LEAF's 30th will highlight lots of LEAF favorites upon request by longtime LEAFers, and of course there will be some hot new Performing Artists. They all come together to create the magical cultural soundtrack for your LEAF escape. If you have a GREAT suggestion please send it in asap to info@theLEAF.org ALONG WITH YOUR LEAF story.
new to LEAF!
Ozomatli ...the 30th Finale' on Sunday
Their music-- a notorious urban-Latino-and-beyond collision of hip hop and salsa, dancehall and cumbia, samba and funk, merengue and comparsa, East LA R&B and New Orleans second line, Jamaican ragga and Indian raga-- has long followed a key mantra: it will take you around the world by taking you around L.A. and U.S. State Department Cultural Ambassadors.LEAFers favorites!
Aerial Trapeze Academy | the BIG TrapezeAkira Satake | Shamisen (Japanese Banjo) Master
Asheville Horns | Raucous Horn Band
Big Sams Funky Nation | Classic New Orleans brass funk
Charmaine Neville | Funky blues, jazz, rock and World Beat
Chirgilchin - Throat singing from Tuva
Donna The Buffalo - Roots-rockers, Zydeco, positive grooves & Reggae
Glenis Redmond - Uplifting Spoken Word Poetress
Harper - Hi-Powered Australian Blues •LSS
Jamuna - Russian Folk Singer Songwriter
Kellin Watson Band - High Lonesome Sound of Appalachia Meets Deep, Old School Soul
Masankho Banda - Malawai storytelling & dance •LSS
Milt Crotts - World Choral Traditions Master
Nightingale - Northern CONTRA music played between tradition and innovation
Paul's Creek Band featuring Carol Rifkin (LEAF's first Performing Arts Director)
RISE (Rising Appalachia) - World Music, Poetry & Soul Sounds
Robin & Linda Williams & Their Fine Group - Bluegrass folk gospel tradition & a favorite on "A Prairie Home Companion"
Sim Redmond Band - Rhythms rooted in reggae, folk, &world music
Youth at Jazz - Youth Jazz Musician All Stars •LSS
Zulu Connection - West African Stilt Dancing & New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians
new to LEAF and LEAF in Schools & Streets
L.A.Kinobe & Soul Beat Africa - Exquisite Ugandan & African Roots MusicThe Beast - Hip-Hop, Jazz & Soul Inspiration
Yewande - Socially Charged Soul Music
Fantastic LEAF in Schools & Streets Teaching Artists that are weekly in the housing communities EMPOWERING YOUTH with great arts & music!
Erinn Huntley - TheaterGraham Hackett - Spoken-Word Slam Poet
Hunab Kru B-Boys - Break Dancin' - Improv & Athletic expression.
Imhotep - New Orleans Congo Drums
Kenya Webster - African Drums
Lisa Zahiya - Hip Hop & Bellydancer of the Universe
Melina Palumbo - African Dance
Nina Ruffini - Circus Arts
POWER to the POETS!!!
Robin Behn & Waxwing - PoetryLEAF SLAM with Slammaster James Nave'
LEAF Kids & Youth Slam
more to be announced soon...
*LSS (LEAF in Schools & Streets) recognizes LEAF Artists who are doing OUTREACH in our community
with youth and under-served communities.
**CMN (Children's Music Network) - LEAF is collaborating with CMN for their 2009 National Conference held in Black Mountain, NC, October 9–11. LEAF in Schools & Streets is featuring the following CMN artists: Billy Jonas, Elise Witt and Suni Paz.
LEAF Fiddle Contest winners
First place - non-traditional - Sarah Zelasky •Raleigh, NC
First place - traditional - Isaac Akers • Chapel Hill, NC
Second place - non-traditional - Grayson Wickel • Asheville, NC
Second place - traditional - Kely Oringderff • Maryville, TN