After crossing paths in the northern city of Newcastle Upon Tyne, six young musicians immediately began to swap tunes, eventually forming the powerhouse of progressive instrumental folk that is Pons Aelius. Motivated by a collective enthusiasm and desire to share their distinctive style of music, the band have extensively toured the UK and Europe, bringing their much loved live energy to stages such as Celtic Connections, Towersey Festival and Priddy Folk Festival to name but a few. During this time, they have recorded an EP and a studio album- ‘Captain Glen’s Comfort,’ which was released to critical acclaim in 2017 and featured on radio shows around the world, including the BBC Radio 2 Folk show with Mark Radcliffe.

Driven by a dynamic frontline of bagpipes and whistles (Jordan Aikin), flute (Sam Partridge), tenor banjo and mandolin (Tom Kimber), the band are a melodic force to be reckoned with. In the stompbox and octave pedal era, Pons Aelius are proud to feature one of the scene's leading all-human rhythm sections, comprising Callum Younger (bodhrán kit innovator), Alasdair Paul (guitar/bouzouki) and Bevan Morris (double bass). With these powerful tools at their disposal, they are masters of both subtlety and intensity, exploring the capabilities of these acoustic instruments and producing a formidable sound.

Fire Under the Bridge, the band's second full length offering, represents a culmination of five years of road-earned experience. They have finally captured the essence of their live sound, and assembled a crack-team of production wizards to help them bottle it. At the helm was the inimitable Josh Clark (Flook, Kate Rusby), whose attention to detail and musical ear left no stone unturned. After a week of tracking at J&J Studios in Bristol, the recordings were mixed at Josh's home studio before being sent to Gran's House studio on the banks of the Clyde, where they were given their finishing touches by mastering engineer extraordinaire Chris Waite (masteredbychriswaite.com). Finally, the band commissioned local artist Dan Underwood to give the CD a fittingly dynamic sleeve. This cornucopia of bold arrangements and original tunes wouldn't have been possible without the support of the band's loyal fans, whom they'd like to thank for their generous crowdfunder contributions.

What can you expect from Fire Under the Bridge? There's only one way to know for sure. Get a copy, hit play, and take the first step down the road to enlightenment.

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DJ Maya, a best-kept secret in the DJ game since 1995, is one of Brooklyn’s most celebrated turntable deejays. And since good things often come in small packages, the 5 foot tall, petite, and soft-spoken diva has been known to use the element of surprise to her advantage, rocking crowds with the larger-than-life sound of her turntable music, and upstaging countless competitors, male and female alike.

This musical prodigy taught herself to master the art of turntable science at a young age. In her teens, DJ Maya was introduced to The Almighty Goldstone Sound from Brooklyn, who primarily spun reggae and who influenced her music and entrepreneurial vision. Soon after, she became a major catalyst and in the formation of one of the earliest all-female sounds, Lady Stone, as well as the main ingredient in its sound and success. Lady Stone is not only remembered as a female sound, but also as an important page in the story of how Brooklyn’s reggae turntable movement evolved from “foundation” days to now. Fans will recall Lady Stone headlining landmark clubs such as Warehouse, Culture Club, Elite Ark, Club Large, just to name a few. When Lady Stone parted ways a few years later, Maya, who had become a turntable veteran both artistically & business-wise, saw the opportunity to prove herself as a solo Dj who could earn even greater success than before.

Maya carries the torch for females, for NY, and for hip hop/Caribbean music when she travels to other states and countries to Dj.

Maya has spun in more than 20 states, Guyana, South America (twice)competed in the largest California Dj Battle, Showed off her talent in Hamburg, Germany & Dj'd with a host of TV Celebrities and artists.

 At the turntables, DJ Maya is admired for her energy, accuracy, and consistency. With an intuitive sense of the crowd, sharp timing, and competitive taste in music and mixes, she has a knack for breathing life into parties and maintaining the hype. DJ Maya believes she is a success only if her fans are dancing or caught up in the vibe of her musical journey. Not the type of Dj to drown out her music with lots of talk, instead she lets her music do the talking
And you should listen.

Black Kripple here with news, views, music, poetry, story-telling of people with disabilities from around the world and from myself and the latest from Krip-Hop Nation especially from Black and Brown people with disabilities.  Come get some of this!



Krip-Hop's Mission is to educate the music, media industries and general public about the talents, history, rights and marketability of Hip-Hop artists and other musicians with disabilities. Krip-Hop main objective is to get the musical talents of hip-hop artists with disabilities into the hands of media outlets, educators, and hip-hop, disabled and race scholars, youth, journalists and hip-hop conference coordinators. Krip-Hop Nation’s public education has many avenues i.e. Internet magazine’s columns, workshops, Internet radio show, publications and our famous mixtape series to name a few reporting on the latest news about musicians with disabilities.

SUKA is the work of the singer/songwriter/ producer Hada Guldris. Her style blends electronic music with elements of Soul , Pop, Hip-Hop and Drum and Bass.
The energy of her lyrics convey attitude and a strong personality to her songs where she clearly expresses her social commitment and her love for humanity. Her music is full of sensuality, optimism and originality.

In May 2014 SUKA releases her second album  THE NORTH NODE. Recorded, mixed and produced with Oscar Pablos “Ojah” at Rollover Studios  in London.

The mastering of her  album  THE NORTH NODE  has been done by Anthony Lim who has worked with artist as: Dave Allen (The Cure), Peter Green,  Akala, Dub Pistols, My toys Like me, Miss Dynamite, Maverick Saver, Skunk Anansie , Roots Manuva, etc. at Rollover Studios ( London).

SUKA has been developing and defining her unique quirky sound that can not be confused with any other artist, whilst collaborating in different international projects.  She has great interest in composition, performance, and music production. In this album with it’s exciting new sound, SUKA is not only the singer and songwriter but she has also co-produced it .

Her album debut  THE NORTH NODE  has different collaborations of artist from all over the world such as: British artist Dan Bowskill, the rapper Dfect, Dj Dizar, Canadian singer/songwriter Lila Rose and Californian Raper Raw-G, Cameroonian Poet Radikal Queen, Argentinian bass player Paula Batallánez , the producer Sr.T.Cee and Most-Hi (Ojah & Moasley Parr).

Before starting her solo career she had worked as a singer, B.V and Mc for different artists of the music scene as: Mala Rodríguez (Latin-hip-hop Grammy 2007), Soraya Arnelas (Spanish dance/singer), Innocence , Tawk (Trip-hop Miami studios Area 61), Zoism (Drum and Bass), Flaco Barral (international blues musician) and Dark Archives Collective (Doctor Smoke, Dj Muerto, Dj Focus)

SUKA has performed at major festivals all over the world.
www.suka.com.es

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