ARTIST ROSTER 2013/2014 World Connection Agency is an international bookings agency and artist management office based in Haarlem & Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It was founded in 2002 and is working since with promoters, venues and festivals in more than 50 countries worldwide. We book a wide variety of artist from around the globe. Here is part of our active artist-roster which focuses on Jazz, Soul, Old School Hip Hop, Afro Beat, Salsa, Latin Jazz & World Jazz:
NTJAM ROSIE (Cameroon/ Netherlands) Nu-Soul/ Nu- Jazz/ Soul-Jazz Ntjam Rosie embodies the new generation of Africans in Europe. Originally from Cameroon, but living in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Her latest album “Elle” has received acclaimed reviews with the Dutch press and has been recently released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Latest cd : “Elle ” Coast To Coast/ Q-rious Music/ World Connection Line up : 6/7 on stage & 2 crew Based in : Rotterdam, The Netherlands www : www.ntjamrosie.com Touring period : whole year available. Territory : EUROPE– except The Netherlands Agent : bartolo@worldconnectionagency.nl
BLITZ THE AMBASSADOR (USA/GHANA) Old School Hip Hop/Afro Beat/Funk & Jazz Blitz and his band, the Embassy Ensemble, pack a brilliant fusion of styles. You can hear late-80s hip-hop alongside contemporary African soukous and highlife, as well as echoes of Afrobeat artists such as Fela Kuti. In the last tours, after showcasing successfully WOMEX, SXSW and Les Transmusicales de Rennes, he performed over 70 European festival & club shows in 2011/ 2012. Latest cd : ‘Native Sun’ (Jakarta Records, may 2011), New album 2013 Line up : 7 on stage & 2 crew Based in : New York/ USA www : http://vimeo.com/channels/blitz Touring period: March to August 2013 Territory : NORTHERN EUROPE (BeNeLux, Scandinavia, Baltic’s, UK) Agent : bartolo@worldconnectionagency.nl
GABY MORENO (USA) Blues/Soul/Retro/Singer-Songwriter “Moreno can sound sweet & serenading but she will turn it up & make the folks in the last row feel like they’re sitting in the front” – LA Weekly. After releasing 2 successful
albums on World Connection Label Gaby Moreno just released her 3rd album ‘Postales’ on the Metamorphosis label. Last summer she completed her 3rd European tour and played festival such as Dranouter Folk Fest and Jazz A Vienne and venues such a North Sea Jazz Cub and Moods Zurich. Latest cd : ‘Postales’ (released in USA/ Lat. Am. 4th of September 2012) Line up : 4 on stage & 1 crew Based in : Los Angeles, USA / Germany www : www.gaby-moreno.com Touring period: Oct-nov 2012 / March 2013 / May 2013/ Late July- early Aug 2013 Territory : EUROPE / MIDDLE EAST/ NORTH AFRICA Agent : bartolo@worldconnectionagency.nl 1