Saz Brown

Over the course of his career, Tommy Castro has always been inspired by the sounds he absorbed while coming of age on the rough and tumble side of San Jose, California. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, this was Tommy’s home turf—his stomping ground. It was a place where the street-tough Mexican Americans and the counter-culture hippies came together to drink, smoke, laugh, party and listen to tunes—the hippies with their blues and rock, the Mexicans with their soul music. Mixing the blues-rock he loved and the soul music he heard blasting out from the lowriders cruising the streets, along with the socially conscious message songs of the day, Tommy’s own sound was born.

Created in Israel and nurtured in the musical halls of Manhattan the multicultural and instrumental band, ESTA, brings a thrilling and pulsating musical experience that reflects the many ethnic flavors of Israel's vibrant society. ESTA has performed in a variety of prestigious festivals and venues throughout Europe, Israel, and the United States. ESTA has appeared at Radio France in Paris, the Red Sea Jazz Festival in Israel, Festival L'Art De La Paix (The Art of Peace) in Belgium, and New Music Seminar in New York City.