National University Tour

 Touring Bands
Below is the list of bands affiliated with the Human Rights Awareness Tour. Each School will be asked to choose from our list of bands to fill up the Human Rights Awareness Festival. At the top of the list is the Human Rights Awareness Tour Lighting Designer
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Human Rights Awareness Festival Bands
All Night Lights- http://www.allnightlights.com - The lighting design company in charge of lighting the Human Rights Awareness Festival, the No Sweat Fashion Show, and the Fair Trade Coffee Night. The company is headed by concert lighting genius Aaron Winkler.
All Night Lights Bio Pic
Al Howard & the K23 Orchestra- http://www.k23orchestra.com Pocket funk, staccato spoken word, classic soul, aggressive rock and vintage psychedelic with lyrics that transcend any style or genre, appealing to humanities most primal essence.
Al Howard
ALO- http://www.alomusic.com - Soulful California pop with feel-good, danceable grooves born for live performances.
ALO
Aphrodesia - http://www.aphrodesia.org - 10-piece Afrobeat Ensemble featuring monstrous horns, polyrhythmic beats, and rich female vocals
Aphrodesia Bio Picture


Blue Turtle Seduction - http://www.blueturtleseduction.com - Eastern European & reggae influenced fiddle rock & roll!
Blue Turtle Seduction Bio Pic
Brandi Carlile - http://www.brandicarlile.com - Brandi Carlile's revelatory imagery, stark emotive vocals and finely-detailed songs provide the keys to who she is, where she's been, and where's she's going.
Brandi Carlile Bio Pic

Garaj Mahal - http://www.garajmahal.net - Innovative fusion of funk and jazz with a world music flare.
Garaj Mahal Bio Pic
Golden - http://www.peddlingmedicine.com - Golden is a music maker infused with the best of hip-hop legends, new-school rhymes, break-beat wizards and slam-poets. Golden delivers substance with the hype. Intelligence and wit in the lyrics join with beats that strike powerfully.
Golden
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - http://www.jfjo.com -  Imaginative new jazz that shatters any kind of identity, much less categories and classifications.
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey Bio Pic
Joseph Israel - http://www.josephisrael.com - Joseph Israel's live show is incredible and heartfelt. He has toured with the likes of Steel Pulse, Israel Vibrations, Abijah, Mikey General and many others. He performs both solo and with a full band.
Joseph Israel

John Butler Trio - http://www.johnbutlertrio.com/ - Raging Austrailian Roots Rock that speaks to social equity, justice and the human spirit
John Butler Trio Bio Pic

Leslie Helpert - http://www.myspace.com/serpentfly - Leslie's music explores and disfigures traditional social concepts and explores the constant evolution of language. Her music is self-coined "lovelypunk" and her artistic stance is based on the premise of natural change.
Leslie Helpert Bio Pic

Les Nubians - http://www.lesnubians.com - Afropean hip hop/R&B duo
Les Nubians Bio Pic

Michael Franti and Spearhead - http://www.spearheadvibrations.com/ - Pushing boundaries, musically, lyrically, and socially, Michael Franti has been an artist of conscience who with the power of his group Spearhead has continued to challenge himself and his audience to seek fresh perspectives on our ever changing planet.
Michael Franti and Spearhead Bio Pic

The Motet - http://www.themotet.net - A group full of musical exploration and innovation, fusing instrumental, indie-rock, and electronically textured improvisation
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Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars - http://www.sierraleonesrefugeeallstars.com - Formed in a refugee camp in the West African nation of Guinea, SLRAS tour the world playing traditional afro-beat/reggae and spreading their message of peace and love in a "can't help but dance" show that fans from all musical backgrounds enjoy.
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars Bio Pic

Taarka - http://www.taarka.com - A breathless synergy of sounds that strikingly blends bluegrass, folk, gypsy and jazz
Taarka Bio Pic


Tea Leaf Green - http://www.tealeafgreen.com - Honoring a long lineage of rock bands that have come before them, Tea Leaf  Green pays tribute to the past while carving out a distinct name for themselves.
Tea Leaf Green Bio Pic

Toubab Krewe - http://www.myspace.com/toubabkrewe - Blending Malian, American and Dirty South influences, bridging the gap between West African and American music
Toubab Krewe Bio Pic

Zion I - http://www.zionicrew.com/ - Conscious hip-hop from the Bay Area
Zion I Bio Pic

Wisebird - http://www.wisebird.net/ - Four-piece Rock n' Roll band out of Salt Lake City, Utah that dedicates their unique blues driven rock n' roll to support Human Rights
Wisebird Bio Pic
Zilla - http://www.zillamusic.com  -  With their focused brand of live electronic dance music, Zilla is sweeping the country by storm with a rare breed of beats, bass and uncontrollable musical fury, full of spontaneity and groove. End result: dance party.
Zilla Bio Pic
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