(headline image: Cormac McCarthy – Photo by Anna McGrane) Cormac McCarthy is an Irish pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor from Cork. His work includes jazz,…
Cormac McCarthy: Cork’s Versatile Piano Maestro
Category: Artist Profiles
Bala Master: Neba Solo Brings Mali’s Balafon To The World Stage
Malian musician Neba Solo (born Souleymane Traoré in 1969), is a leading contemporary figure of the pentatonic Senufo balafon tradition, known in Mali as the…
Meet Benego Diakité, Kamale Ngoni Maestro from Mali
(Headine image: Benego Diakité – Photo by Aboubacar Traoré) Brehima “Benego” Diakité (b. 1965) was born and raised in Siekorolé, in the Yanfolila cercle of…
Eabhal, a Celtic Band Rooted in the Outer Hebrides
(headline image: Eabhal – Photo by by Nicky Murray) Eabhal formed while based in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides. They crafted a repertoire that incudes traditional songs,…
Origins of Gryphon: A Fusion of Early Music, Folk, and Rock
Gryphon’s formation in early 1972 was the culmination of years of musical experimentation. Founding members Richard Harvey and Graeme Taylor first met at Tiffin Boys’…
Italian Accordionist Alessandro D’Alessandro
Alessandro D’Alessandro was born in Coreno Ausonio, a small town in southern Lazio. He grew up playing the organetto, a traditional Italian diatonic button accordion.…
Juan Diego Mateos: Eclectic Flamenco Guitarist From Jerez
Juan Diego Mateos Reina (Jerez de la Frontera, 1969) is a Spanish flamenco guitarist. He began studying guitar at the age of thirteen with José…
Juan Antonio Moya: Flamenco Guitar With A Bold Modern Kick
Spanish guitarist Juan Antonio Moya graduated from the Escola Superior de Música de Cataluña (ESMUC) in 2015 with the highest honors. In February 2017 he…
The Rise Of Flamenco Guitarist Antonio González
(headline image: Antonio González – photo by Celia Carmona) Antonio González Reyes was born on 24 May 1999 in Chipiona, a coastal town in the…
The Remarkable Journey Of Flamenco Guitarist Chico Gallardo
Francisco “Chico” Gallardo was born on April 16, 1982, in Almonte (Huelva), Spain. He began playing guitar at the age of eight, showing early musical…