Arve Moen Bergset was born in 1972. He grew up in Vinje, Telemark, an area with a rich folk music tradition. He studied the kveding…
Artist Profiles: Arve Moen Bergset
Month: January 2017
Artist Profiles: Arto Tunçboyaciyan
Arto Tuncboyaciyan was born in 1957, in Galataria, a town outside Constantinople. He is the youngest child of an Armenian family, with roots from Anatolia.…
Artist Profiles: Armenian Navy Band
Music is considered a crucial means of communication by the founder of The Armenian Navy Band, Arto Tunçboyaciyan, a percussionist and vocalist of Armenian descent.…
Artist Profiles: Ariadna Castellanos
Spanish pianist and composer, Ariadna Castellanos Rivas is currently one of the top rising and most promising Flamenco artists. She combines Flamenco and Jazz in…
Artist Profiles: Ara Dinkjian
Ara Dinkjian is an Armenian oud virtuoso born in the United States in 1958. His earliest professional musical experience was accompanying his father Onnik Dinkjian,…
Artist Profiles: Anwar Diab Agha
Born in 1947 in Damascus (Syria), ud player, violinist, vocalist and composer Anwar Diab Agha has performed throughout the Middle East and Europe with Sabah…
Artist Profiles: António Zambujo
Portugal’s fado sensation António Zambujo has been a major voice in recent years in the resurrection of male fado singers in a genre dominated by…
Artist Profiles: Antonio Malena
Antonio Moreno Carrasco, better known as Antonio Malena (Malena is his mother’s artistic name), was born in Jerez in 1961. He is deeply influenced by…
Artist Profiles: Antonio Carlos Jobim
Antonio Carlos Jobim was born Antonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, January 25, 1927 in the Tijuca neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. He was also…
Artist Profiles: Antibalas
Antibalas (“bulletproof” in Spanish) is a large collective carrying on the Afrobeat tradition begun by Fela Kuti. Formed in 1998 and based in New York…