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Category: Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Neva Ozgen

Angel Romero October 9, 2017 No Comments kemencheNeva OzgenTurkeyTurkish music

Kemenche player Neva Ozgen made history with the first solo instrumental recording by a female artist in the Turkish classical music world. On her debut…

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Artist Profiles: Neil Sparkes

Angel Romero October 8, 2017 No Comments Neil SparkesTransGlobal Underground

Neil Sparkes is a visual artist, musician and poet whose work resonates through both artistic and popular cultural worlds. Sparkes is widely known as vocalist…

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Artist Profiles: Nawang Khechog

Angel Romero October 8, 2017 1 Comment Nawang KhechogTibetan music

Born in Tibet, Nawang Khechog spent his earliest years as the child of nomads. In his boyhood he first learned to play the bamboo flute,…

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Artist Profiles: National Taarab

Angel Romero October 8, 2017 No Comments taarabTanzaniaTanzanian music

All Stars Kikundi cha Taifa (National Taarab Orchestra) of Zanzibar was founded many years ago having a flexible set up but always featuring the finest…

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Artist Profiles: Najma

Angel Romero October 8, 2017 No Comments Indian musicNajmaUnited Kingdomworld fusionworld music

Vocalist Najma Akhtar, better known as Najma, was born in 1964 Chelmsford, England. Najma has Indian ancestry and holds a degree in chemical engineering. Najma’s…

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Artist Profiles: Nadi Ikhwani Safaa

Angel Romero October 7, 2017 No Comments Nadi Ikhwan SafaataarabTanzaniaTanzanian music

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

Angel Romero October 7, 2017 No Comments Celtic musicNa h-OganaichScotlandScottish music

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…

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Artist Profiles: Muxicas

Angel Romero October 7, 2017 No Comments Galician musicMuxicasSpain

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…

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Artist Profiles: Muhammad Qadri Dalal

Angel Romero October 7, 2017 No Comments Arabic musicMuhammad Qadri DalalSyriaSyrian musicud

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…

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Artist Profiles: Shubhangi Sakhalkar

Angel Romero October 7, 2017 No Comments IndiaIndian classical musicShubhangi 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.…

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