Jaffa Road (band)

Jaffa Road
OriginToronto, Ontario, Canada
GenresWorld music
Years active2005 (2005)–present
MembersAaron Lightstone
Tamar Ilana
Justin Gray
Rakesh Tewari
Sundar Viswanathan
Shawn Rompre
Past membersChris Gartner
Aviva Chernick
Jeff Wilson
Websitejaffaroad.com

Jaffa Road are a Canadian world music group based in Toronto, Ontario. The band mixes ancient and original poetry in Hebrew, Spanish and English with belly dance rhythms, pulsating dub grooves, improvisations, and a global mix of instrumentation, including electronica and dub.[1] The band was nominated for a 2010 Juno Award for their debut album Sunplace in the category World Music Album of the Year.