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Category: Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Magda Angelica

Angel Romero June 29, 2018 No Comments GuatemalaGuatemalan musicMagda Angelica

Award-winning Magda Angélica was born in Guatemala and her childhood was formed by two Mayan women of the cackchiquel ethnic group. Since she was a…

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Artist Profiles: Lenín Fernández

Angel Romero June 29, 2018 No Comments GuatemalaGuatemalan musicLenín Fernández

Drummer, composer and producer Lenín Fernández joined the influential Guatemalan rock group Alux Nahual in 1986, making five recordings. In 2001 he approached potter Carlos…

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Artist Profiles: Pawolka

Angel Romero June 29, 2018 No Comments FranceGuadeloupePawolka

Pawolka means the message of Ka, or Gwo-Ka, the traditional percussion music of Guadeloupe, although the group also uses voices and melodies from other Caribbean…

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Artist Profiles: Kassav

Angel Romero June 29, 2018 No Comments FranceGuadeloupeKassavzouk

The brothers Pierre-Eduard and George Decimus, and Jacob Desvarieux created Kassav in Guadeloupe in 1979. During the following years, female singer Jocelyne Beroard, male singers…

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Artist Profiles: Vassilis Ketentzoglou

Angel Romero June 28, 2018 No Comments GreeceGreek musicguitarVassilis Ketentzoglou

Greek composer, guitarist and musicologist Vassilis Ketentzoglou was born in 1979 in Athens and grew up in Rhodes island. He is formally a classical-trained classical…

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Artist Profiles: Takis Barberis

Angel Romero June 28, 2018 No Comments GreeceGreek musicTakis Barberis

Takis Barberis Takis Barberis was born in Athens in 1963. His relationship with music began at the age of 10. He studied at the National…

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Artist Profiles: Stelios Petrakis

Angel Romero June 28, 2018 No Comments GreeceGreek musicStelios Petrakis

Composer, luthier and multi-instrumentalist Stelios Petrakis was born in 1975 and raised in Sitia, Crete. In 1983 he started lyra lessons in the Music School…

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Artist Profiles: Michalis Nikoloudis

Angel Romero June 28, 2018 No Comments GreeceGreek musicMichalis Nikoloudis

Michalis Nikoloudis plays mandola, baroque lute, guitar and mandolin. He participated in recordings and “live” concerts with the association of leading composers and singers in…

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Artist Profiles: Maria Farantouri

Angel Romero June 28, 2018 No Comments GreeceGreek musicMaria Farandouri

Maria Farantouri (Μαρία Φαραντούρη), also known as Maria Farantouri, was born November 28, 1947 in Athens, Greece. She grew up at the time when Greece…

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Artist Profiles: Mikis Theodorakis

Angel Romero June 28, 2018 No Comments GreeceGreek musicMikis Theodorakis

Composer and songwriter Mikis Theodorakis was born in 1925 on Chios island. His first compositions for voice, violin and piano were written at the end…

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