Romanian ensemble Taraf de Caliu is a reincarnation of famed Gypsy (Roma) band Taraf de Haidouks. The founding members of Taraf de Haidouks were reunited…
Artist Profiles: Taraf de Caliu
Category: Artist Profiles
Artist Profiles: Bnat el Houariyat
Bnat el Houariyat (“the girls of Houara”) is a multigenerational ensemble that follows Moroccan laâbat tradition. These are women’s percussion groups that perform stinging, often…
Artist Profiles: Dakh Daughters
Dakh Daughters is an Ukrainian music and theater ensemble formed 2012. Seven actresses use musical instruments to create a life-affirming performance about love, freedom and…
Artist Profiles: Abdel Rahim Boutat
A Moroccan Berber from the town of Khenifra in the Middle Atlas Mountains, Abdel Rahim Boutat began playing the lotar as a young boy in…
Artist Profiles: Jouhiorkesteri
Jouhiorkesteri released their debut-CD Nikodemus in May 2008. Jouhiorkesteri – the Horse-Hair Orchestra – made a moving CD, where an old and forgotten instrument has…
Artist Profiles: Fernando Garcia
Born in San Juan and raised in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Fernando García studied guitar at the extension program of the Conservatory of Music of Puerto…
Artist Profiles: Staff Benda Bilili
Staff Benda Bilili are like nothing you have ever seen or heard before. They are a group of homeless and disabled musicians, who live in…
Artist Profiles: Ricky Skaggs
American country and bluegrass singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and composer Rickie Lee Skaggs, better known as Ricky Skaggs, was born July 18, 1954. Skaggs grew up…
Artist Profiles: Speed Caravan
Speed Caravan was founded in 2005 by Algerian French ud player Mehdi Haddab and bass player Pascal “Pasco” Teillet. On the compelling fusion album “Kalashnik…
Artist Profiles: Sofia Vaina
Sofia Vaina (Σοφία Βαϊνά) was born in Veroia, Greece in 1970. She is a Greek composer, lyricist, vocalist, arranger, pianist and violinist. She studied Special…