Benefit Concert

Baba Shibambo:
Baba Shibambo is a Master Hand Drummer, an international touring performer and Recording Artist. He was born in South Africa, a Zulu. Shibambo grew up during the Apartheid era. He began playing traditional African drums as a boy. Subsequent years found him touring internationally with South African stage productions, both musical and theatrical, even playing for Nelson Mandela. He is a multi-instrumentalist, playing percussion, African djembe, uudu, conga, marimba, mbira (kalimba or finger piano); even the haunting Bushman's bow. The listener embarks on a spellbound journey through rhythms and melodies intertwined with haunting, healing, often joyful, and always compelling vocals. Great dance songs abound!
www.myspace.com/vusishibambo

David Kai:
David Kai is a singer-songwriter currently living in the hills near Santa Rosa, California. His inner experiences pour powerfully through his music, which could be described as a journey of the heart evoking our own higher potentials. His uniquely conscious style of inspirational folk-rock has led him to perform in many places throughout the West Coast, Hawaii, and South America. He has shared the stage with artists such as Shimshai, Tina Malia, Sasha Butterfly Rose, and Freedom. He is currently collaborating with Nicholas Hedlund on guitar, mandolin, and backing vocals. His debut album will be released very soon!!!!
http://www.myspace.com/davidkaimusic

The True Origin:
Currently the music sounds like acoustic singer-songwriter or folk music. At times it can be rockin' and can have a catchy style, and other times it can be meditative. The lyrics convey positivity while at the same time exploring contemplative themes of the kind you might find in the Tao Te Ching.
www.myspace.com/thetrueorigin

uMana:
uMana is a one man band in the vein of Keller Williams and Xavier Rudd. The music is an all out pulse of healing inspiration. Potent, sonic and medicinal, the sound spirals through indigenous folk, trance and psychedelic rock for the soul.

www.myspace.com/paulhuman

Neal the Painter:
Neal Barbosa, Performance Painter is no ordinary artist. His visual art performances explode with colors, adding a unique facet to any music performance. It's so much more than a light show. Every stroke of his brush tears through the air to the tune which inspired it. He attacks his canvas in synch with brushes dancing with the rhythms and melodies which inspire his artwork to the tune of the many experimental musicians he often so shares his stage.
www.myspace.com/nealbarbosa