Antonio Chainho was born in 1938 in Santiago do Cacém, Portugal. He is a Portuguese musician who has been dedicating his career to the Portuguese…
Artist Profiles: Antonio Chainho
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.
Artist Profiles: Armenio de Melo
Armenio de Melo was born in Santa Maria de Lamas, Portugal in 1953. He is considered one of the best guitar players of fado, recognized…
Artist Profiles: Dulce Pontes
She could have been a dancer, had the dance school not thought that, at fourteen years of age, she was too old to start a…
Global Visions of Ska
Various Artists – Ska Around the World (Putumayo World Music, 2018) Putumayo compilation Ska Around the World takes the listener on a lively trip throughout…
Artist Profiles: Tania Libertad
Tania Libertad de Souza Zuñiga was born in the small coastal town town of Zana in northern Peru, of a Portuguese father and a Peruvian…
Artist Profiles: Eva Ayllón
One of the most important interpreters of Peruvian music, Eva Ayllón began singing at the age of three, under her grandmother’s tutelage. Within a few…
Artist Profiles: Przemyslaw Goc
Przemyslaw Goc, better known as Ainu, is a leading artist in the domain of ethnic-world music in Poland with an artistic output consisting of CDs,…
Artist Profiles: Jerzy Bawol
Born in Cracow in 1969, Jerzy Bawol started playing the accordion in elementary school at the age of nine and gave his first concert at…
Artist Profiles: Lautari
Lautari’s music is modern, jazzy in sound rooted in Central European tradition. Folk motives, played on piano, violin, clarinet and flutes, thanks to brave arrangements…
Artist Profiles: Orkiestra p.w. sw. Mikolaja
The Saint Nicholas Orchestra (Orkiestra p.w. sw. Mikolaja) came into existence in 1988. Since then the band has focused on everything associated with folklore, especially…