Artist Profiles: Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana was born on July 20, 1947, in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico. His father, José, an accomplished mariachi violinist, introduced Carlos to ‘traditional…
Artist Profiles: Sergio Lara
For over 20 years, guitarist Sergio Lara has been respected in acoustic contemporary instrumental music. His last recording with Lara & Reyes, World Jazz, received…
Artist Profiles: Xavier Quijas Yxayotl
Xavier Quijas Yxayotl was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, of Huichole heritage (his indigenous name, “Yxayotl,” is Nahuatl for “tears”). Originally an artist, in the 1970’s…
Artist Profiles: Tlen-Huicani
Tlen-Huicani remains one of the most faithful performers of the traditional folk music of Veracruz, Mexico. Since 1973, their music and international achievements have earned…
Artist Profiles: Anatol Stefanet
Anatol Stefanet was born on January 23, 1956 in Grinăuți, Rîșcani, Moldova. He began his career as a folk musician (viola) at the age of…
Artist Profiles: Trigon
Trigon was founded by Anatol Stefanet with the intention of combining Moldovan folk music and jazz. The group has toured across Europe performing its unique…
Artist Profiles: Badma-Khanda
Badma-Khanda was born in Inner Mongolia, China, in 1979 into a Buryat family. Her grandparents had to flee from the communist regime of the Soviet…
Artist Profiles: Otgonbayar Chuluunbaatar
Otgonbayar Chuluunbaatar was born 1969 in the Altai Mountains in Western Mongolia, where she lived with her nomadic family. Since her youth Otgonbayar is known…
Artist Profiles: Tserendavaa
From remote west Mongolia came a master of one of the most remarkable vocal traditions on the planet. One person sings two different pitches at…
Artist Profiles: Urna
Urna Chahar-Tugchi was born in 1969 into a family of livestock farmers in the grasslands of the Ordos district, in the Southwest of Inner Mongolia,…