Mário Pacheco (not to be confused with Spaniard Mario Pacheco, owner and acclaimed producer of innovative flamenco label Nuevos Medios) is counted as one of…
Artist Profiles: Mario Pacheco
Category: Artist Profiles
Artist Profiles: Simon Shaheen
Born in 1955, Simon Shaheen is one of the most significant Arab musicians, performers, and composers of his generation. His work incorporates and reflects a…
Artist Profiles: Rubén Blades
Panama City, the early fifties. Rubén Blades, a boy only 4 years old, born in a working family residing in the old city neighborhood, already…
Artist Profiles: George Telek
Local legend has it that when George Telek was a child, he chewed upon a sacred betel nut which opened his dreams to the stories…
Artist Profiles: Danilo Pérez
Danilo Pérez’s intelligent, exciting and stylistically authentic piano sounds have made him a leader in the new generation of jazz musicians. Wynton Marsalis recognized Pérez’s…
Artist Profiles: Ala Dos Namorados
Ala Dos Namorados is one of the most innovative groups of Portuguese music. Its repertoire includes different styles, ranging from rhythms from Cape Verde and…
Artist Profiles: Almaplana
Almaplana was born in 2003, in the city of Evora, region of Alentejo, “where the beauty of the Portuguese plains feeds our inspiration.” Simplicity and…
Artist Profiles: Arrefole
Arrefole is a Portuguese folk band that plays music which is rooted in Portugal’s 800 years of history and traditions that trail back to Medieval…
Artist Profiles: Brigada Victor Jara
Brigada Victor Jara was formed in Coimbra, Portugal in 1974, following the April 25 revolution, in which traditional music had played an inspiring part. The…
Artist Profiles: Carlos Do Carmo
Portuguese fado star Carlos Do Carmo was born pn December 21, 1939 in Lisbon, Portugal. Carlos Do Carmo is known as “The voice of the…