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Category: Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Jonas Simonson

Angel Romero July 1, 2017 No Comments fluteJonas SimonsonSwedenSwedish music

Jonas Simonson has a unique and profoundly personal approach to playing the flutes along with the bass saxophone. He began with classical training but converted…

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Artist Profiles: Johnny Cunningham

Angel Romero June 30, 2017 No Comments Celtic musicfiddleJohnny CunninghamScotlandScottish music

Johnny Cunningham was born in Portobello, Scotland on August 27 1957. He played fiddle since the age of seven and was known for his lightning-fast…

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Artist Profiles: John Williams

Angel Romero June 30, 2017 No Comments accordionCeltic musicconcertinaIrish musicJohn WilliamsUnited States of America

John Williams was born in Chicago in 1967. He is a third generation concertina and button accordion player from both sides of the family. His…

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Artist Profiles: John Santos

Angel Romero June 30, 2017 No Comments John Santos

Percussionist composer writer and educator John Santos was raised in the Puerto Rican and Cape Verdean traditions of his family surrounded by music. The fertile…

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Artist Profiles: John Munro

Angel Romero June 30, 2017 No Comments AustraliaCeltic musicJohn MunroScotlandScottish music

John Munro was born in Glasgow in 194. He moved to Adelaide, Australia in 1965. John Munro has made a name for himself as an…

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Artist Profiles: John Morran

Angel Romero June 30, 2017 No Comments John MorranScotlandScottish music

John Morran is the lead singer and guitarist with Scots traditional band Deaf Shepherd. Increasingly recognized as one of Scotland’s most outstanding performers of traditional…

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Artist Profiles: John Cowan

Angel Romero June 29, 2017 No Comments BluegrassJohn CowanNew Grass RevivalnewgrassUnited States of America

Bassist and vocalist John Cowan was born on August 24, 1952 in Minerva, Ohio. He has been performing for over 30 years and is known…

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Artist Profiles: John Cephas

Angel Romero June 29, 2017 No Comments bluesCephas and WigginsJohn CephasPiedmont bluesUnited States of America

John Cephas was born in Washington D.C. in 1930 into a deeply religious family and raised in Bowling Green, Virginia. His first taste of music…

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Artist Profiles: Johan Hedin

Angel Romero June 29, 2017 No Comments Hazelius HedinJohan HedinnyckelharpaSwedenSwedish music

Johan Hedin was born on December 10, 1969 in Trekanten, Sweden. He plays nyckelharpa oktavnyckelharpa (octave keyfiddle), octave mandola and is also a vocalist. He’s…

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Artist Profiles: Joe Louis Walker

Angel Romero June 29, 2017 No Comments bluesJoe Louis WalkerUnited States of America

Guitarist and vocalist Louis Joseph Walker Jr., beter known as Joe Louis Walker, was born December 25, 1949, in San Francisco, California. For many years,…

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