A Mexican metalhead hippie couple run off to Dublin and develop a new way to play two acoustic guitars. Rodrigo plays lead and Gabriela plays rhythm, her own unique style combining Irish drumming with rumba catalana. The result sounds like flamenco to those unfamiliar with flamenco.

Curvy, tattooed, indie-pop artist from Baja California, Mexico who has cultivated a loyal following across Latin America and the US. Won latin grammys for Best Alternative Album and Best Alternative Song.

When Isabelle Geffroy’s (Zaz) debut album was released in 2010, Zaz was 30 years old and a veteran of the French recording industry, not the raw bohemian neophyte plucked off the streets of Paris that her record company’s ingenious social media marketing suggested. The album was one of Sony’s biggest worldwide hits in 2010, reaching number 1 in many non-Francophonic countries. Sony backed Zaz with some of France’s best songwriters, record producers, and marketing gurus.

“Ah-tare-see-oh-pey-la-dos” means the Velvets. The name comes from a reference by Simone de Beauvoir to “the velvet flower of passion.” It also describes the texture of lead singer Andrea Echeverri’s distinctive voice. Over the course of several albums their original punk-rock sound has been infused with traditional Latin and Caribbean styles and instrumentation. After 20+ years, the group remains one of the most adventurous and influential Latin Alternative bands.

Costa Rican talent signed to US label at 17, backing vocalist for Sergio Mendes and Britney Spears, wrote songs for Black Eyed Peas and Ricky Martin, scored number 1 hit on US dance charts. She’s the one singing “Suda el Jamon” in the Nike commercial where women getting liposuction jump off their operating tables and start dancing around.

Debut album from the Queen of NeoSoul. Released in 1997 the album marked a break with the digitally over-produced R&B that was prevalent in the 90s.

Pick your label: electro vacilón, electro tropical, psychedelic cumbia, afro-colombian house, progressive folklore, champetronics, latin electronic erotica… Founder Simón Mejía blends traditional Colombian music rhythms with modern electronic beats while lead singer Liliana Saumet brings the funky tropical feel from Colombia’s Caribbean coast. Will Smith decided to end a 10 year hip-hop hiatus by contributing to Bomba Estéreo’s remix of Fiesta because, as he articulates, “it’s hot sh*t”.

Ikah is the stage name of Spanish R&B singer Penélope Solís from Madrid. Ikah means “followers” in Hawaiian, “reed” in Hindi, and “squid” in Japanese.