Kunle Basks His Audience in Beautiful Gentleness and Optimism

Nigerian-born singer songwriter, Kunle, launched his musical career in Ghana, spent time on the open seas as a marine engineer, and made his way to Toronto where he is currently based.

His music employs guitar tapping, harmonica, talking drum, and rich vocals to animate traditional and contemporary songs that guide audiences into a musical place where there are no boundaries, and where traditions from Celtic to blues to rock to African folk meld together.

Whether singing in Yoruba, English, Pidgin or German, his sensitivity and kindness come out through his songs and generous performances, leaving his audience basking in beautiful gentleness and optimism.

Sacred & Secular, Soulful AVIVA

Posted on May 24, 2014

soulful AVIVA’s soulful vocals and passionate voice blur the lines between the sacred and the secular.

Performing world music in Hebrew, Ladino, English and French, she has collaborated with some of the most celebrated world music creators around including international virtuosos Yair Dalal and Frank London.

She’s also a cantorial soloist, leading prayer at congregations at home as well as travelling to congregations around North America as a guest leader and teacher, and facilitator of her engaging group vocal and spiritual workshops.

According to CBC Radio Two, “Her clear and persuasive voice takes us places we wouldn’t know to go on our own.”