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Category: Artist Profiles

Beatriz Felício
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Artist Profiles: Beatriz Felício

Angel Romero July 14, 2022 1 Comment Beatriz FelíciofadoPortugalPortuguese musicworld music

Beatriz Felício is a fado rising talent from Damaia, near Lisbon, Portugal. She entered the world of music at a young age. Beatriz participated in…

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Club Makumba - Photo by Vitorino Coragem
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Artist Profiles: Club Makumba

Angel Romero July 14, 2022 No Comments Club MakumbaPortugalPortuguese musicworld fusionworld music

Club Makumba is a musical project developed by guitarist Tó Trips (Dead Combo, Lulu Blind, among others) and the drummer and percussionist João Doce (Wraygunn).…

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Artist Profiles: Expresso Transatlântico

Angel Romero July 14, 2022 No Comments Expresso TransatlânticoPortugalPortuguese musicworld fusionworld music

Expresso Transatlântico features three musicians from Lisbon who intertwine the musical traditions of Portugal, Africa, and Brazil. Band members include Sebastião Varela on guitar and…

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Júlio Resende - Photo by Hugo Silva, courtesy of ACT
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Artist Profiles: Júlio Resende

Angel Romero July 14, 2022 No Comments fadofado-jazzJúlio ResendePortugalPortuguese musicworld fusionworld music

Pianist, Composer, Producer Júlio Resende was born June 10, 1982, in Faro, Algarve region, Portugal, although he spent his childhood in neighboring Olhão. Júlio Resende…

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Brittany Anjou
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Artist Profiles: Brittany Anjou

Angel Romero July 10, 2022 No Comments Brittany AnjouJazzpianoUnited States of Americavibraphoneworld fusionxylophone

Composer, improviser, pianist, vibraphonist, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Brittany Anjou was born on May 15, 1984, in Minot, North Dakota, USA. Anjou has recorded and led…

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Alfred Kpebesaane - Photo by Casey-Mitchell
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Artist Profiles: Alfred Kpebesaane

Angel Romero July 10, 2022 No Comments GhanaGhanaian musicgyilworld fusionxylophone

Alfred Kpebesaane is a skilled percussionist, master xylophonist, expert in Ghanaian gyil (xylophone) and songwriter. He grew up in the upper west region of Ghana,…

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Chico Trujillo
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Artist Profiles: Chico Trujillo

Angel Romero July 4, 2022 No Comments Chico TrujilloChileChilean musiccumbia

Acclaimed Chilean ensemble Chico Trujillo started as an offshoot of punk/ska band La Floripondio in 1999. Eventually, Chico Trujillo became Chile’s leading crossover cumbia band.…

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Los hermanos ballumbrosio - Photo by Juan Pablo Aragón
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Artist Profiles: Los Hermanos Ballumbrosio

Angel Romero July 3, 2022 No Comments Afro-PeruvianLos Hermanos BallumbrosioPeruPeruvian musicworld music

Los Hermanos Ballumbrosio (the Ballumbrosio brothers) are members of one of the key families of El Carmen, Chincha, a cotton-producing province located 200 km south…

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Daniel Herskedal
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Artist Profiles: Daniel Herskedal

Angel Romero June 27, 2022 No Comments bass trumpetDaniel HerskedalJazzNorwayNorwegian musictuba

Daniel Herskedal is an award-winning virtuoso musician and composer, specialized in tuba and bass trumpet. He was born April 2, 1982, in Molde, Møre og…

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Ghetto Kumbé
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Artist Profiles: Ghetto Kumbé

Angel Romero June 25, 2022 No Comments Afro-ColombianAfro-Futurist musicColombiaColombian musicGhetto Kumbéworld fusionworld music

Afro-Futuristic Colombian band Ghetto Kumbé was founded at the end of 2014 by three musicians from the culturally rich and diverse Caribbean coast of Colombia.…

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