Kobo Town, Baila La Cumbia, Mr Benn, Harry K

Kobo Town - see www.kobotown.com to check them out.

Based between Trinidad and Canada, Kobo Town take the intricate wordplay of classic Caribbean music and run it through a 21st Century filter. Calypso, roots reggae meet social commentary and indie rock attitude. Kobo Town's second album Jumbie in the Jukebox earned a 2014 Juno nomination.

Baila La Cumbia - see www.bailalacumbia.wordpress.com/ to check them out.
This phenomenal 10 piece Cumbia band takes you right back to the dance halls of Colombia, whilst creating an atmosphere which is definitively 21st century.

Mr Benn - go to www.soundcloud.com/mr-benn to give him a listen.
DJ/producer Mr Benn's sounds are vast and wide but always rooted in a passion for the heavy, heavy bass that his home town of Bristol is so renowned for.

DJ Harry K - see www.mixcloud.com/paul-colbourne/ to have a listen.
Harry K's DJ set includes a wide and eclectic dance-floor cooking mix of reggae-bootlegs, electro-swing, afro-beat, Kletzmer, funky party-breaks, rare 7" and hip-hop snippets.