Gino Sitson is a Cameroonian who is considered a jazz singer, yet sings mostly in his native Bamileke language. His phrasing reminds one of Bobby…
Artist Profiles: Gino Sitson
Category: Artist Profiles
Artist Profiles: Francis Mbappe
A native of Cameroon, Francis Mbappe is a talented bassist who has graced the stage with musical greats such as Herbie Hancock, Manu Dibango, Fela…
Artist Profiles: Kong Nay
Kong Nay was born March 15, 1944 in Kampot, Cambodia. With his trademark dark glasses, he is Cambodia’s most recognizable traditional musician. He is always…
Artist Profiles: Ouch Savy
Ouch Savy is Kong Nay’s female protege. Savy is one of the new generation of Chapei musicians who are at the beginning of an emerging…
Artist Profiles: Khadja Nin
Khadja Nin was born in 1959 and raised in Burundi, a small African country squeezed in between two gigantic territories, the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Artist Profiles: Fatoumata “Djeli Mama” Dembele
Fatoumata Dembele is a griot, singer, dancer. She was born in 1972 in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. She is the daughter of griot parents and thus…
Artist Profiles: Badenya les Freres Coulibaly
Formed in Nuna, located in northwestern Burkina Faso, Badenya les Freres Coulibaly are part of a family of griots (musician storytellers, also known as jali…
Artist Profiles: Valeri Dimchev
Composer, educator and tambura virtuoso, Valeri Dimchev was born in the city of Blagoevgrad, in the Pirin region of Bulgaria. Valeri Dimchev studied at the…
Artist Profiles: The Bulgarian Voices-Angelite
The Bulgarian Voices-Angelite are 24 singers from all different parts of Bulgaria who have been trained in traditional Bulgarian music as well as in Western…
Artist Profiles: Salif Ali
Salif Ali (Sasho) was born in Kurdzhali in 1961 of Turkish Romani ancestry. He joined Ivo Papazov’s band Trakiya in 1983 and toured with them…