Headline Act: Rene Alvarez and his  Cuban Combination

 

Led by Cuban born Rene Alvarez, who is musical director, arranger, producer and singer, this 18 piece band is without a doubt one of Europe’s most explosive salsa bands. Voted Best Tropical Act at The LUKAS 2018, it contains Europe’s finest Latin musicians.

 

Angelica Lopez y su banda

 

This talented Cartagena-born singer won over both audiences and judges to become the LUKAS’s first ever female Vocalist of the Year in 2018. Her band, Papayera, is considered one of Europe’s most unique Colombian folk acts.

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           La Raza: London's Urban Latin Showcase

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LUKAS Award winning Latin Hip-hop artist and leading light of London’s young creative Latin community, Mike Kalle curates this popular annual Urban Latin Showcase featuring London’s best young talent. This year's performance includes

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Desta French: a talented Colombian from Camden who r accumulated over 1 million plays on Spotify and got extensive radio play in Colombia, released her debut single 'Shame'.

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Guala: One of London’s most promising male artists, Guala fuses hip hop, reggaeton, grime, and afrobeats. His song ‘You’re not there,’ the first ever grime song in Spanish, was played on BBC1 Xtra and has over 47k views on GrimeDaily platform. His song ‘Reggaeton’ has over 53k views on YouTube.

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Valenciz: a Colombian born Reggaeton artist, who has opened concerts for Pitbull, Arcangel, Jowell & Randy, J Alvarez and Don Omar. His latest singles '’Passion’ , ‘Teaser’ and Spanish trap song ‘Prendido’ are gaining traction amongst Latinos in the UK.

 

BERDC: representing the new generation of South London Latinos who are making their mark on London’s diverse musical landscape this winner of The LUKAS 2018 for Urban Act has taken London's Latin nightclusb by storm with their catchy tunes and hard hitting lyrics.

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                   Beto Caletti and Mishka Adams

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This Latin Jazz duo takes listeners on a journey from the African influenced Baião of northeastern Brazil, down into the earthy beats of Uruguayan candombe, and arriving finally at the dancing rhythms of the chacarera and milonga of Argentina. Their compositions emerge from this melting pot of rhythms, and take the listener on a journey in four diverse languages – Spanish, Portuguese, English, and Tagalog (Filipino) – Mishka's mother tongue.

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                        London Tango Orchestra

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This 8 piece orchestra is the largest professional tango group in the country, a real "orquesta tipica" uniting leading UK tango musicians with players from Argentina. The orchestra is the first of its kind in the UK and performs music from the rich repertoire of tango, old and new.

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                            Nina Miranda & Friends

 

Born in Brazil and raised in London, Nina Miranda is one of the finest examples of Latin London creativity with her fluid fusion of Bossa Nova,Trip hop, Funk, Rock, Folk, Electro, Dub, Punk and Samba. She has played at some of the world’s most famous stages, collaborating with esteemed such as Nitin Sawhney, Bebel Gilberto, Guy Sigsworth, Daniel Jobim, Domenico Lancellotti, Kassin & Moreno Veloso (+2), Baaba Maal, Arto Lindsay and Seu Jorge.

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 Duo Duende:

Abraham Carmona & Ignacio Monteverde

 

Flamenco artist Abraham Carmona (guitar, vocals and bass) is joined by virtuoso guitarist Ignacio Monteverde, who hails from Buenos Aires, in an adventure that goes deep into the heart of the 'Duende', past, present and future. Drawing from the traditional "Puro" Abraham is the third generation of guitar masters, born into and growing up surrounded by traditional Flamenco music and culture.  www.abrahamcarmona.com

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more music acts to be announced....

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