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Category: Artist Profiles

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Artist Profiles: Ahmed el Salam

Angel Romero June 9, 2016 No Comments Ahmed el SalamArab-Andalusian musicblueschaabiFlamencoud

Ahmed el Salam was born in Oued Souf, in the Algerian Sahara, where he learned to play the flute. Later he moved to Algiers, the…

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Artist Profiles: Aidan O’Rourke

Angel Romero June 9, 2016 No Comments Aidan O’RourkeCeltic musicfiddleScotlandScottish musicviolin

Aidan O’Rourke is a fiddle player and composer from Oban on the West Coast of Scotland. He has toured extensively in Europe and North America…

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Artist Profiles: Aicha Mint Chighaly

Angel Romero June 9, 2016 2 Comments Aicha Mint ChighalyardinMauritaniaMauritanian music

Aicha Mint Chighaly was born in 1963 in Kaedi, Mauritania. Her father, Yuba Al-Mokhtar ould Chighaly, was one of the most influential musicians of the…

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Artist Profiles: Ahmed Omar

Angel Romero June 9, 2016 No Comments Ahmed OmarArabic music

Born in Egypt to an Eritrean father, Ahmed took his first steps in music at a Nubian music institute in downtown Cairo. He started with…

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Artist Profiles: Agricantus

Angel Romero June 9, 2016 No Comments AgricantusItalian musicItalySicilyworld music

Agricantus is a band from Sicily. Its early releases Gnanzù and Viaggiari were fine examples of its ability to mix ethnic music, mainly from the…

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Artist Profiles: Agnes Buen Garnas

Angel Romero June 9, 2016 No Comments Agnes Buen GarnasJan GarbarekNorwayNorwegian music

Agnes Buen Garnås, born in 1946, is one of Norway’s leading traditional singers. She is a member of the famous Buen family (of Jondalen in…

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Artist Profiles: Agatsuma

Angel Romero June 4, 2016 No Comments AgatsumaJapanese musicTsugaru-Shamisen

The 14-year-old winner of the 1988 All-Japan Tsugaru-Shamisen Competition, held at the Kanagicho in the Aomori Prefecture, began his studies of the instrument at the…

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Artist Profiles: Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra

Angel Romero June 4, 2016 No Comments Afro-Latin Jazz OrchestraJazzLatin jazz

In the 2002-2003 season, Jazz at Lincoln Center inaugurated a new ensemble, the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO). Led by pianist Arturo O’Farrill – son of…

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Artist Profiles: Afro Cuban All Stars

Angel Romero June 4, 2016 No Comments Afro Cuban All StarsAfro-Cuban jazzAfrocubanboleroCuban musicdanzónguajirason cubanoson montunotimba

The Afro-Cuban All Stars were brought together by musical director Juan de Marcos González (leader of the son group Sierra Maestra and mastermind behind the…

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Artist Profiles: Afro Celt Sound System

Angel Romero June 3, 2016 No Comments Afro Celt Sound SystemelectronicUnited Kingdomworld music

Afro Celt Sound System are widely acknowledged as one of the most innovative and pioneering groups to emerge from the increasingly eclectic cross-cultural experimentation at…

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