Suor (Snow Raven) & Misha Mishenko
Homeland
A hymn to the earth. “Homeland is not only a place where we were born or live; it is where our soul takes refuge and finds its own peace!” Suor Snow Raven was born in one of the most remote and cold inhabited places in the world – the Republic of Sakha – Yakutia (arctic Siberia). She was three years old when she started to learn the language of birds and animals. Her archaic music strikes a chord deep within us and reminds us what it means to be a dedicated spiritual warrior for the earth. (SGS)
Sony Music
I never took my ritaline
On my knees
These guys are too good to pass up. If you don’t like (t) rap, electro or hiphop: drop it like it’s hot! For everybody else: “I Never Took My Ritalin (CH) is like a speed date between Lamborghini Tarot – the alter ego of Swiss rapper, actress and clown Martina Momo Kunz – and Belinda, the alter ego of French sousaphonist, rapper and producer Victor Hege. Their unusual abilities merge to create a crazy, hyperactive, theatrical, long-term musical experience.” Very funny too. (Rapid Open Air)
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Tems
Love Me Je Je
Temilade Openiyi (born 11 June 1995), known professionally as Tems, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer. She is known to a larger audience for having covered Bob Marly for the movie Wakanda Forever and has shattered many ceilings. In 2024, Tems announced that her upcoming debut studio album Born in the Wild will be released on 7th June and will be supported by the Born in the Wild World Tour. Brought up in a Christian environment, Tems is influenced by R&B and hip-hop; she cites a variety of artists as influences, including Nigerian and African artists. (SGS)
Sony Music
Omah Lay
Soso
Stanley Omah Didia (born 19 May 1997), known professionally as Omah Lay, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer. He grew up in Port Harcourt and comes from a musical family. Starting out as a rapper, Lay soon began to write his own music and produced several local hits until a collaboration with Justin Bieber led to international fame. A second collaboration supported his debut album Boy Alone, with which he went on tour, soon reaching record numbers of fans.
Keyquad
Arooj Aftab
Night Reign
Arooj Aftab (born March 11, 1985) is a Pakistani American singer, composer, and producer. A Grammy Award-winning artist, she has worked in various musical styles and idioms, including jazz and minimalism. Arooj is blessed with a mesmerizing voice, sweet as honey, Born in Saudi Ariabia, she and his parents moved to Lahore when she was ten. She taught herself the guitar and styled herself: after Billie Hoiliday, Mariah Carey as wel as local singers such as Begum Akhtar and Hairprasad Chaurasia. The scale of Aftab’s musical inheritances are on display in her two most recent albums, of which Love in Exile was the first and Night Reign is the second. Extraordinary.
Verve