Benjamin Escoriza, was born in Granada and later moved to Madrid. In the Spanish capital he met French multi-instrumentalist Vincent Molino and Spanish percussionist Fain…
Artist Profiles: Benjamin Escoriza
Category: Artist Profiles
Artist Profiles: Bazar Bla
Bazar Blå is one of the leading bands on the new folk music scene in Sweden. Their original compositions are clearly influenced by Swedish traditions…
Artist Profiles: Barbaros Erköse
Clarinet virtuoso Barbaros Erköse was born in 1936, in Bursa, Turkey. He leads the Barbaros Erköse Ensemble, a group that presents an array of Turkish…
Artist Profiles: Hassan Haffar
“To sing is to seek oneself and in seeking oneself one finds God. To find God is to find oneself; in finding oneself one loses…
Artist Profiles: Harv
Two of Sweden’s newest and exciting young fiddlers came together to form Harv. With the long-standing folk fiddle duet tradition as their starting point, Magnus…
Artist Profiles: Zakir Hussain
Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, son of the legendary Ustad Alla Rakha, built a reputation as one of the finest tabla players in Indian classical music.…
Artist Profiles: Yuri Yunakov
Saxophonist Yuri Yunakov was born in Haskovo, southeastern Bulgaria, of Turkish Romani (Gypsy) ancestry and currently lives in the New York City area. He comes…
Artist Profiles: Yomo Toro
Yomo Toro, a cultural icon for 50 years, was one of Latin music’s most beloved musicians. Victor Guillermo Toro was born on July 26, 1933…
Artist Profiles: Yasmin Levy
Yasmin Levy revitalized the ancient art of Ladino singing, the Judeo-Spanish style whose songs reach back to 15th-century Spain. The Ladino singer was born Yasmin…
Artist Profiles: Xosé Manuel Budiño
Piper Xosé Manuel Budiño was born in Moaña, Spain. He is the son of a fisherman, a common profession in Spain’s northwestern reion of Galicia.…