• Bakithi Kumalo; Bassist, Vocalist
  
  Grammy award winning artist Bakithi Kumalo gained international recognition as a featured bassist on Paul Simon’s Graceland album. Bakithi Kumalo has recorded and toured with several great musicians including; Gloria Estefan, Chaka Khan, Jon Secada, Harry Belafonte, Laurie Anderson, Cyndi Lauper, Grover Washington, Jr., Hugh Masekela and Paul Simon.
  
  
• Anton Fig; Drums
  
  Anton is presently a member of the "CBS Orchestra" appearing nightly on 'Late Show with David Letterman'. He has played with scores of great artists including Miles Davis, James Brown, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Winwood, Bonnie Raitt and Tony Bennett, Little Richard, BB King, Al Green, Gloria Estefan, In Sync and Eric Clapton, David Bowie, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Madonna, Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy, Macy Gray, and James Taylor.
  
  
• Morris Goldberg; Woodwinds, Saxophone, Pennywhistle
  
  Goldberg won popular acclaim through his featured performances on Paul Simon's Graceland album, and subsequently the tour. Goldberg performed on Abdullah Ibrahim’s albums and featured in Hugh Masekela's spectacular homecoming tour. Morris is currently a member of the hugely popular Rosie O’Donnell Show.
  
  
• Tony Cedras; Keyboards, Accordion, Vocals
  
  Tony is a multi-instrumental performer and composer whose talents are as in demand in the studio. Cedras has recorded with: Paul Simon, Masekela, Makeba, Belafonte, Threadgill, Ziggy Marley, Joan Baez, Milton Nascimento, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Cassandra Wilson, Samite, Jonathan Butler as they are on stage.
  
  

• Sharon Katz; Vocals, Guitar
  
  Sharon Katz made history in South Africa in 1993 when she formed the country's first-ever, 500-member multi-cultural and multi-lingual performing group and staged the production called "When Voices Meet." The performing group became known as "The Peace Train" forever more, and the entire world watched as Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first democratically elected President a few months later. The first time worldwide audiences saw Sharon perform, it was on CNN in April 1994.
  
  

JUXTAPOWER, South Africa’s Dance and Song, Inc. is a project that was established by Sduduzo Ka-Mbili, in New York City, during the year 1999 so as to further showcase the rich and diverse culture of South Africa through dance and song. Sduduzo’s main vision for this project is to entertain, promote, inspire and educate about the wealth of talent and culture that young South Africa has to offer. The whole idea for JUXTAPOWER was first galvanized by an unbalanced/complete lack of cultural/theatrical exchange between the United States and South Africa.

South Africa’s celebrated pop chanteuse Karma-Ann Swanepoel achieved national success in late 1996 with the release of her debut album “Slap In The Face” under the moniker Henry Ate at the tender age of 21. Two singles from that album occupied the top of South Africa’s radio charts. Success came like a tidal wave and the young waif-like beauty was swept into a fury of press and public adoration. In 1998 Karma released her second album under the name KARMA. The album was titled “One Day Soon”. The year was capped off when KARMA won Pop Album Of The Year at South Africa’s SAMA awards (South African equivalent of the Grammy) for “One Day Soon”. The S.A. Video Awards followed and Karma won video of the year for “Tuesday Afternoon”. Karma appeared on the covers of the S.A. editions of People Magazine, ELLE, Cosmo, The Sunday Times, the London edition of TNT and many other national magazines as well as articles in Billboard etc. KARMA was soon headlining every major music festival in South Africa.

Karma-Ann said farewell to her homeland and adoring fans late November 2003. The celebrated superstar made the move to America to pursue her dream of accessing and introducing her work to a larger audience. Four months later Karma-Ann put a band together in the States of like-minded and exceptionally talented musos, hailing from South Africa and Miami. In October 2004 KARMA went into the studio with Grammy award winning engineer and producer Scott Canto. The resulting album “Don’t Walk Fly” was released by Sheer Music (South Africa) in March 2005. KARMA toured South Africa in support of the albums South African release in March-April 2005 performing to sold out audiences nationally and headlining festivals around the country.

KARMA is a four-piece force to be reckoned with. An indie pop-rock outfit, equipped with phenomenal talent, addictive songs and an uncanny ability to captivate every listener through their unrivaled, powerful stage performances and amazing work in the studio. They are relentless in their mission to collide and captivate the hearts and minds of every fortunate soul who encounters them.

Mikanic was formed in 2003, with Michael Rennie on violin & vocals and Nick Turner on acoustic guitar & vocals. Both musicians were already well known on the South African music scene having founded Sons of Trout, one of the country's top selling acts. With Trout they headlined every major music festival in the country and toured extensively, releasing four albums and opening for a number of international artists. In 2004 Mikanic released its first album, Swimming with the Women, to great critical acclaim and popular success. Now based in New York, Mikanic's line-up features musicians from Japan (Yasuhito Sasaki on lead guitar), India (Shirzad Khusrokhan on bass) and the USA (Alex Beckmann on drums).

Mikanic's music effortlessly spans genres with influences ranging from rock, reggae and African to hip-hop and jazz. Lyrically powerful, relevant, humorous and energetic, the music has a wide appeal. With shows that feature virtuosic musicianship, funky grooves and catchy tunes, Mikanic has quickly become one of New York's hottest live acts. In June 2005, upon returning from tours in the UK and South Africa, Mikanic released a powerful second album, The Subway Tracks, showcasing the diversity and the instant appeal of their sound. Mikanic has played many of New York City's legendary venues including CBGB's, Ace of Clubs and The Knitting Factory. They have also performed at the UN, Lincoln Center and at 9/11 memorial services held at Ground Zero in 2004 and 2005. Mikanic's universal appeal lies in the sincerity and positive energy of their music.

Nonhlanhla Kheswa from Soweto, South Africa, started her career at a young age acting on SA TV. At 16 years she was discovered and performed with The Children of The Rainbow in Italy. In 2000 she moved to Belgium and performed as a soloist for the Hans Zimmer Film Festival. Then she became one of the lead vocalists on the Broadway musical The Lion King. Kheswa has formed her own group and performs with all The South African All Stars.

Bakithi Kumalo (also Romanized as Bakhiti Kumalo, Baghiti Khumalo, pronounced bah-gee-tee koo-mah-low) is a bassist from South Africa, notable for working with Paul Simon as the backing bass player on Simon's albums from Graceland in 1986 to Surprise in 2006. He now works as a session player and soloist. He is known for frequently playing five-string and fretless bass guitars. He also appears on the Mickey Hart/Planet Drum album Supralingua.

Nonhlanhla Kheswa from Soweto, South Africa, started her career at a young age acting on SA TV. At 16 years she was discovered and performed with The Children of The Rainbow in Italy. In 2000 she moved to Belgium and performed as a soloist for the Hans Zimmer Film Festival. Then she became one of the lead vocalists on the Broadway musical The Lion King. Kheswa has formed her own group and performs with all The South African All Stars.

Taylor McFerrin is a one-man show. Combining his skills as a producer and performer, Taylor McFerrin is making music heads around the world take notice as he seamlessly builds songs from scratch with his ambitious live show. Fender Rhodes, Synths, Samples, Vocals and Beatboxing are meshed together as Taylor builds from his roots 60s Soul to his vision of future Hip-Hop. Gaining attention from his first single “Broken Vibes,” which debuted on Gilles Peterson BBC World Wide Radio, Taylor keeps the buzz on high for his debut album with his undeniably intriguing solo performance.

Born in Gaborone, Botswana, Ketshidile Tiro Matale aka Stone moved to NYC in the winter of 2000. While working in music production, he understood what his favorite artist, Fela Kuti touched on when stating that "Music is a weapon." To understand the power of music for change was his impetus to get behind the decks. For this reason, some of his favorite gigs have been the opening of the South African Film Festival at the Schomburg Center in Harlem, The 2004 Tribeca Film Festival at The Winter Garden, and a benefit for workers' rights in City Hall.

DJ Stone's talents extends to production and collaborations, such as Eyebeam Gallery's show featuring reknowned spoken word artist, Kgafela oa Magogodi. Special events and art events afford a unique opportunity to create a fun vibe while educating the viewer through music. Stone was featured at International Center for Photography's Snap Judgements Exhibition, which featured a new wave of African photographers. Most recently, he was heard at Zebulan club, in collaboration with a socially-concious artist collective, Kiahkeya.

Stone's uplifting blend of african, world beat, hip-hop, reggae, house, and jazz has been heard in popular Manhattan and Brooklyn venues such as Mercury Lounge, Solas, Sputnik, Moe's, and Bembe. On most nights you can hear his mixes being piped through the sound system of his favorite restaurant, Madiba.

German-South African Kathi von Koerber grew up in Africa, Germany and Switzerland. In 1994, after finishing her International Baccalaureate, she moved to China for 2 years. There she studied under renowned Chinese painter Qu Xiong Ji Oriental Calligraphy and Oriental Landscape and Bamboo painting under Wang Ling Xu. She learnt how to speak and write Mandarin. After her studies she backpacked Asia, visiting Tibet, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, before moving to New York in 1996. Here, she studied Film at NYU and graduated from the New School University in 2000 with a BA in Liberal Arts.

Since her early childhood Kathi has danced with Nature. Taking her passion seriously, she has studied, in depth, different dances, including Ballet, Jazz, African, Gypsy, Aerial endurance performance, Tribal-Trance dance and improvisational Butoh. For the last seven years, she has been developing her own form of Improvisational Butoh/Spirit dance, a dance form that brings together her diverse cultural/tribal interests and influences. She has studied under and worked with renowned Japanese master dancer Atsushi Takenouchi, and has performed internationally with solo shows in Berlin, Paris, Prague, Zurich, Florence, Tela-viv, Mexico city and New York and staged group shows in Mali, Mexico, Romania, Bulgaria, most of Western Europe, throughout the Unites States, Brazil to name but a few.

In 2004, Kathi founded the performance collective KIAHKEYA with the aim to inform and disseminate ART, CREATIVITY and SPIRITUALITY for the purpose of cross cultural and environmental equality and tolerance. Kathie’s work, whether reflected in her films, performances or workshops is largely based on her cross-cultural aspirations and experiences. Kathi envisions Kiahkeya projects to interact with children and communities around the world. The KIAHKEYA aim is to educate and Inspire communities, specifically the youth, to actively get involved in preserving their environment, culture and well being through art.

Biographical information coming soon.