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Category: Artist Profiles

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Artist Profiles: William Jackson

Angel Romero December 31, 2017 No Comments harpScotlandScottish musicWilliam Jackson

William Jackson, of Glasgow has been at the forefront of Scottish traditional music for more than three decades. One of the leading harpers and multi-instrumentalists…

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Artist Profiles: Will Clipman

Angel Romero December 31, 2017 No Comments American Indian musicUnited States of AmericaWill Clipmanworld fusion

Will Clipman began playing his father’s drums and his mother’s piano at the age ofthree and since then has mastered a pan-global palette of percussion…

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Artist Profiles: Wild Fire Music Troupe

Angel Romero December 31, 2017 No Comments TaiwanTaiwanese musicWild Fire Music Troupe

Wild Fire Music Troupe is a group of Taiwanese indigenous musicians from various and diverse music traditions. The musicians create their own unique music based…

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Artist Profiles: UB40

Angel Romero December 30, 2017 No Comments ReggaeUB40United Kingdom

For several decades, UB40 have been popularizing reggae around the globe. UB40’s fortune changed at the beginning of 1980. They had spent many years performing…

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Artist Profiles: Waed Bouhassoune

Angel Romero December 30, 2017 No Comments Arabic musicSyriaSyrian musicWaed Bouhassoune

Syrian singer and ‘ud player Waed Bouhassoune was born in 1979. She has a voice of such quality that is rarely encountered one of the…

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Artist Profiles: Tommy Martin

Angel Romero December 30, 2017 No Comments bagpipeCeltic musicIrelandIrish musicTommy Martin

Tommy Martin was born in Dublin, Ireland and currently lives in the United States. He took his first uilleann pipes lesson from Dublin piper Mick…

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Artist Profiles: War

Angel Romero December 30, 2017 No Comments funkJazzR&BrockUnited States of AmericaWar

War is an American band that mixes funk, jazz, R&B and rock. The group has sold more than 5 million albums worldwide and been honored…

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Artist Profiles: Vassar Clements

Angel Romero December 30, 2017 No Comments BluegrassbluescountryfiddleJazzpoprockUnited States of Americawestern swing

Vassar Clements was one the United States’ most versatile fiddle players. His career began at a very early age. His phenomenal ability to virtually play…

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Artist Profiles: Vas

Angel Romero December 30, 2017 1 Comment Azam AliUnited States of AmericaVasworld fusion

Vas the Latin word for vessel was a collaboration between Persian born vocalist Azam Ali and American percussionist Greg Ellis. They met at a Master…

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Artist Profiles: Toubab Krewe

Angel Romero December 30, 2017 No Comments Malian musicToubab KreweUnited States of Americaworld fusion

Toubab Krewe is an instrumental quintet based in Asheville, North Carolina that fuses West African music with American rock. The five members who are childhood…

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