Hanggai, composed of young musicians from Beijing and the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia, is at the forefront of a modern Mongolian folk revival…
Artist Profiles: Hanggai
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: Guilian Liu
Guilian Liu was born in Shanghai and is one of the world’s premiere pipa (lute) masters. Liu graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing…
Fervent Ojos De Novia
Mor Karbasi Ojos De Novia (Alama Records Alama 005, 2016) Mor Karbasi has one of the most beautiful voices in the world music scene. Her…
Interview with Zydeco Accordion Virtuoso Jeffery Broussard
Louisiana accordionist Jeffery Broussard is considered one of the most influential accordionists in modern Zydeco music. He has innovated Zydeco, developing the new Zydeco sound…
Artist Profiles: Gong Linna
Gong Linna was born 1975 in Guiyang, Guizhou province (located in the Southwest of China). She first appeared on stage at the age of five.…
Artist Profiles: Geling Jiang
Geling Jiang is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist, who started her professional training at age of 10. After graduated from Wu Han musical Conservatory, she became a…
Artist Profiles: Alim Qasimov
Alim Qasimov, born in 1957 in Shamakha is an Azerbaijani musical legend, revered as one of the five best singers of all time. Qasimov is…
Artist Profiles: Sabina Rakcheyeva
Violinist Sabina Rakcheyeva is the first ever Azerbaijani graduate of the Juilliard School in New York. Sabina Rakcheyeva was born in Baku, Azerbaijan and began…
Artist Profiles: Khaled Arman
Khaled Arman is a musician, composer and improviser. He has dual musical training. On one side he has studied the Afghan and Indian tradition. On…
Artist Profiles: Homayun Sakhi
Homayun Sakhi (sometimes spelled Homayoun) is an outstanding Afghan rubab player, now living in Fremont, California, the American city with the largest concentration of Afghans.…