Tannas was formed in 1993 by five Scottish musicians who met while playing in Edinburgh’s thriving session scene. They had a passion for Gaelic music…
Artist Profiles: Tannas
Category: Artist Profiles
Artist Profiles: Talvin Singh
Talvin Singh was born in London in the early 1970s; as a young boy he was inspired to play tabla on his grandmother’s knees upon…
Artist profiles: Take 6
Take 6 took roots in 1980 as an a cappella gospel group formed by Claude McKnight at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama. Mark Kibble heard…
Artist profiles: Ysaye Barnwell
Ysaye Barnwell joined Sweet Honey In The Rock in 1979 and along with Bernice Johnson Reagon became one of the group’s main spokeswomen. Barnwell holds…
Artist Profiles: Sweet Honey in the Rock
The all-female a cappella group Sweet Honey In The Rock began in 1973, a project put together by its founder Bernice Johnson Reagon. The name…
Artist profiles: Carina Normansson
Swedish fiddler Carina Normansson is known for her work with Falu, Spelmanslag, Traton (with Ola Backstrom and Maria Jonsson), Josefina Paulson and British-Swedish band Swåp.…
Artist profiles: Susheela Raman
Susheela was born in London in 1973 to a Tamil family. From her childhood she studied traditional Southern Indian music as taught by her parents.…
Artist profiles: Karen Tweed
Karen Tweed was born in Willesden, London, UK in 1963. She has Irish and English roots. Tweed is an accordion virtuoso known for her work…
Artist profiles: Swåp
Swåp is a transnational band featuring two Swedish and two British musicians; two men and two women; a combination of Nordic folk fiddling and traditional…
Artist profiles: Susana Seivane
Susana Seivane Hoyo was born August 25, 1976, in Barcelona, Spain. She is the legitimate heir of a lineage of Galician bagpipe craftsmen: the Seivanes.…