BeauSoleil has secured their position as America’s most popular Cajun group. BeauSoleil has preserved the rich Cajun musical traditions of Louisiana, while adding elements of…
Artist Profiles: BeauSoleil
Category: Artist Profiles
Artist Profiles: Baka Beyond
For Baka Beyond, global fusion is a way of life. In 1992, Martin Cradick & Su Hart visited and played with the Baka people in…
Artist Profiles: Kate Rusby
English folk singer Kate Rusby has been played on mainstream radio and established a loyal following among people who’d previously stated they didn’t like folk…
Artist Profiles: R. Carlos Nakai
R. Carlos Nakai, of Navajo-Ute heritage, is the leading Native American flutist, having sold more than 3.5 million albums. He has received two gold records…
Artist Profiles: Vicente Amigo
Vicente Amigo is one of the finest Flamenco guitarists in the world. He was born in Guadalcanal in 1967, a small town in the…
Artist Profiles: Tomatito
José Fernández Torres, son of Tomate (tomato) and grandson of Miguel Tomate, took the Flamenco nickname of Tomatito, the little tomato. He was born in…
Artist Profiles: TransGlobal Underground
In the early 1990s, three men got together in an inadequate recording studio equipped with a Simon Harris break beat album, a cassette of chants…
Artist Profiles: Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma was born to Chinese parents living in Paris. He began to study the cello with his father at age 4 and soon moved…
Artist Profiles: Ailie Robertson
Ailie Robertson is a musician in the broadest sense: composer, arranger, teacher, improviser, and harp virtuoso. Ailie grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was immersed…
Artist Profiles: Silk Road Ensemble
The Silk Road Ensemble is a collective of internationally renowned performers and composers from more than 20 countries. Each Ensemble member’s career responds to one…