Jaffa Road (band)
Canadian musical group
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Jaffa Road are a Canadian world music group based in Toronto, Ontario. The band mixes ancient and original poetry in Hebrew, Spanish and English with belly dance rhythms, pulsating dub grooves, improvisations, and a global mix of instrumentation, including electronica and dub.[1] The band was nominated for a 2010 Juno Award for their debut album Sunplace in the category World Music Album of the Year.
Tamar Ilana
Justin Gray
Rakesh Tewari
Sundar Viswanathan
Shawn Rompre
Jaffa Road | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | World music |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Members | Aaron Lightstone Tamar Ilana Justin Gray Rakesh Tewari Sundar Viswanathan Shawn Rompre |
| Past members | Chris Gartner Aviva Chernick Jeff Wilson |
| Website | jaffaroad |
History
Jaffa Road was formed in 2005 in Toronto. Their first album, Sunplace, was released in 2009. They performed at the North by Northeast festival in 2010[2] and the Wreckhouse International Jazz and Blues Festival in 2011.[3]
In 2012, the band released their second album, Where the Light Gets In.[4][5]
Awards
In September 2009, Jaffa Road's "L.Y.G." (Lo Yisa Goy) from the CD Sunplace won the Grand Prize in the John Lennon Song Writing Contest - World Music Category.[6]
In early 2010, Jaffa Road was nominated for a Juno Award (World Music).[7] In July 2010, Jaffa Road was awarded Best world music artist at the Toronto Independent Music Awards.[8]
Discography
- 2009 SunPlace
- 2012 Where The Light Gets In
- 2021 Until When
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