Artist Profiles: Bäsk
Bäsk was a brilliant acoustic trio of three Swedish masters: Jonas Simonson on flute; Sten Källman on saxes and percussion; and fiddler Hans Kennemark. Bäsk…
Artist Profiles: Tony Guppy
Tony Guppy was born and raised in Success Village Laventille P.O.S (Trinidad). The youngest of five brothers, he was exposed to steel drum music at…
Artist Profiles: Desperadoes Steel Orchestra
Desperadoes Steel Orchestra hails from Laventille, Port of Spain, Trinidad and traces its beginnings back to the 1940s. Desperadoes is considered by many to be…
Artist Profiles: Amina
Amina Annabi was born in Carthage (Tunisia). Her family emigrated to France when she was 12. At home she listened to her mother’s North African…
Artist Profiles: Amine and Hamza M’Raihi
Amine and Hamza M’Raihi are Tunisian brothers, born respectively, in 1986 and 1987. They graduated in Middle Eastern music in 1999 and obtained the first…
Artist Profiles: Lela Soto
Lela Soto Heredia was born in 1992 in Madrid. She is one of the young flamenco voices with more projection of the current flamenco scene,…
Artist Profiles: Israel Fernández
Israel Fernández was born into a gypsy family in Corral de Almaguer (Toledo province, Spain). He performs flamenco in its purest form. His passion, his…
Portuguese Guitarist Marta Pereira da Costa Announces March 2019 U.S. Tour
Boundary-breaking Portuguese guitar player Marta Pereira da Costa will be touring North America in March 2019, with a monthlong, five city tour, that includes stops…
Artist Profiles: Chico Pérez
Chico Pérez was born in Jaén in 1994. He is a Spanish flamenco pianist, performer and composer. In 2016 he obtained the Superior Degree in…
Artist Profiles: Compagnie Solim
Compagnie Solim was founded in June 2000 in Lome, the capital of Togo. The group is primarily formed of artists dancers, dancers, percussionists, acrobats, magicians,…