GruvAvenue (Malaysia)

From playing jazz standards as the popular Black Machine in the early 2000s, GruvAvenue has grown into a contemporary jazz band that performs its own jazz-soul-R&B-dance-pop-fusion originals with a smooth mix of sax, drums, keys, electronics, vocals and the occasional rap.

Trio Indra

He's performed for Jacky Cheung's 2002 world tour, backed artists such as Emil Chow, Francis Yip, Siti Nurhaliza and Jeff Chang, performed in 1999's Chang & Eng the musical, been musical director for Coco Lee, composed and recorded children's songs, arranged and produced music for TCS TV shows and more. Welcome jazz-pop pianist Indra, heading Trio Indra, accompanied on the bass and drums.

Jake Barden (Australia)

At a mere 16 years of age, jazz saxophonist Jake Barden from Queensland, Australia, is already hailed as one of Australia's best young musicians. Jake has already performed throughout Australia, Europe and other parts of the world, and played at one of the world's finest jazz festivals, the 2008 Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.

Norman Seck Trio

Norman Seck is a recent alumnus from the prestigious Berklee College of Music based in Boston, USA. He is the recipient of the National Arts Council Overseas Arts Bursary, as well as the Berklee - Achievement Based Scholarship. Norman has led and arranged for two different jazz groups during his time at Berklee and has extensive performance experience in solo, duo and trio settings. He will be joined by prominent musicians in the scene, Colin Yong on bass and Tan Boon Gee on drums.

Mezz Mezzrow (Singapore)

Mezz is comin' out of the blues through west coast cool, back over to east coast classic bop with understated music that grooves, swings and swaggers. Mezz Mezzrow - made up of Tim O'Dwyer (vocals & saxes), Andrew Lim (guitar), Tony Makarome (double bass) and Darren Moore (drums) - plays jazz that takes you into the smoky lounge bars and dark back alleys of the 50s and 60s with stories about hustlers, hipsters, fools, jivemeisters and plain Joes.

Jake Barden (Australia)

Norman Seck (Singapore)

Free jazz performer and Berklee College of Music alumnus Norman Seck has performed extensively in solo, duo and trio settings and played for international songwriter and Dove award winner Tim Hughes and Singapore's leading composer/arranger Iskandar Ismail.

Game of Patience (Singapore)

Led by Australian percussionist and electronic musician Darren Moore, Game of Patience creates freely improvised music combining free jazz with elements of electronica. The group features Brian O'Reilly (USA) on bass/electronics and Yandsen (Malaysia) on saxophone.

Norman & Daniel (Singapore)

Norman reappears to take a turn with trumpeter Daniel Wong. Daniel is at home with many genres ranging from jazz, latin, funk and swing to indie-rock and electronica and has performed with Broken Social Scene, Electrico, DJ Koflow, actress/singer Joanna Dong, and jazz bandleader Greg Lyons.

Omega (USA)

Uganda-born and USA-based Omega Bugembe Okello draws from her African roots to bless her listeners and critics with a rich worldly flavour, using her music as a medium of healing, loving, education, empowerment and celebration with thoughtful lyrics, a powerfully beautiful voice and music that blends traditional African melodies with jazz, pop, neo-soul, R&B and gospel.

Mocca (Indonesia)

Mocca's English-language songs about love, life, breaking up and making up across various genres from bossa nova to pop-rock have graced international TV shows and ads, won numerous MTV Indonesia and several Anugrah Musik Indonesia awards, and travelled to Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Korea.

Mia Palencia (Malaysia)

Mia Palencia is an upcoming Malaysian singer and songwriter with Warner Chappell, Hong Kong. Some of her songs have been successfully recorded by famous Taiwan artistes such as Harlem Yu and Garden Sisters in the Chinese language.

Omega

Uganda-born and USA-based Omega Bugembe Okello draws from her African roots to bless her listeners and critics with a rich worldly flavour, using her music as a medium of healing, loving, education, empowerment and celebration with thoughtful lyrics, a powerfully beautiful voice and music that blends traditional African melodies with jazz, pop, neo-soul, R&B and gospel.

Karen Nunis Blackstone (Malaysia)

With her powerful voice and soulful delivery, Singapore-based singer, songwriter, guitarist and artist Karen performs her own music combining the idioms of rock, folk, blues, jazz and traditional Southeast Asian genres, each original song a poetic vignette spun within richly textured musical arrangements.

Nuance (Singapore)

Influenced by a variety of music and featuring a classic rock lineup of guitar, bass, vocals and drums, Nuance plays melodic pop-rock that runs from alt-rock to post-rock, from "little personal pieces to epics about politics, from losers and drunks to politicians in power".

Couple (Malaysia)

Couple delivers power pop so infectiously sunny that its scores of fans can't seem to get enough of the group judging from its packed performances and popularity on file sharing, mp3 and networking sites. And did we say that the Rolling Stone magazine has named it "one of Rolling Stone's 25 Best Bands on Myspace", and American magazine Nighttimes has said that its music is "... guaranteed to light up the life of any power pop fan"?

Gravy (Singapore)

Get into the Motown groove with Gravy - comprising a local artist we all know and love, Ruth Ling on vocals and keys, Australian inspiration Nathan Floods on drums and New York City native William Gathright on hot, thumping bass. Slide into funk as Gravy brings on a funk set with vocals, keys, bass and drums.

Paul Does Funk (Singapore)

And so does Michael Das (bass), Wendy Phua (bass) and Jordan Cheng (drums). Led by Paul Danial on guitar, Paul Does Funk does instrumental funk and does it well, filling The Living Room with funky rhythms and wicked grooves in a bass-driven set, playing pieces by 70s and 80s soul-funk and jazz-funk meisters such as George Benson and Larry Carlton.

Andre Harihandoyo and Sonic People (Indonesia)

Imagine electric blues-rock in the style of Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, BB King, splice in 21^st century urban youth, edge and energy, and you get Indonesia's super talented Andre Harihandoyo and Sonic People.

Blue Pop (Singapore)

Risen from the black depths of the Academy of Rock, Blue Pop delivers a shimmering display of popular blues tunes, from its simpler, grittier, heartier variations to its headier, pop-influenced sound today. Expect covers of classic blues-tinged hits like Sweet Home Alabama, Angel of Harlem and Ain't No Sunshine and popular blues-pop-rock covers including Satisfaction, Roadhouse Blues and Come Together.

Mathilda D'Silva (Singapore)

Once a finalist on Singapore Idol and today one of Singapore's most exciting young multi-lingual vocalists, Mathilda is known as the "voice". She exposes her sensitive side in this set performing guitar versions of top 40s hits, accompanied by Sean on guitar.

Jay Lim (Singapore)

From musical instructor to hunky Singapore Idol finalist, Jay Lim has grown into an artist whose powerful voice melts hearts. Hear him belt out the easy listening favourites of today with songs from UK and Australian artists like Guy Sebastian and Will Young.

Almost Alive (Australia)

Alô Brasil (Singapore)

Say hello to Brazil with trio Alô Brasil - comprising Norman Seck on piano, Riduan Zalani on percussion and Colin Yong on bass - playing heady Brazilian music in various styles such as the samba and bossa nova.

Niquitta Trio (Singapore)

The mood says hot with the Niquitta Trio playing more simmering Latin music across the genres of salsa, mambo, rhumba and latin jazz. The trio is Niq Osman on drums, Wilfred Bay on bass and Sebastian Ho on guitar.