After worldwide critical and commercial success in 2006 and 2011, the third installment of Acoustic Africa focuses on the richness of the African traditions of voice and song and will feature some of the African continent's up and coming vocal impresarios.

Dobet Gnahore, Ivory Coast vocalist and dancer, has garnered a reputation as one of the most vibrant performers in world music. Bassist and vocalist Manu Gallo, from the Ivory Coast, gained acclamation as the bassist for Zap Mama, whose own music draws on rhythms of West Africa as well as funk and R&B. Also in the line up is Kareyce Fotso, a young Cameroonian singer whose music is an intriguing combination of Afro-pop, Blues, and traditional African music.

Leni Stern, the acclaimed American contemporary guitarist who gained increasingly wide acclaim since releasing four recordings of African influenced material, joins with musical direction. These exciting singers will be backed by an all-star band including Malian balafonist Aly Keita.