“Singing for me is a sacred,” said Elis Regina. Coming to prominence at the peak of bossa nova years in the late 1950s and early…
Artist Profiles: Elis Regina
Category: Artist Profiles
Artist Profiles: Guy One
Ghanaian musician Guy One built up a fervent following in local villages amongst the Frafra people in northern Ghana, in which no funeral or wedding…
Artist Profiles: Eliane Elias
Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Eliane Elias learned the piano at age 7, and was already transcribing heaping solo portions of her parents’ jazz records…
Artist Profiles: Binhan
Singer-songwriter Binhanquinhe Quimor, better known as Binhan, was born in 1977 in Guinea Bissau. He grew up in Catio, a town in southern Guinea Bissau.…
Artist Profiles: Sona Jobarteh
Maya Sona Jobarteh was born in London in 1983. She is the first professional female kora player. Sona is part of the Jobarteh/Diabaté family of…
Artist Profiles: Egberto Gismonti
The son of a Lebanese father and a Sicilian mother, Gismonti was born in 1947 in the small Brazilian town of Carmo. He studied piano…
Artist Profiles: Dudu Lima
Dudu Lima was born in 1972, in Brazil. He started to study acoustic bass very young, by himself, and later at the Ian Guest Music…
Artist Profiles: Dori Caymmi
Dori Caymmi is an internationally celebrated composer and singer, having an expressive production recorded by many important artists worldwide, along with a prominent career as…
Artist Profiles: David Tavares
Born in Guarapuava, Brazil. His brother and uncle introduced him to playing the guitar at the age of 8. In 1982, he began to study…
Artist Profiles: Daniela Mercury
Daniela Mercury is the most popular singer of axé music. The Brazilian press referred to her as the “Queen of Axé.” Daniela Mercury was born…