Founded in 1950, the Nadi Ikhwani Safaa orchestra can probably trace its roots back further than any other orchestra in Africa. Every known musician from…
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Artist Profiles: Na h-Oganaich
Na h-Oganaich (pronounced “na hawkanich” and means Young Blood) are widely credited with reviving interest in Gaelic music in the 1970s for a younger generation…
View More Artist Profiles: Na h-OganaichArtist Profiles: Muxicas
Muxicas was one of the great innovators in Galician folk music. The group was formed in 1978 with the intention of developing and updating Galician…
View More Artist Profiles: MuxicasArtist Profiles: Muhammad Qadri Dalal
Muhammad Qadri Dalal was born in Aleppo in 1946. He is a first-class master of the Arabic lute (ud) and is very well-known in his…
View More Artist Profiles: Muhammad Qadri DalalArtist Profiles: Shubhangi Sakhalkar
Mrs. Shubhangi Sakhalkar had an early early tutelage with Smt. Kunda Vaishampayan. She spent several years learning from acclaimed artists Dr. Prabha Atre and Smt.…
View More Artist Profiles: Shubhangi SakhalkarArtist Profiles: Mozayik
Mozayik’s sound draws upon the rich heritage of traditional Afro-Haitian rhythms, mixing them with the instrumentation, melodic and harmonic sensibilities and improvisation of jazz. Mozayik…
View More Artist Profiles: MozayikArtist Profiles: Mouth Music
Through perceptive experimentation and with undeniable confidence, Mouth Music combined the ancient puirt-a-beul vocal tradition of Gaelic Scotland with the powerful rhythms of Africa and…
View More Artist Profiles: Mouth MusicArtist Profiles: Mollie O’Brien
Mollie O’Brien was born October 25, 1952 in Wheeling, West Virginia. In the mid-1970s she moved to Colorado, where she performed with a number of…
View More Artist Profiles: Mollie O’BrienArtist Profiles: Mohammed Al-Qa’atabi
Mohammed Obaid Al-Qa’atabi is one of the greatest Yemeni singers who made significant contributions to Yemeni art. Al-Qa’atabi is considered by many music historians as…
View More Artist Profiles: Mohammed Al-Qa’atabiArtist Profiles: Misty in Roots
Misty in Roots is an acclaimed reggae group from Southall in West London. The band was started by local musiciansPoko (Walford Tyson) and his brother…
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