DocMiami International Film Festival

Eloy "Rali", received private drum lessons under the direction of Steve Rucker of the University of Miami who played with the Bee Gees. Eloy/Rali has opened up for such acts as: Kenny Rogers, Betty Wright, Gladys Knight and the Pips and Vicky Sue Robinson. Eloy/Rali has recently performed at Shriners auditorium for Rick Shaws Magic Children's Fund, South Florida's Ultimate 60s Rock n' Roll Reunion and is presently the Music Concert Coordinator for the DocMiami Film Festival.

Prince Emmanuel Abiodun Aderele an accomplished Master Percussionist, Visual Artist, Sacred Yoruba Choreographer/Dancer and Arts Educator is Int'l Artist in Residence with the Osun's Village & African Caribbean Cultural Arts Corridor. The initiative is a project Of Community Builders HDC, an Int'l Not for Profit/Mutual Benefit OrganIzation based in South Florida. Through his performances, Princ...e reflects on the inspiration for his Sacred Art Forms, Growing up in a West African Royal Family, as well as his experiences in the Creative Industry in the USA bridging Diaspora Community R…

Guitarist Javier Batiz, hails from Tijuana, B.C., Mexico but doesn’t play stereotypical Latin American music. Instead, the veteran player has been dubbed “the Godfather of Mexican rock” by those who follow his career, and several notable musicians who have gone on to successful careers in the United States got their starts in Batiz’s bands. In particular, Carlos Santana has acknowledged in print and onstage that Batiz is the primary reason the Grammy-winning guitarist decided to play guitar. Santana heard Batiz’s band, Los TJs, in the town plaza of Tijuana in 1959, and ultimately playe…

A Los Angeles based multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer; Bo is primarily a self-taught musician. He studied Music Technology & Production at UCLA and Berklee, and interned at Musicali Records & Publishing (Hollywood). After completing his studies, Bo composed music for several independent films, produced commercial remixes, and recently scored a pilot for an HBO series (“Now”). Over the past year, Bo has been working with poet Rich Ferguson on original material for his new album and subsequent tour. The duo perform often in Los Angeles, but have also played recently in New Yor…

"…a polite warning; prolonged exposure to Jamie Catto could blow your mind…" The Daily Telegraph 

Jamie Catto is the creative catalyst, producer and director behind the global philosophy and music project '1 Giant Leap'. Jamie Catto is one of the most respected artists of our time. Some of the Artists he has collaborated with and Directed in his projects to date include:

•Music: Bono, Michael Stipe (REM), Alanis Morissette, Dido, Annie Lennox, Robbie Williams, Daniel Lanois, KD Lang, Brian Eno, Neneh Cherry…
•Film/TV: Dennis Hopper, John Cusack, Carrie Fisher, Billy Connolly, Tim R…

Fito is one of the hottest young guitarist and singers in South Florida. Of Guaraní Indians descendent, Espinola was born to a family of musical talents from Paraguay. At the age of 14, he began to study at the Institute for Classical Guitar “Mangoré” (Nickname of Agustin Barrios – The Greatest Paraguayan Classical Composer of all times), in Asunción. At the age of 17, he formed his group called “La Bohemia”, where they mixed rhythms of traditional Paraguayan music with rock and new age. This was contracted to play in many different events…

There are few writers who have been able to transcend the labels of prose, poetry and storytelling to create a synthesized artform unique to the literary world.  Three come to mind: Charles Bukowski, William Burroughs and Rich Ferguson. The commonalities run deep not surface or perfunctory; the tracking of the seedy human minutiae of existence, the private hell of the greasy pop proletarian, the blurring of the paradoxes of benevolent versus malevolent and the sacred versus the profane, all the while using an interdimensional language bridging the chasm of star-crossed lovers and dysfunctional…

Fito learned to love the blues in Mexico where he was born. After much success
playing with two of the biggest Latin American bands, Los Sinners and Los
Hooligans and other pop and rock bands during the early ‘60s, he moved to Los
Angeles. There he played with artists such as The Platters, Etta James, The
Rivingtons, and Mary Wells before joining a new band called CANNED HEAT in
1967. During his 40 years with Canned Heat, Fito has also played with some of the
greatest blues singers of our time, including Big Joe Turner, T-Bone Walker, Albert
Collins, and George “Harmonica” Smith. His solid, basic dru…

The comparison is inevitable. How could it be otherwise? Tito Puente Jr. carries his father with him – imprinted on his physical being and locked in his soul. It’s in his looks, his joy, and his music. Tito, Jr. is on a passionate mission. The younger Puente is determined to nurture the musical legacy left by his father. He refuses to let his father become a distant memory. “He was just too vibrant, too exciting. There was magic in the music my father made. It made people happy all over the world.” He has found captive audiences who echo his pass…

Internationally renowned artist. For 37 years she has inspired thousands of people across the world through her unique highly vibrational art, books, self-awareness seminars & workshops. More than 362 international shows. Born in Mexico, self-taught she won a national diploma at 12 yrs. on a Prismacolor competition. She's participated in special world events as: Chosen (1992-94) to open the "Sefarad events in Toledo, Spain". Commissioned to paint Our Lady of the Universe for Medjugorje, Croatia to support widows and orphans of war.(1996). Chosen to open the “Millennium Peace Day” at the UN in …

Native from Lima, Peru Kiki Sanchez was born into a musical atmosphere. He began his formal education in Peru with Coco Macedo and Edermi Chavez. He became a well-rounded musician by playing with La Peru Salsa All-Stars, Orquesta Majestic (led by his father, Maximo Sanchez) and Anibal Lopez’, La Unica. These experiences were the initial building blocks to his future abroad.

He journeyed to the US, settled in Miami, where he played and studied with Jazz legends such as Jim Gasior, Israel Lopez (Cachao), Mike Gerber, Mike Orta, and Eddie Barzola, who took Kiki Sanchez under their wings.…