Artist Profiles: Ialma
Ialma is responsible for the increasing influence of Galician folk music in Belgium. The group features five cantareiras (singers), who are descendants of Spanish immigrants…
Artist Profiles: Filip Lambrechts
Filip Lambrechts started playing the guitar at the age of 16. He improved his playing by imitating what he heard on records (mostly American singer-songwriters).…
Artist Profiles: Django Reinhardt
Legendary Belgian gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt’s “hot swing” style and music caused a sensation in Europe in the 1930s and 1940s and is still…
Artist Profiles: Camaxe
The musical roots of the band Camaxe lie in the Galician tradition. Miguel Allo, founder of the band, has a passion for folk music and…
Artist Profiles: Baptiste Argouarch
Baptiste Argouarch was born in St Nazaire in 1983 and started playing the violin at the age of 7. He studied classical music for 7…
Artist Profiles: Karim Baggili
Born in Belgium in 1976 with Jordanian and Yugoslavian origins, Karim Baggili, is a composer, self-taught guitarist and ud player. He began playing the electric…
Artist Profiles: Ariane De Bievre
Ariane De Bievre plays flutes and percussion. She studied classical flute and also mastered the bansuri (Indian flute). She is also a skilled percussionist. She…
Artist Profiles: Ivan Kirchuk
Ivan Kirchuk is a multi-instrumentalist who specializes in the ethnology and folklore of his homeland Belarus. He owns and plays rare ancient instruments and, with…
Artist Profiles: Bari Siddiqui
Bari Siddiqui played North Indian Classical Music with flute and sang Baul songs as well. To add to his versatile quality, he composed and directed…
Artist Profiles: Yaghob Zoroofchi
Yaghob Zoroofchi is the greatest Azeri vocalist of our time, and shows why on his CD, “The Best of Zoroofchi”. He started his singing career…