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Category: Artist Profiles

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Artist Profiles: Abdelli

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments Algerian musicbendirBerberdarbukaKabylmandola

Abdelli Abderrahmane is a Kabyl Berber, born on the 2nd of April 1958 at Behalil in the Great Kabyl (Algeria). Author, composer and performer, he…

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Artist Profiles: Abdelkader Saadoun

Angel Romero April 17, 2016 No Comments Abdelkader SaadounAlgerian musicRai

Abdelkader Saadoun comes from Khemis Miliana in Algeria, a few miles away from Wahran, the birth place of Rai. He started to play Rai music…

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Artist Profiles: Abdel Wright

Angel Romero April 17, 2016 No Comments Abdel WrightJamaican music

With an incredible true-life story that rivals Jimmy Cliff’s fictional tale of Kingston gangsters in the classic reggae film Harder They Come, Abdel Wright has…

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Artist Profiles: Abdel Karim Ensemble

Angel Romero April 17, 2016 2 Comments Abdel Karim EnsembleArabic musickanunMuwashahanayneyqanun

Formed by professional musicians from several countries (Syria, Egypt, Morocco and Spain) and under the direction of Abdel Karim, this ensemble has the purpose of…

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Artist Profiles: Abdel Gadir Salim

Angel Romero April 17, 2016 No Comments Abdel Gadir SalimSudanSudanese music

Abdel Gadir Salim is among the most significant and influential singers Sudan has produced. He first introduced the rhythms and melodies of the western province…

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Artist Profiles: Abby Surya Djai

Angel Romero April 17, 2016 No Comments Abby Surya DjaiCongolese music

Abby Surya, from Kinshasa (D. R. Congo) started her career in 1984, alongside the well known Congolese female singer Abeti Masikini. The Redoutable, name of…

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Artist Profiles: Abby Newton

Angel Romero April 17, 2016 No Comments Abby NewtonAmerican folk musiccelloCeltic music

American musician Abby Newton first brought her cello into the folk music scene in the mid 1970’s as a member of The Putnam County String…

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Artist Profiles: Abboud Abdel Aal

Angel Romero April 17, 2016 No Comments Abboud Abdel'AlArabic musicLebanese musicLebanonviolin

Palestinian musician Abboud Abdel Aal (also spelled Abboud Abdel’Al) was born in 1929. He started his musical career while he was only 7 years old.…

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Artist Profiles: Aaron Bebe Sukura

Angel Romero April 17, 2016 1 Comment Aaron Bebe SukurafluteGhanaGhanaian musicHighlife

Aaron Bebe Sukura is a Ghanaian multi-instrumentalist (harp-lute, thumb-piano, bamboo flute, guitar, xylophone). He recorded Nyong, a solo album devoted to acoustic Highlife from Ghana…

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Artist Profiles: Aaron White

Angel Romero April 17, 2016 No Comments Aaron WhiteAmerican Indian musicfluteNative American music

Aaron White has been entertaining audiences in all four directions of the Earth. A multifaceted artist, he can be found working on a soundtrack or…

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