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Artist Profiles: Actores Alidos

Angel Romero April 19, 2016 No Comments Actores AlidosItalian musicItalySardinian polyphony

Actores Alidos is a Sardinian group that specializes in female polyphony. The group performs songs of love, sacred songs, lullabies, popular dances, funeral laments and…

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Artist Profiles: Acquaragia Drom

Angel Romero April 19, 2016 No Comments Acquaragia DromaltarelloGypsy musicpizzicaRoma musictammurriatatarantellas

Acquaragia Drom is an Italian band with a little Gypsy blood and lots of experience performing at traditional weddings and feasts all around in Italy.…

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Artist Profiles: Achilla Orru Apaa-Idomo

Angel Romero April 19, 2016 No Comments Achilla Orru Apaa-IdomolokembeUgandan music

Achilla Orru Apaa-Idomo was considered by some the master of the lokembe (also spelled lukembe), known as kalimba or thumb piano in the West). The…

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Artist Profiles: Abu Araki al-Bakheit

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments Abu Araki al-BakheitSudanese music

Abu Araki al-Bakheit is a musical giant who emerged during the latter years of Sudanese music’s golden era. With his fabulously smooth and supple voice,…

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Artist Profiles: Abrasevic-Valjevo

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments Abrasevic-ValjevoSerbia

Abrashevich folk dance company was founded in Valjevo, Serbia, in 1905, and at the same time in Belgrade, Kragujevac and few other Serbian cities, and…

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Artist Profiles: Aboubacar Camara

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments Aboubacar CamaraGuinean music

Steeped in the drumming and dance of his native Guinea from childhood, Aboubacar Camara was tapped for ballet training at the age of 9, and…

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Artist Profiles: Abiogenesis

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments AbiogenesisIndian musicNaga

Abiogenesis, from Nagaland in India, is an experimental band and they have developed a new world genre which they have named ‘Howey Music’. Howey is…

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Artist Profiles: Abigail Washburn

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments Abigail WashburnAmerican folk musicbanjofolkold timeworld music

Abigail Washburn’s soulful singing was one of the signature sounds of Uncle Earl since she joined in May 2003. Signed to Nettwerk Records as a…

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Artist Profiles: Abida Parveen

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments Abida ParveenghazalkafiSufiSufi music

Abida Parveen, the queen of Sufi mystic singing spreads the message of love and induces a state of spiritual ecstasy with her Sufi mystic songs.…

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Artist Profiles: Abhishek Basu

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments Abhishek BasuIndian classical musictablaworld fusion

Abhishek Basu gave his first professional concert with santur maestro Tarun Bhattacharya. He was but a boy of eight when he first stepped into his…

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