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Category: Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Fanfara Station

Angel Romero July 28, 2020 No Comments brass bandelectronic musicFanfara StationTunisian music

Fanfara Station is an Italian-Tunisian trio that combines the power of a brass band, electronics and North African vocals and percussion. Inspired by Marzouk Mejri’s…

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Artist Profiles: El Khat

Angel Romero July 27, 2020 No Comments El KhatYemenite music

El Khat is a band from Jaffa, featuring musicians from the Yemeni diaspora. Khat is an addictive leaf that has been chewed socially in Yemen and…

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Artist Profiles: Khusugtun

Angel Romero July 27, 2020 No Comments KhusugtunMongoliaMongolian musicthroat singing

Khusugtun is a Mongolian band that has developed a contemporary form of Mongolian overtone singing by adding polyphony. The group released its first album in…

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Artist Profiles: Dongyang Gozupa

Angel Romero July 24, 2020 No Comments Dongyang GozupaKorean musicprogressive rockSouth Korea

Dongyang Gozupa is an innovative South Korean group that performs a remarkable mix of instrumental progressive rock band and Gugak (traditional Korean music). The trio…

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Artist Profiles: Djazia Satour

Angel Romero July 24, 2020 No Comments AlgeriaAlgerian musicDjazia Satour

Djazia Satour was born in Algiers on December 9, 1980. She grew up in Algeria and arrived to Grenoble (France) in 1990. At the age…

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Artist Profiles: Dalinda

Angel Romero July 23, 2020 1 Comment a cappellaDalindaHungarian musicHungary

Dalinda is an a cappella trio based in Budapest, Hungary. The group performs Hungarian folk songs with a modern and polyphonic twist. The group’s three…

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Artist Profiles: Coşkun Karademir

Angel Romero July 23, 2020 No Comments baglamaCoşkun KarademirkopuzTurkeyTurkish music

Coşkun Karademir was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1986. He is an Anatolian baglama and kopuz master. The Turkish artist was captivated by the iconic…

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Artist Profiles: Ana Carla Maza

Angel Romero July 23, 2020 No Comments Ana Carla MazaCubaCuban musicJazzwestern classical musicworld fusion

Cellist Ana Carla Maza Sierra was born in Havana, Cuba in a musical family. Her father is acclaimed Chilean pianist Carlos Maza and her mother…

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Artist Profiles: Alogte Oho

Angel Romero July 23, 2020 No Comments Alogte OhoFrafra musicGhanaGhanaian musicgospel

Vocalist Alogte Oho was raised in southern Ghana and later moved to the land of the Frafra (also known as Fare-Fare) community in northern Ghana.…

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Artist Profiles: Mehdi Qamoum

Angel Romero July 21, 2020 No Comments Gnawa musicMehdi QamoumMoroccan musicMorocco

Mehdi Qamoum was born in Agadir, Morocco. He was raised in a family immersed in a Ganawa traditional music. He stood out in this field…

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