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Category: Artist Profiles

Perkutao - Photo by Juan Pablo Aragón
Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Perkutao

Angel Romero September 2, 2022 No Comments Afro-Cuban musicAfro-PeruvianpercussionPercy ChinchillaPerkutaoPeruPeruvian musicworld music

Perkutao is an Afro-Peruvian percussion ensemble founded in 2005, directed by Percy Chinchilla, musician, percussionist, zapateador (foot percussion performer) and teacher of young generations of…

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Dafnis Prieto
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Artist Profiles: Dafnis Prieto

Angel Romero August 30, 2022 No Comments Cuban musicDafnis PrietodrumsJazzworld fusionworld music

Percussionist, composer and educator Dafnis Prieto was born July 31, 1974, in Santa Clara, Cuba. In Santa Clara, Cuba, Prieto studied percussion and guitar. During…

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Suonno d'Ajere Photo by Riccardo Piccirillo
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Artist Profiles: Suonno d’Ajere

Angel Romero August 30, 2022 No Comments Gian Marco LibeccioIrene Lupe ScarpatoItalian musicItalyMarcello Smigliante GentileNeapolitan musicSuonno d’Ajereworld music

Three passionate Italian musicians, born and raised in the city of Naples, came together to prove that the tradition of Neapolitan songwriting (Canzone Classica Napoletana)…

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Oratnitza
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Artist Profiles: Oratnitza

Angel Romero August 30, 2022 No Comments folktronicaOratnitzaworld fusionworld music

Oratnitza is a Bulgarian world music group. The musicians share a love for both Bulgarian folklore and bass beats inspired by modern electronic music that…

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Marco Mezquida - Photo by Joan Cortés
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Artist Profiles: Marco Mezquida

Angel Romero August 30, 2022 No Comments JazzMarco MezquidaSpainSpanish musicworld fusionworld jazzworld music

Award-winning pianist and composer Marco Mezquida was born on the island of Menorca, Spain, in 1987. He initiated his musical education at the age of…

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Kalàscima
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Artist Profiles: Kalàscima

Angel Romero August 30, 2022 No Comments global musicItalian musicItalyKalàscimatarantaworld fusionworld music

Italian band Kalàscima includes six friends from the deep Salento in southern Italy. They are one of the most innovative bands in the Italian world…

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Le Diable à Cinq
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Artist Profiles: Le Diable à Cinq

Angel Romero August 29, 2022 No Comments Canadaglobal musicLe Diable à CinqQuebecois musicworld music

Le Diable à Cinq is a Canadian folk music ensemble from Ripon in the Outaouais region of Quebec that was formed in 2015. They perform…

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Artist Profiles: Corina Sîrghi și Taraful Jean Americanu

Angel Romero August 28, 2022 No Comments Corina SîrghiRomanian musicworld music

Corina Sîrghi’s band was created in Bucharest, Romania in 2017. The group was formed out of a love for the great lautar singers of Romania’s…

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Ashby Frank
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Artist Profiles: Ashby Frank

Angel Romero August 20, 2022 No Comments Ashby FrankBluegrassmandolinUnited States of Americaworld music

Singer-songwriter and mandolinist Ashby Frank was born in Lexington, North Carolina. He started playing guitar, then moved on to mandolin at age 10 and became…

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Heart of Afghanistan - Photo by Kesten Migdal
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Artist Profiles: Heart of Afghanistan

Angel Romero August 17, 2022 No Comments Afghan musicAfghanistanAhmad FanoosElham FanoosghazalHamid HabibzadaHeart of AfghanistanMehran Fanoosqawwaliworld music

Heart of Afghanistan is an ensemble composed primarily by members of the Fanoos family. It includes four excellent Afghan musicians: acclaimed singer and Afghan TV…

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