I am a Composer/Guitarist/Multi-instrumentalist currently living in the Northwest and I am primarily interested in Improvisation/Aleotoric music as it relates to both Jazz and Experimental music and also on the more experimental side of Hip Hop. With both this fields the performance parts of the musi
A star in the R&B world before she was even out of her teens, Aaliyah's promising career was tragically cut short by her death in a plane crash at age 22. Even with only three albums under her belt, she'd already earned a place as a talented trendsetter among the R&B elite. Following a successful tra
From hosting block parties in The Bronx, New York to winning a Grammy Award, Louie Vega or Little Louie Vega is the voice of Latin house and one of the most important DJ/Producers of the underground NYC house/dance music scene.
Vega is half of Masters At Work –the other half is fellow DJ/Produc
K'Naan (born Kanaan Warsame ) is a Somali-born rapper currently working in Canada. His powerful lyrics are influenced by Somalia's rich poetic tradition and describe the plight of Somalis and other Africans. He grew up listening to hip-hop albums that his father, already living in America, would sen