Founded in 1972 in the outskirts [Ng’ambo] of Dar es Salaam as a chakacha ngoma group – a style of traditional music performed mainly on…
Artist Profiles: Jagwa Music
Category: Artist Profiles
Artist Profiles: Jack Beck
Jack lives in Fife Scotland. He became interested in Scots-dialect songs and ballads during the 196s folk-song revival and helped found The Dunfermline Howff. Throughout…
Artist Profiles: Ivan Neville
The Neville Family is a gifted musical and creative family in the United States. Ivan Neville began absorbing the musical attitudes of his family at…
Artist Profiles: Istanbul Oriental Ensemble
The Istanbul Oriental Ensemble led by percussionist, vocalist and string player Burhan Ocal includes a number of Turkey’s leading Gypsy musicians who are dedicated to…
Artist Profiles: Istanbul music and Sema Group
The Istanbul Music and Sema (Whirling Ceremony) Group was founded by R. Hakan Talu Serhat Sarpel and Nadir Karnibuyukler in order to share two of…
Artist Profiles: Irene Farrera
Music was Irene Farerra’s first language. Her earliest memories of Venezuela are full of song and dancing feet. “Music is part of every celebration and…
Artist Profiles: Insingizi Emnyama
Insingizi Emnyama was established in 1987 at Sobukhazi Secondary School and specialised in the Ladysmith Black Mambazo style of music Mbube and traditional dances like…
Artist Profiles: Ishbel MacAskill
Ishbel MacAskill came from the Point area of the Island of Lewis. She was brought up with the rich heritage of century’s old Gaelic music…
Artist Profiles: Inka Mbing
Vocalist Inka Mbing performs rarely-heard Atayal songs as well as her own compositions that are unique in their focus on the perspectives of Atayal women.…
Artist profiles: Incesaz
Incesaz’s music has the full taste of the classical. The “makam” (the melodic texture) and “usül” (traditional rhythmic patterns) the instruments style and the way…