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Category: Artist Profiles

ADG7 - Photo by Lee Jong Sam
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Artist Profiles: Ak Dan Gwang Chil (ADG7)

Angel Romero January 16, 2022 No Comments Ak Dan Gwang ChilKorean musicworld music

Multi-award winning group Ak Dan Gwang Chil, also known as ADG7, was formed in 2015, the year that Korea celebrated its 70th anniversary of national…

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Åsmund Reistad and Marianne Tomasgård - Photo by Terje Johansen
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Artist Profiles: Åsmund Reistad

Angel Romero January 9, 2022 No Comments Åsmund ReistadNorwayNorwegian folk music

Guitarist Åsmund Reistad was born and raised in Bærum (outside Oslo), Norway. He discovered Norwegian folk music as an adult. Since then he has been…

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Åsmund Reistad and Marianne Tomasgård - Photo by Terje Johansen
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Artist Profiles: Marianne Tomasgård

Angel Romero January 9, 2022 No Comments Marianne TomasgårdNorwayNorwegian folk musicNorwegian music

Marianne Tomasgård was born and raised in a small village called Nannestad (in Akershus), Norway. She was one of the leading figures in the female…

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João Donato
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Artist Profiles: João Donato:

Angel Romero December 30, 2021 No Comments bossa novaBrazilBrazilian musicJoão DonatoLatin jazzworld jazz

Pianist and composer João Donato de Oliveira Neto, better known as João Donato, was born on August 17, 1934 in Rio Branco, State of Acre,…

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Indian musician Hasu Patel
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Artist Profiles: Hasu Patel

Angel Romero December 30, 2021 No Comments Hasu PatelIndiaIndian classical musicsitar

Hasu Patel is a disciple of sitar legend Ustad Vilayat Khan Saheb. She is one of the few distinguished female artists performing today Classical Music…

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Jason Davis - Photo by Donn Jones
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Artist Profiles: Jason Davis

Angel Romero December 30, 2021 No Comments banjoBluegrassJason DavisUnited States of America

Jason Davis was born in Ford, central Virginia. He grew up listening to bluegrass with his uncle. Davis started his career at the age of…

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Manuel Malou playing guitar- Photo by Fernando Quintela
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Artist Profiles: Manuel Malou

Angel Romero December 30, 2021 No Comments FlamencoGypsy rumbaManuel Malourumba flamencaSpainSpanish music

Manuel Malou was born in Cuenca, Spain. He became one of the leading performers of flamenco rumba. He refers to rumba as “the authentic Spanish…

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Kitka photo by Vincent Louis Carrella
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Artist Profiles: Kitka

Angel Romero December 23, 2021 No Comments KitkaUnited States of America

Kitka which means bouquet in Bulgarian and Macedonian began as a grassroots group of amateur singers from diverse ethnic and musical backgrounds who shared a…

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Anouar Kaddour Cherif
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Artist Profiles: Anouar Kaddour Cherif

Angel Romero December 22, 2021 No Comments Anouar Kaddour CherifArab-Andalusian musicmandolaworld fusionworld jazz

Anouar Kaddour Cherif was born in Sétif in Algeria. He is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and band leader rooted in the classical music traditions of North…

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cover of the Introducing Groupe Mazagan album
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Artist Profiles: Mazagan

Angel Romero December 11, 2021 No Comments chaabichaabi grooveIssam KamalMazaganMoroccan musicMoroccoworld fusionworld music

Moroccan band Groupe Mazagan, or simply Mazagan, was formed in the summer of 1998 by three teenage friends from El Jadida in western Morocco: Issam…

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