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LEROY SMOKES

Music Style: Live Hip-Hop, Funk and R&B

Sounds Like: Black Eyed Peas, Kanye West, P-Funk, The Roots, Outkast

Established in the late '90s, Leroy Smokes has steadily solidified their reputation as one of the best live hip-hop bands in the Midwest. This is one band that doesn’t need a party to rock you- they will bring their own, wherever they go. Their most recent recording, Love Hustle Theater, saw them achieve a 2006 Los Angeles Music Award for Best Rap Album and an appearance on national TV- FUSE Network’s Bodog Battle of the Bands.



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LIGHTNING AND THUNDER ALL-STARS

Music Style:
Reggae, Dancehall, Reggaeton, Latin, World

Sounds Like: Sean Paul, Bob Marley, Pitbull, Ozomatli

What happens when you take the most prolific and talented reggae, dancehall and reggaeton artists in the Twin Cities and put them in the same band? Well, the best reggae band you've ever heard or seen, of course.

Featuring Panamanian-born rapper The Kamillion, Domincan Backup Plomo, Puerto-Rican/American Tearra Rosario and backed by members of one of the best-known area bands, Leroy Smokes, this is a show that will take immediately take you the the Islands...

...And you may not want to come back.

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CADILLAC KOLSTAD AND THE FLATS

Music Style: Rock 'n' Roll, Boogie-Woogie, Blues

Sounds Like: Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, Stray Cats


A young American Roots trio who channel influences from up & down the Mississippi- generations of West Bank River history, boogie-woogie piano, a percussive slap on the doghouse bass & finesse on a snare & high-hat make their sound a fresh & inspired dance party infused with roots, rhythm & blues.



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MARIA ISA

Music Style: Hip-Hop, Latin, Reggae, World

Sounds Like: Lauryn Hill, Shakira, Eve, Jennifer Lopez

Born and raised in the Twin Cities to Nuyorican parents, emcee, singer, and songwriter Maria Isa is recognized for her dedication towards celebrating her cultural diversity through music and her political activism. Influenced by the traditional Afro-Boricua ritmos of Bomba and Plena, along with Soul and Funk of Motown and Fania’s fusion of Salsa and Bugaloo, Isa plants an organic blend of call and response with lyrical "Spanglish" rhymes through the various drumbeats and snares of Hip-Hop, Reggae, Dancehall and Reggaeton. Known for delivering her message through a unique flow, many believe Maria Isa to be a young woman with the rays of revolutionizing the next generations of voices.

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OMAUR BLISS

Music Style:
Live Hip-Hop, Soul, Spoken Word, Drum N' Bass, Jazz

Sounds Like: De La Soul, Bjork, Stevie Wonder, Andre 3000

With influences ranging from De La Soul to Bjork to Stevie Wonder, all of which shine through on all his music, Omaur’s eclectic style of music should come as no surprise. Neither should his impressive resume, which includes tours and performances with the likes of Sage Francis, Slug of Atmosphere, Doomtree, Kool Keith, The Poet Tree, Lyrics Born. Arrested Development, Ozomatli, and Digital Underground and being a founding member of Medida.

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