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Category: Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Sergio Monroy

Angel Romero April 23, 2017 No Comments FlamencoSergio MonroySpainSpanish music

  Sergio Monroy was born in Cadiz (Spain). He has developed a unique synthesis of flamenco and piano music. His debut album was acclaimed in…

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Artist Profiles: Segundo Falcón

Angel Romero April 23, 2017 No Comments FlamencoSegundo FalcónSpainSpanish music

  Segundo Falcón was born in 1970 in a section of Sevilla (Spain) that is known as El Viso del Alcor, where a family of…

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Artist Profiles: Seán Óg Graham

Angel Romero April 23, 2017 No Comments accordionIrelandIrish folk musicSeán Óg Graham

Seán Óg Graham is from Portglenone, Co. Antrim, Ireland. He’s one of Ireland’s best button accordion players. Seán Óg Graham has achieved numerous All-Ireland titles…

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Artist Profiles: Salar Nader

Angel Romero April 23, 2017 No Comments Indian classical musicSalar NadertablaUnited States of Americaworld music

Salar Nader, of Afghan origin, was born in 1981 in Hamburg, Germany and migrated to the United States at the age of three . It…

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Artist Profiles: Salar Aghili

Angel Romero April 23, 2017 No Comments IranIranian musicPersian classical musicSalar Aghili

Salar Aghili is one of the leading Persian classical vocalists of his generation. He was born in Tehran in 1977, has studied under the guidance…

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Artist Profiles: Rumen Sali Shopov

Angel Romero April 23, 2017 No Comments BulgariaBulgarian musicRumen Sali Shopov

Percussionist Rumen Sali Shopov is a Roma (Gypsy) artist from Gotse Delchev, a crossroads town in Southwest Bulgaria near the borders with Greece and Macedonia,…

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Artist Profiles: Sabir Khan

Angel Romero April 23, 2017 No Comments IndiaIndian classical musicSabir Khansarangiworld fusion

Sabir Khan, born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan (India), belongs to the Sikar gharana (school) of music that has introduced several influential figures to Indian classical music.…

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Artist Profiles: Ry Cooder

Angel Romero April 23, 2017 1 Comment American folk musicBuena Vista Social ClubguitarRy CooderUnited States of America

Ryland Peter Cooder (Ry Cooder) was born in Los Angeles, California, on March 15, 1947. He is a guitarist well-known for his slide guitar style.…

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Artist Profiles: Rusk

Angel Romero April 23, 2017 No Comments Frode HaltliNorwayNorwegian musicRuskUnni LøvlidVegar Vardal

Rusk was a Norwegian folk music trio from the Solør and Finnskogen area in Norway, near the Swedish border. The band featured vocalist Unni Løvlid,…

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Artist Profiles: Romano Drom

Angel Romero April 22, 2017 No Comments Gypsy musicHungarian musicRoma musicRomano Drom

Romano Drom, which in Romani language means ‘gypsy road’, presents the musical tradition of the Olah Gypsies from Valachia, traditionally horse traders and traveling salesmen…

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