The WOMEX 2018 Professional Excellence Award Goes to ShoShona Kish
Canadian artist ShoShona Kish will receive the WOMEX 2018 Professional Excellence Award. The award acknowledges her role in the ongoing revolution of upheaving indigenous communities…
The Earls of Leicester to Release Live at the CMA Theater in September 2018
The award-winning sextet, The Earls of Leicester, is set to release an album titled Live at the CMA Theater in the Country Music Hall of…
Artist Profiles: Purna Das Baul
Purna Das Baul, whose real name is Baul Samrat Shri Purna Ch. Das, was born March 18, 1933, in the village Ekchakka in the Birbhum…
Artist Profiles: Purbayan Chatterjee
Purbayan Chatterjee comes from a family steeped in the classical music tradition. His father and guru, Shri Parthapratim Chatterjee (also known as Partha Chatterjee), is…
Artist Profiles: Prasant Radhakrishnan
Prasant Radhakrishnan is a saxophonist identified with both the South Indian Classical (Carnatic) Music and Jazz disciplines. Blessed with a legendary teacher (Kadri Gopalnath) and…
Artist Profiles: Prasanna
Prasanna was born on August 28, 1982 in Tiruchirappalli, India. He is the most important performer of Indian Classical carnatic music on the electric guitar.…
Artist Profiles: Prakash Sontakke
Dr. Prakash Sontakke is a student of his father, the well-known Dr. R.B. Sontakke (who himself was taught by the famed master Omkarnath Thakur of…
Artist Profiles: Pandit Jasraj
Pandit Jasraj was born in Haryana state on January 28, 1930. He was a leading North Indian Classical vocalist. Born into a family that has…
Artist Profiles: Paban Das Baul
Paban Das Baul is a Westernized baul who speaks several languages, including Bengali, Hindi, English and French. He is also an accomplished painter. As well…
Artist Profiles: Nirmala Rajasekar
At age 13, Nirmala began her musical journey as a performer of the veena and as a vocalist. She believes in the connective power of…