JUNO Award nominated Jaffa Road is an acclaimed Toronto based world music group made up of some of Canada’s most exciting and innovative interpreters of inter-cultural music. Recent winners of a John Lennon Songwriting Award, Jaffa Road was also named Best World Music Artist at the Toronto Independent Music Awards. Their debut was nominated for a JUNO Award and featured on CBC’s Canada Live. Singles from their sophomore outing have caught the ear of CBC producers and selected for Here & Now’s Song of the Week, and also an industry nod from OCFF, winning the prestigious Songs From the Heart award. Named for one of the oldest streets in Jerusalem, Jaffa Road unites cultures and nationalities as it winds its way towards the port of Jaffa. Hebrew, Ladino, English, Arabic and French lyrics blend with Sephardic, Arabic and Indian music, intertwined with jazz, electronica, and dub. Theirs is music on a mission – peace through an unparalleled musical experience that, just like the road they’re named for, brings us together as one people. Jaffa Road is the entrancing vocals of Aviva Chernick, the rare musicianship of Aaron Lightstone (oud, guitar, synthesizer), Chris Gartner (bass), Jeffrey Wilson (percussion), and Sundar Viswanathan saxophone/flute/vocals).