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Category: Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles

Artist Profile: Mokoomba

Angel Romero March 20, 2016 No Comments ChilendeMokoombaMukandaworld musicZimbabwe

World music act Mokoomba is based in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. The band’s six members, Mathias Muzaza (lead vocals), Ndaba Coster Moyo (drums, backing vocals), Trustworth…

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Artist Profiles: Acho Estol

Angel Romero March 8, 2016 No Comments ArgentinaLa Chicanatango

Argentine musician Acho Estol started playing the guitar at eight and the electric guitar at ten, then he took up various instruments during the teenage…

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Artist Profiles: Ustad Mohammad Omar

Angel Romero September 18, 2012 No Comments Afghan musicAfghanistanrubabUstad Mohammad Omar

Ustad Mohammad Omar, one of Afghanistan’s finest rabab players, became the first Afghan musician to teach in the United States of America when he arrived…

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Artist Profiles: Saba

Angel Romero November 7, 2007 No Comments SabaSomali musicSomaliaworld music

Born in Mogadishu (Somalia) to an Italian father and Ethiopian mother, Saba has come to represent the meeting of African and European cultures: as an…

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Artist Profiles: Ulali

Angel Romero October 21, 2007 No Comments American Indian musicNative American musicUlali

Ulali features original founders Pura Fé (Tuscarora), Soni (Mayan, Apache and Yaqui), and Jennifer (Tuscarora). Founded in 1997, Ulali is the first Native American women’s…

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The Chéhadé brothers

Angel Romero November 12, 2006 No Comments Arabic musicPalestinian musicThe Chéhadé brothers

The Chéhadé brothers are singer-songwriters from Jerusalem. They were born and raised in a family where art had an important place. Their home was an…

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