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Your Connection to traditional and contemporary World Music, including folk, roots, global music, ethno and crosscultural fusions
World Music Central
Your Connection to traditional and contemporary World Music, including folk, roots, global music, ethno and crosscultural fusions
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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.
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Artist Profiles: Cheb i Sabbah

Angel Romero June 9, 2016 No Comments AlgeriaAlgerian musicCheb i Sabbahelectronic musicRaiworld music

Cheb i Sabbah was a world renowned artist, composer and producer. Born Haim Sérge El Baaz, Cheb i Sabbah left his native Algeria in the…

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Artist Profiles: Beihdja Rahal

Angel Romero June 9, 2016 No Comments AlgeriaAlgerian musicArab-Andalusian musicBeihdja Rahalkuitranuba

Beihdja Rahal grew up in Algiers (Algeria) in a family who played Arab-Andalusian music every day. She studied song with the grand master Mohamed Khaznadji…

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Artist Profiles: Ali Slimani

Angel Romero June 9, 2016 No Comments Ali SlimanichaabidarbukaRai

Ali Slimani was born and raised in El Anasser, a quiet and neatly respectable suburb of the Algerian capital Algiers which is home to the…

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Artist Profiles: Akim El Sikameya

Angel Romero June 9, 2016 No Comments Akim El SikameyaAlgeriaAlgerian musicArab-Andalusian musicRai

Akim El Sikameya was born in Oran, Algeria. He is the youngest son in a family of six, born to a Justice Civil Servant father.…

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Artist Profiles: Ahmed el Salam

Angel Romero June 9, 2016 No Comments Ahmed el SalamArab-Andalusian musicblueschaabiFlamencoud

Ahmed el Salam was born in Oued Souf, in the Algerian Sahara, where he learned to play the flute. Later he moved to Algiers, the…

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Artist Profiles: Aidan O’Rourke

Angel Romero June 9, 2016 No Comments Aidan O’RourkeCeltic musicfiddleScotlandScottish musicviolin

Aidan O’Rourke is a fiddle player and composer from Oban on the West Coast of Scotland. He has toured extensively in Europe and North America…

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Artist Profiles: Aicha Mint Chighaly

Angel Romero June 9, 2016 2 Comments Aicha Mint ChighalyardinMauritaniaMauritanian music

Aicha Mint Chighaly was born in 1963 in Kaedi, Mauritania. Her father, Yuba Al-Mokhtar ould Chighaly, was one of the most influential musicians of the…

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Artist Profiles: Ahmed Omar

Angel Romero June 9, 2016 No Comments Ahmed OmarArabic music

Born in Egypt to an Eritrean father, Ahmed took his first steps in music at a Nubian music institute in downtown Cairo. He started with…

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Artist Profiles: Agricantus

Angel Romero June 9, 2016 No Comments AgricantusItalian musicItalySicilyworld music

Agricantus is a band from Sicily. Its early releases Gnanzù and Viaggiari were fine examples of its ability to mix ethnic music, mainly from the…

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Artist Profiles: Agnes Buen Garnas

Angel Romero June 9, 2016 No Comments Agnes Buen GarnasJan GarbarekNorwayNorwegian music

Agnes Buen Garnås, born in 1946, is one of Norway’s leading traditional singers. She is a member of the famous Buen family (of Jondalen in…

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