Dig the initial roster of Sonic Warriors (more tba)

Click on the artists' names to go to their websites.

fort knox five (dc)


"heavy hitting floor rocking masters of funky electronic breaks & beats"

FRIDAY

gaudi (uk/italy)


international bass man party starter extraordinaire"

SATURDAY

wunmi (uk/lagos)


"uber explosive and super soulful; the queen of afro house dance  music"

SUNDAY

oka (australia)


"impressive, progressive & empowering; a sound & force that touches the heart & feeds the soul"

SATURDAY

 

see-i (dc)


"roots reggae injected with heavy doses of  funk, soul, dub & rock"

FRIDAY

sarazino (algeria/ecuador)


"arabic, latin & afro rhythms for the new world dance floor"

SATURDAY

nickodemus (nyc)


"global & urban music with a message of peace and love for dance"

FRIDAY

sierra leone's refugee all stars (sierra leone)


"positively buoyant, transcendent, life affirming music"

SATURDAY

khaira arby (mali)

"mali's reigning queen of song; robust, hypnotic, rolling grooves"

SATURDAY

breakestra (la)

"the real deal raw funktastic outta this bass old school new rules live breaks - super tight"

SUNDAY

mc rai (tunisia)

"arabic urban rai fusion with a driving low end and supremely intense vocals"

FRIDAY

morning teleportation (portland)


"a psychedelic electronic raucous off kilter futuristic hootenanny"

SUNDAY

baye kouyate (mali)


"high spirited highly intoxicating polyrhythmic Malian sounds"

SATURDAY

lulacruza (colombia / argentina)


"shamanic folktronica; melding Colombia and Argentina into an aural electro ethnic ritual"

SATURDAY

ashwin batish & family (india)

"Sitar Power from the Zappa-esque master of funky Indian fusion"

SUNDAY 

www.joshuatreemusicfestival.com