Afion (Macedonian: opium, poppy) is a Croatian-Macedonian band that plays western Balkan music (mostly from their homelands Croatia and Macedonia). Formed in 2003 in Zagreb,…
Artist Profiles: Afion
Category: Artist Profiles
Artist Profiles: Natu Camara
Natu Camara was born in Ivory Coast and grew up in Guinea. She got together with three friends to form female R&B/hip-hop band, the Ideal…
Artist Profiles: José Valencia
Award-wining flamenco singer José Antonio Valencia Vargas, better known as José Valencia, was born in Barcelona in 1975. He grew up in a gypsy family…
Artist Profiles: Rafael de Utrera
Flamenco singer Rafael Usero Vilches, better known as Rafael de Utrera, was born on July 14, 1973, in Utrera, Spain. Rafael grew up in an…
Artist Profiles: Ibrahim Maalouf
Ibrahim Maalouf was born November 5, 1980 in Beirut, Lebanon. He left Lebanon as a child and grew up in France. Maalouf is internationally-renowned composer…
Artist Profiles: Graham Rorie
Graham Rorie is a fiddler and mandolinist from the Orkney Islands in Scotland. He currently lives in Glasgow. In 2018, Graham graduated from the Royal…
Artist Profiles: Ellie Beaton
Vocalist Ellie Beaton is from Rothienorman in Aberdeenshire (Scotland). She became interested in traditional music from a young age. Ellie studied Classical Voice at Aberdeen…
Artist Profiles: Bradley Parker
Bagpiper Bradley Parker is from County Down, Northern Ireland. He started playing the Highland Bagpipes at a young age and won the ‘Young Musician of…
Artist Profiles: Modeste Hugues
Modeste Hugues is an award-winning singer songwriter and skilled guitarist from eastern Madagascar. His music is a fine mix of traditional Madagascan sounds. He creates…
Artist Profiles: María José Llergo
Flamenco singer María José Llergo was born in Córdoba, Spain in 1994. She dazzles audiences by taking tradition to unexplored paths. Her voice is full…