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Category: Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles

They’re Happy Days

Venita Munir March 9, 2017 No Comments HuapangoLone PiñonMexican musicMexicoUnited States of America

Lone Piñon – Días Felices (Living Music Duplication, 2017) This new release from New Mexico, the self-professed “land of enchantment”, is sure to get you…

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Artist Profiles: La Shica

Angel Romero March 9, 2017 No Comments coplaFlamencoLa ShicaSpainSpanish music

Elsa Rovayo, “La Shica”, was born in Ceuta, Spain, in 1972. La Shica learned flamenco, Spanish dance and classical ballet. She performs a hybrid form…

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Artist Profiles: Lars-Ante Kuhmunen

Angel Romero March 5, 2017 No Comments Lars-Ante KuhmunenSami musicSwedenSwedish music

Lars-Ante Kuhmunen was born in 1979. He is a musician and reindeer breeder from Rensjön in Kiruna, a small town in the territory of Swedish…

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Artist Profiles: Lars Underdal

Angel Romero March 5, 2017 No Comments fiddleHardanger fiddleLars UnderdalNorwayNorwegian music

Lars Underdal was born in 1971 in Vinje in Telemark (Norway), has studied with several fiddlers and at the renowned Ole Bull Academy in Voss.…

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Artist Profiles: Lan-e Tuyang

Angel Romero March 5, 2017 No Comments BorneoLan-e TuyangMalaysiaMalaysian musicOrang Ulu musicsapeSarawak

Lan-e Tuyang (meaning among friends) was initially a duo from Sarawak in Malaysian Borneo, consisting of Matthew Ngau Jau and his late uncle Uchau Bilung.…

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Artist Profiles: Orquesta Tipica Fernandez Fierro

Angel Romero March 4, 2017 No Comments ArgentinaArgentine musicOrquesta Típica Fernández Fierrotango

  With the structure of a typical tango orchestra (four bandoneons, three violins, alto, violoncello, double bass and piano), a singer, a sound that has…

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Artist Profiles: La Niña de los Peines

Angel Romero March 4, 2017 No Comments FlamencoLa Niña de los PeinesSpainSpanish music

No one knows for sure why flamenco legend Pastora Pavón was known as La Niña de los Peines (the Girl with the Hair Combs). Some…

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Artist Profiles: La Musgaña

Angel Romero March 4, 2017 1 Comment Castilian folk musicLa MusgañaSpainSpanish music

Renowned Spanish folk group La Musgaña began as a street band in Madrid. For years, La Musgaña has developed an idiosyncratic style of performing traditional…

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Artist Profiles: La Barberia del Sur

Angel Romero March 3, 2017 No Comments Enrique HerediaFlamencoJuan Jose SuarezLa Barberia del SurPepe Luis CarmonaSpain

La Barberia del Sur was a Madrid-based group formed by some of the foremost talents of the 1980s Flamenco scene, descendants of the purest dynasties.…

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Artist Profiles: Kroke

Angel Romero March 2, 2017 1 Comment KlezmerKrokePolandPolish music

  The Yiddish word Kroke means “Cracow”. The group Kroke is strongly linked to Kazimierz, a Jewish settlement that had been an autonomous Jewish town…

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