to behold, Kearoma Rantao has made an undeniable impression on the Botswana music scene. Much to her already sizeable army of fans Kearoma Rantao has just released her first solo Afro Jazz Debut album When the Music plays June 2012. 

The development of her unique style is the result of a lifetime musical influence. Growing up in a talented musical family meant that Kearoma was always surrounded by different forms of music. Her mother is a lead singer of one of the Roman Catholic Churches in Botswana, and she was exposed to a wealth of music as a child, all of which influenced her development. Her first foray into learning how to sing came when she started to lead hymns at the age of 7 years old. Later she began singing as a soloist in different choral choirs, i.e. School, Community and Church Choirs, when she continued with for twelve years before finally becoming a recording artist, a decision which she never looked back from.
First coming into prominence in 1999 when her musical journey started Kearoma has spread her musical wings across the country. 
•	 1999 -Afro-Pop Album Lead Singer for Excutedge- Award winning ‘Ngwetsi’
•	2000 -Started doing Cabaret at Gaborone Sun Hotel, Cresta Lodge Gaborone, Marang Hotels, Bull and Bush amongst others
•	2006- Home Expo was the highlight of Kearoma’s career when she performed alongside Tshepo Tshola and Bongo Maffin in Gaborone, Botswana
•	Corporate Functions Live entertainment for Metropolitan, Boccim Annual Dinner, Standard Chartered Bank, Debswana to name but a few as well as all the Government Ministries, Gaborone, Botswana 
•	2008- Released an Afro Jazz solo album under Black money makers ‘ Monate’ in Gaborone, Botswana
•	2008-Formed  the Women of Jazz Botswana  ensemble in Gaborone, Botswana
•	2010- Recorded a song for Childline Botswana with other local artists(for Charity in Gaborone, Botswana)
•	GABZ FM 10TH Anniversary celebration with Women of Jazz Botswana, Tshepo Tshola and Theo Kgosinkwe
•	Performed for BOMAID in Victoria Falls- Zimbabwe
•	2012- Release of her first solo debut Afro Jazz Album
•	2012 –September Performed at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
•	Also Performed alongside other local music giants at the Generations in Harmony Ensemble  Concert by Metropolitan Botswana and Ringo Madlingozi with the Women of Jazz Ensemble, Letta Mbulu and Caiphus Semenya at the BDP 50th Anniversary Celebrations in Gaborone, Botswana
•	2012- Recorded a collaborative album titled: ‘Tales from Botswana’ with  German/Ireland Musicians in Gaborone, Botswana
•	2012- Also performed in Mozambique at Ambients Jazz Club and Kholwishwa invited by the Botswana Embassy in Maputo, Mozambique
•	2013- Performed alongside Freshly Ground of South Africa at the Mascom Sessions- Botswana Craft in Gaborone, Botswana
•	August 2013- Sponsored by the German Government will be performing live  in seven cities around Germany, European Union 
•	Growing up in a talented musical family meant that Kearoma was always surrounded by different forms of music.  Her first foray into learning how to sing came when she started to lead hymns at aged just 7 years old. Later she began to sing as a soloist in different choirs, i.e. School, Community and Church choirs, which she continued with for twelve (12) years before finally becoming a recording artist, a decision which she never looked back from. Kearoma’s musical journey did not begin in Gaborone, however. Born in Lobatse, it was there that she developed her musical tastes and interests. 1999 -Afro-Pop Album Lead Singer for Excutedge- Award winning ‘Ngwetsi’
•	2000 -Started doing Cabaret at Gaborone Sun Hotel, Cresta Lodge Gaborone, Marang Hotels, Bull and Bush amongst others
•	2006- Home Expo was the highlight of Kearoma’s career when she performed alongside Tshepo Tshola and Bongo Maffin in Gaborone, Botswana
•	Corporate Functions Live entertainment for Metropolitan, Boccim Annual Dinner, Standard Chartered Bank, Debswana to name but a few as well as all the Government Ministries, Gaborone, Botswana 
•	2008- Released an Afro Jazz solo album under Black money makers ‘ Monate’ in Gaborone, Botswana
•	2008-Formed  the Women of Jazz Botswana  ensemble in Gaborone, Botswana
•	2010- Recorded a song for Childline Botswana with other local artists(for Charity in Gaborone, Botswana)
•	GABZ FM 10TH Anniversary celebration with Women of Jazz Botswana, Tshepo Tshola and Theo Kgosinkwe
•	Performed for BOMAID in Victoria Falls- Zimbabwe
•	2012- Release of her first solo debut Afro Jazz Album
•	2012 –September Performed at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
•	Also Performed alongside other local music giants at the Generations in Harmony Ensemble  Concert by Metropolitan Botswana and Ringo Madlingozi with the Women of Jazz Ensemble, Letta Mbulu and Caiphus Semenya at the BDP 50th Anniversary Celebrations in Gaborone, Botswana
•	2012- Recorded a collaborative album titled: ‘Tales from Botswana’ with  German/Ireland Musicians in Gaborone, Botswana
•	2012- Also performed in Mozambique at Ambients Jazz Club and Kholwishwa 
•	2013- Performed alongside Freshly Ground of South Africa at the Mascom Sessions- Botswana Craft in Gaborone, Botswana
•	August 2013- Europe tour with Kalahari Roses

2013 Multi Botswana  Music  Awards winner ..Best Female,Best Afro Jazz and Best packaged album

Africa Music Magazine Awards 2014 Best Female Southern Africa Nominee

Blackheat is a young, multi-talented and passionate poetess, singer and percussionist from Zimbabwe. She exploded onto the poetry scene in 2006 after being discovered by renowned poet, Chirikure Chirikure who introduced her to the Book Cafe in Harare.
 
Her talents are far-reaching and amazing to say the least. In the short space spanning her performance career, she has performed at the echelons of performance poetry in Zimbabwe. She has also spread her wings and delved into radio broadcasting, acting, publishing, advocacy and cultural activism.
 
Her poetry is pregnant with abstract and surreal imagery, chronicling the social goings-on of contemporary Africa flawlessly on the traditional African beats of Zimbabwe and beyond. Speaking passionately on consciousness, love, revolution, individuality, freedom, culture and the delicate, critical balance of the mind and soul, her poetry appeals to people of color and light.
 
Not surprisingly, she is inspired by the Malinke jelis of West Africa, the nomadic Wolof and the Tuareg people of Senegal and Niger, who have kept their heritage intact through the spoken word and music. This inspiration led her to form the band, Blackheat in 2011. She felt the need to preserve the traditions of her Shona people through the fusion of folk music, poetry, dance and thought-provoking lyrical content.
 
With Samson Gohwa (percussion, vocals), Prince Zhuwao (mbira, balafon, vocals) and Itai Karuza (djembe, percussion), and hersdlf on hwamanda, she started a journey that has given birth to a different understanding of spoken word, African music and dance.

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ShordyV
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Westside Chicago
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a rapper from Detroit that praises the lifestyle he used to live & still do. Coming from mississippi 2 Detroit where he brong his southern swag & southern rap to detroit hip hop scene, (which is full of the same shit, rhyme patterns,  topics, similes smh)......Stack$ music is a reflection of a young nigga doing they thang, hitin licks, making money, women, drugs, and hating niggas...

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