Musicians: Waldemar Bastos: Vocals and Accoustic guitar, Reco-Reco \"Dizzy\" Mandjeku Lengo: Guitars Tony Dudu: Guitars Ahmed Barry: Bass Komba Mafwala Bellow: Drums & Percussion Elias Kakomanolis: Drums & Backing Vocals Zézé Araujo: Percussion & Backing VocalsRubens Santos: Trombone Nile Helstone: Trumpet Nathalie Pena Viera: Background VocalsStrings by \"Ilyas Tetik Septet\" Ilyas Tetik: Violin endur Güzelel: Violin Namik Tapinarli: Violin Özcan Büyük: Violin Ibrahim entürker: Viola Özer Arkun: Cello All songs written, composed and arranged by Waldemar Bastos

The outstanding voice of Tété Alhinho, along with her captivating performance is simply a breath of fresh air. Tété is also know for her work as lead singer for the Cape Verdean group Simentera. This special artist from Cape Verde, with her subtle voice, provides a very enjoyable listening experience.

Emeline draws on the roots and history of Haiti—the world’s first Black republic—in many ways. The intertwined rhythms of the manman tanbou, boula, and katabou—Haitian drums—provide the foundation for original lyrics peppered with Haitian proverbs and positive messages.

For thirty years Afro-Peruvian singer Eva Ayllón has been selling out theaters not only at home in Peru—where she can fill a stadium of 30,000—but in North America as well. For the non-Peruvian audience, this may have gone unnoticed until now. With her first-ever European produced release, The Afro-Peruvian Legend, Times Square brings this legendary voice to a western audience.