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ALLY is global music at its most passionate and innovative with music drawn from Afro-Peruvian, Cuban, Afro-Brazilian and Andalusian traditional rhythms paired with a modern jazz aesthetic and spoken word. The ensemble combines the skills of Peruvian, Brazilian and jazz artists currently living in Sydney. Their aim is to produce spectacular, trailblazing original music that straddles both Latin and jazz soundscapes.

In 2022 ALLY was a featured group at Boom! International Festival of Percussion held in Sydney alongside Cuban-based Caribe, acclaimed Taiko ensemble Taikoz, percussionists Nacho Mena, Fritz Hauser and more. In 2021 they performed and undertook panel discussions for the Sacred Music Festival. They have opened and closed Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival in 2019 and 2020 to full houses. The group have performed for the Australian Latin-American Business Council and the Peruvian Embassy in celebration of Peruvian composer Chabuca Granda in 2020. During 2021-2022 ALLY toured extensively in southern NSW to venues in Nowra, Shoalhaven, Kiama, Blue Mountains and Wollongong. In 2022 they performed interstate with sell-out shows in Melbourne at Paris Cat, Canberra’s Belco Arts and Devonport Jazz Festival. ALLY released their debut album Drum Junk in July 2022 garnering an ARIA World Music nomination.