King Sunny Ade was born Sunday Adeniyi in the Ondo State of western Nigeria in 1946, the son of a Methodist minister. Although his…
Artist Profiles: King Sunny Ade
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Artist Profiles: Kinabalu Merdu Sound
Kinabalu Merdu Sound is a world music band from Sabah (Malaysia). The band plays Sabahan ethnic music with bamboo musical instruments. Kinabalu Merdu Sound’s roots…
Artist Profiles: Keyvan Saket
Keyvan Saket is an Iranian composer and tar and setar instrumentalist. Keyvan is a master of traditional Persian music who, after recording and touring extensively…
Artist Profiles: Kevin Yazzie
Kevin Yazzie is a Diné (Navajo) musician born in Teesto, Arizona. Kevin now resides in Mesa, Arizona with his wife, Alberta, and children Shailen, Natashbah,…
Artist Profiles: Kaykhosro Pournazeri
Kaykhosro Pournazeri, born in Kermanshah (Iran), studied music under master musicians Ostad Vaziri and Darvish Khan. He began his university studies in engineering, but soon…
Artist Profiles: Kayhan Kalhor
Kamancha (also known as kamancheh) virtuoso and composer Kayhan Kalhor was born in Tehran (Iran). He began his musical studies at the age of seven.…
Artist Profiles: Kassé Mady Diabaté
Kassé Mady Diabaté was one of West Africa’s greatest voices and one of the most cherished singers in Mali. He was known for his profound knowledge…
Artist Profiles: Karl Seglem
Karl Seglem was born in 1961 in Årdalstangen in Sogn. He’s one of the most important contemporary tenor saxophonists in Norway. With the group…
Artist Profiles: Karan Casey
Vocalist, songwriter, producer and pianist Karan Casey was born in Ballyduff Lower, Kilmeaden, County Waterford, Ireland in 1969. In 1993, Karan emigrated to New York…
Artist Profiles: Cemîl Qoçgîrî
Composer and tenbur (long-necked lute) maestro Cemîl Qoçgîrî was born in 1980 in Duisburg, Germany. He’s part of a Kurdish-Alevi (Qizilbash) family from the region…