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Category: Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Gavin Marwick

Angel Romero June 18, 2017 No Comments fiddleGavin MarwickScotlandScottish music

Edinburgh-born fiddler Gavin Marwick is a past or present member of Iron Horse, Burach, Cantrip, Ceilidh Minogue, the Unusual Suspects and Bellevue Rendezvous, among others.…

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Artist Profiles: Gaelic Storm

Angel Romero June 18, 2017 No Comments Celtic musicGaelic StormUnited States of America

Gaelic Storm gained international success thanks to its 1997 appearance as the “steerage band” in Titanic. The band landed the part while they were still…

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Artist Profiles: Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors

Angel Romero June 18, 2017 No Comments electronic musicGabrielle Roth & The Mirrorstribal ambient music

Gabrielle Roth was internationally recognized as the first woman to create tribal ambient music, and she did so for over two decades. Gabrielle Roth &…

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Artist Profiles: Frifot

Angel Romero June 18, 2017 No Comments Ale MollerFrifotLena WillemarkPer GudmundsonSwedenSwedish music

Frifot brought together three of the most colorful characters on the Swedish folk music scene, all of them with deep roots in the tradition. The…

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Artist Profiles: Fred Morrison

Angel Romero June 18, 2017 No Comments bagpipeFred MorrisonScotlandScottish music

Fred Morrison is widely regarded as one of the greatest Scottish pipers alive today. His performances on the Highland, bellows blown and uilleann pipes and…

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Artist Profiles: Fraser Shaw

Angel Romero June 18, 2017 No Comments bagpipeCeltic musicFraser ShawScotlandScottish music

Fraser Shaw learned the bagpipes from the renowned piper Fred Morrison of South Uist, and latterly from the Tiree piper Kenny MacDonald. At the age…

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Artist Profiles: Fraser Fifield

Angel Romero June 18, 2017 No Comments bagpipeCeltic musicFraser FifieldScotlandScottish music

Fraser Fifield is a composer and producer, piper, low whistle player, and saxophonist with a background in traditional Scottish folk music. Fraser lives in Edinburgh,…

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Artist Profiles: Frank London

Angel Romero June 18, 2017 No Comments Frank LondonJazzKlezmertrumpet

Trumpeter and composer Frank London is a member of the Klezmatics, Hasidic New Wave, has performed with John Zorn, LL Cool J, Mel Torme, Lester…

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Artist Profiles: Fourth World

Angel Romero June 18, 2017 No Comments Airto MoreiraBrazilian musicFlora PurimFourth Worldworld music

Fourth World, formed in 1990, featured the legendary Brazilian jazz percussionist Airto Moreira, the six-octave voice of Flora Purim, guitarist Jose Neto, keyboardist/flutist Jovino Santos…

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Artist Profiles: Ferhan Qureshi

Angel Romero June 18, 2017 No Comments Ferhan QureshiIndian classical musicPakistanPakistani musictabla

Ferhan Najeeb Qureshi has been a student of tabla and traditional Pakistani/Indian music for many years. He is a senior disciple of the tabla maestro…

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