Oliver Schroer was born June 18, 1956 in Toronto, Canada. Oliver Schroer was a unique fiddler/composer whose musical explorations took him far beyond his traditional…
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Artist Profiles: Nicolas Boulerice
Trained as a pianist, Nicholas Boulerice has experimented with many genres of music on the keyboard. A fascination with the unusual led him in 1997…
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Lache Cercel was born in Bucharest, Romania and studied at Romania’s prestigious Academy of Arts. Before leaving his homeland, Lache Cercel was one of Romania’s…
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Lula Pena was born May 15, 1974 in Lisbon, Portugal. Her inventive form of fado and other styles of music has developed a devoted following…
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Ricardo Alexandre Paulo Ribeiro was born August 19, 1981 in Lisbon, Portugal. Ricardo Ribeiro discovered fado at an early age, listening to the big names…
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Jaques Murigande, aka Mighty Popo, was born in Ngagara, a neighborhood in Bujumbura, Burundi populated largely by Rwandan and Congolese migrants and refugees. Growing up…
View More Artist Profiles: Mighty PopoArtist Profiles: Matapat
Polished, heartfelt and spirited, Matapat played, danced and sang their tradition with humor and energy. They were well known for their charismatic and engaging performances.…
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Mary Jane Lamond was born in 1960 in Kingston, Canada. Cape Breton’s modern sharer of ancient Gaelic songs, stories ‘and spirit using a variety of…
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“Batinses” is a Quebec vernacular expression that derives from the word baptism and is a mild and irreverent profanity. It seemed the perfect name for…
View More Artist Profiles: Les BatinsesArtist Profiles: Le Vent du Nord
Le Vent du Nord (North Wind) is an evolved traditional Quebecois band born of richly eclectic musical experiences and tastes. Originally founded by pianist and…
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