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Category: Artist Profiles

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Artist Profiles: Cady Finlayson

Angel Romero May 18, 2017 No Comments Cady FinlaysonCeltic musicfiddleUnited States of Americaworld music

Cady Finlayson specializes in spirited Irish fiddle music with American Folk and World Music Influences. From her first show in a small Irish pub in…

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Artist Profiles: Carreg Lafar

Angel Romero May 18, 2017 No Comments Carreg LafarCeltic musicWalesWelsh music

Carreg Lafar was formed in 1993, in Cardiff, by musicians coming from different parts of Wales: Wrexham in the North, Llanelli and Swansea on the…

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Artist Profiles: Calum MacKinnon

Angel Romero May 18, 2017 No Comments Calum MacKinnonfiddleScotlandScottish music

Calum is from the island of Tiree in the Hebrides. He started learning the fiddle at an early age, from a neighbor, Willie Kemp, who…

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Artist Profiles: Calexico

Angel Romero May 18, 2017 No Comments AmericanaCalexicoTex-MexUnited States of America

Calexico is an influential band that plays border music, a mix of Tex-Mex and southwestern music, country and rock. Although the band founders, Joey Burns…

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Artist Profiles: Burhan Öçal

Angel Romero May 17, 2017 1 Comment Burhan ÖçalTurkeyTurkish music

Turkish music specialist Burhan Öçal has made the bridging of musical cultures his central mission. A native of Kirklareli, near Istanbul, he grew up in…

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Artist Profiles: Bora Yasar

Angel Romero May 14, 2017 No Comments Bora YasarmaqamSufi musicTurkeyTurkish music

Bora Yasar was born in 1973 in Gaziantep, Turkey. He studied Alevi music and played saz for a semah group. He studied and applied classical…

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Artist Profiles: Branco Stoysin

Angel Romero May 14, 2017 No Comments Branco StoysinBrazilian musicJazzSerbiaSerbian musicworld music

Born in a university town, Novi Sad, in the former Yugoslavia (and now part of Serbia), and entirely self-taught, Branco began playing guitar at the…

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Artist Profiles: Bryan Sutton

Angel Romero May 14, 2017 No Comments BluegrassBryan Suttoncountry musicUnited States of America

Born near Asheville, North Carolina in 1973, Bryan Sutton started playing the guitar at the age of 8. Sutton first came to prominence as part…

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Artist Profiles: Buckwheat Zydeco

Angel Romero May 14, 2017 No Comments accordionBuckwheat ZydecoUnited States of AmericaZydeco

Buckwheat Zydeco’s powerful live shows were legendary for the fun and abandon they inspired. It was the first Zydeco band to land a major record…

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Artist Profiles: C. J. Chenier

Angel Romero May 14, 2017 No Comments accordionC. J. ChenierUnited States of AmericaZydeco

Zydeco star C. J. Chenier was born on September 28, 1957 in Port Arthur, Texas, right next to the Louisiana state line. He has been…

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