Category: Special Event

With support from Nik West

Joss Stone is a Grammy and Brit award-winning artist who released her star-making critically acclaimed debut album, The Soul Sessions, in 2003, aged just 16. Since then, she has released nine studio albums which have sold over 15 million copies worldwide.

Stone has kept the company of musical royalty, performing alongside legendary artists such as James Brown, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Sting, Van Morrison and Melissa Etheridge. In addition, she has collaborated with and contributed to albums for many of the world’s finest musicians, including Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, and Damien Marley, and garnered over one billion streams in the US alone.

Stone has been known to experiment with different styles in her own work as well, and her albums feature an exciting patchwork of various influences, creating a catalogue characterised by the fusion of her powerhouse soul vocals with reggae, world music, and hip-hop soundscapes.

A double Brit Award and Grammy winning artist, Joss Stone is without question among the most iconic soul singers of the modern era, a preternaturally gifted vocalist and songwriter whose remarkable career now spans two decades with no sign of slowing down. From 2003’s internationally acclaimed, chart-topping debut album, The Soul Sessions, to making history with 2004’s RIAA platinum certified Mind Body & Soul as the then-youngest-ever female artist to top the UK Albums Chart. The Kent born, Devon based artist, who has recently split her time between the UK and the U.S, has crafted eight highly accomplished solo albums, not to mention soundtrack hits, film and tv appearances, and collaborations with a who’s-who of music royalty, including Mick Jagger, Jeff Beck, Nas, Raphael Saadiq, Sheila E, and many more.

Long before Bridgerton broke the Netflix algorithm, Vitamin String Quartet (VSQ) had helped establish classical crossover as a genuine force in contemporary music. Fresh off high-profile placements in Seasons 1 and 2 of the aforementioned streaming smash, VSQ has “reached a mainstream, global audience” (Variety) and “charmed the world with their classical covers” (Nylon). The New York Observer wrote, “VSQ’s atmospheric hits have made classical versions of pop music cool.” On their latest tour, VSQ have created fresh arrangements of the cultural phenomenon that is Taylor Swift, performing spellbinding and innovative renditions of Swift’s music, alongside familiar hits from Billie Eilish, BTS, Bridgerton, The Weeknd to Daft Punk. VSQ is one of the most popular string ensembles in the world with over 2 billion streams and seven albums charting on both Billboard Classical and Classical Crossover charts.

Featuring: Los Texmaniacs, Gaby Moreno, Making Movies, Renee Goust, and AMERI’KANA All-Stars

“AMERI’KANA celebrates the diverse colors of American music” 

UC San Diego’s ArtPower and Celebrate AMERI’KANA  presents Los Texmaniacs, Gaby Moreno, Making Movies, Renee Goust, AMERI’KANA All-Stars, and more in a day-long festival on August 24.  Founded by the Latin Grammy-nominated band Making Movies, Celebrate AMERI’KANA is a traveling festival honoring the diverse colors of American music.

Celebrate AMERI’KANA unites world-class musicians with Grammy award-winning and nominated talent from diverse musical backgrounds. Los Texmaniacs, known for their fusion of Tex-Mex conjunto, Texas rock, and blues, have extensive experience touring and recording with Flaco Jimenez of Texas Tornados fame, Los Super Seven, and the Rolling Stones. While Max Baca has participated in eleven Grammy-winning projects, the band won their first Grammy in 2010 and received a nomination for their 2019 Smithsonian Folkways recording, Borders y Bailes, featuring Lyle Lovett and Rick Trevino. Gaby Moreno is a Latin Grammy-winning and Emmy-nominated Guatemalan singer-songwriter and producer. Moreno has shared the international stage with pop music luminaries such as Bono, Andrea Boccelli, Tracy Chapman, Ani DiFranco, Punch Brothers, Hugh Laurie, Buena Vista Social Club, Calexico, David Gray, and many more. Her work is also featured in the theme song for Parks and Recreation, the acclaimed film “Radical”, the newest Netflix show ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’, Disney’s Elena of Avalor, and many other projects.

The Latin Grammy-nominated Panamanian band Making Movies trails the bridge between the traditional and the new. Creating their unique, distinctive approach to making music. The band collaborated with Rubén Blades on the single “No Te Calles,” included in NPR’s Best of 2019 list and the opening track of Blades’ album Paraiso Road Gang, nominated for the 2019 Latin Grammy Album of the Year. They have toured with names such as Los Lobos, Ozomatli, Hurray For the Riff Raff, Thievery Corporation, and more. Mexican-American singer-songwriter Renee Goust brings Mexican music to the forefront with her acclaimed work featured in Billboard, Rolling Stone, and El País, to name a few. She has collaborated with organizations such as the United Nations, Amnesty International, and LGBTQ+ marches in New York, Mexico City, and La Paz, Bolivia.

The collective AMERI’KANA All-Stars presents a high-energy show that blends the folkloric and cutting edge and features a rotating cast of incredible leaders in their respective genres. This edition includes special guests Arthur De Palla (Ozomatli), Xito Lovell (Pedrito Martinez), and Nikki Campbell (Lila Downs).

Schedule

1:30 pm: DJ Ana Brown
2:30 pm: Jackie Mendoza
3:45 pm: Renee Goust
4:35 pm: Making Movies
5:45 pm: Gaby Moreno
7 pm: Los Texmaniacs
8 pm: Ameri’KANA All-Stars

VENDORS 

Nita’s Garden Arts – Succulents, Plants, Jewelry
Editha Pottery – Planters, Succulents, Pots, Decor
Sarai Kitty Shop – Bags, Cups, Jewelry
Dougie’s Best – Philly Cheesesteaks and Chips
Wookie’s Dawgs – Hot Dogs, Chips, and Horchata
Snake Oil – Beer, Wine, and Cocktails
Tamales Oaxaquenos – Tamales

With Lindsey Kraft

Start practicing your paper airplane folding now because Ben Folds is bringing his Paper Airplane Request tour to the Epstein Family Amphitheater! Fans during each of the shows will be invited to launch their song requests to the stage via paper airplanes.

Widely regarded as one of the major music influencers of our generation, the Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter-composer has created an enormous body of genre-bending music that includes pop albums with Ben Folds Five, multiple solo albums, and numerous collaborative records. For the past three decades, he’s toured as a pop artist, while also performing with some of the world’s greatest symphony orchestras.

A New York Times Best Selling author and podcast host, Ben also composes for film, tv and theatre, guest stars in films and TV, and serves as the Artistic Advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

A longtime advocate for arts and music education funding, Ben launched a music education charitable initiative in his native state of North Carolina entitled “Keys For Kids,” which provides funds and keyboards to existing nonprofits that provide free or affordable music lessons to interested school-age children. On the national level, he’s active as a member of Americans For The Arts and the Arts Action Fund.

Best Flamenco Latin Grammy 2022  for album Libres

Powerful vocals, dancing violin lines, sensual choreography, and upbeat rhythms of the guitar, Las Migas quartet creates a fascinating blend of flamenco and Mediterranean styles of music from Spain