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Category: Artist Profiles

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Artist Profiles: Retimbrar (Portugal)

Angel Romero April 10, 2021 No Comments percussionPortugalPortuguese musicRetimbrar

Retimbrar is an evolving musical collective from Porto that explores deep Portuguese traditional rhythms, songs, and instruments. Inspired by the country’s musical traditions, TugaBeat is…

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Artist Profiles: Galandum Galundaina

Angel Romero April 9, 2021 No Comments Galandum GalundainaPortugalPortuguese music

Galandum Galundaina was founded in the early 2000s. The group explores the traditional music ofMiranda do Douro in northeastern Portugal, right next to the Spanish…

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Artist Profiles: Seiva

Angel Romero April 9, 2021 No Comments PortugalPortuguese musicSeiva

Multi-instrumentalists Vasco Ribeiro Casais and Joana Negrão, former members of influential Portuguese world music band Dazkarieh, formed Seiva in 2014. The goal is to perform…

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Artist Profiles: Jon Stickley Trio

Angel Romero March 30, 2021 No Comments American folk musicBluegrassJon StickleyJon Stickley TrioUnited States of America

Jon Stickley Trio is a genre-defying and cinematic instrumental group based in Asheville, North Carolina. The trio incorporates deep grooves, innovative flatpicking guitar, and spacey…

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Artist Profiles: Siti & The Band

Angel Romero March 28, 2021 No Comments Siti & the BandtaarabTanzaniaTanzanian music

Siti & the Band is an ensemble based in Zanzibar (Tanzania) that was formed in February 2016. The band combines traditional sounds and modern music…

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Artist Profiles: Sofia Rei

Angel Romero March 20, 2021 No Comments ArgentinaArgentine musicSofia Reiworld jazzworld music

Vocalist, composer, producer and educator Sofia Eugenia Koutsovitis Reigadas, better known as Sofia Rei, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She combines in her music…

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Artist Profiles: Rita Connolly

Angel Romero February 27, 2021 1 Comment IrelandIrish folk musicRita Connolly

Born and raised in Dublin, Rita Connolly is one of the finest female singers in Ireland today. Much of her early career was working and…

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Artist Profiles: Iona Fyfe

Angel Romero February 27, 2021 No Comments Iona FyfeScotlandScottish music

Vocalist Iona Fyfe is from Huntly in Scotland. She grew up going to sing-a-rounds, folk clubs and folk festivals in the North East where she…

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Artist Profiles: Fely Tchaco

Angel Romero February 25, 2021 No Comments Fely TchacoIvorian musicIvory Coast

Singer-songwriter, dancer, composer and designer Leye Felicite Martin, better known as Fely Tchaco, was born in the town of Yamoussoukro in the Ivory Coast. Fely…

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Artist Profiles: Elio Villafranca

Angel Romero February 24, 2021 No Comments CubaCuban musicElio VillafrancaJazzLatin jazz

Born in the Pinar del Río province of Western Cuba, pianist and composer Elio Villafranca was classically trained in percussion and composition at the Instituto…

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