Artist Profiles: Neil Sparkes
Neil Sparkes is a visual artist, musician and poet whose work resonates through both artistic and popular cultural worlds. Sparkes is widely known as vocalist…
Artist Profiles: Nawang Khechog
Born in Tibet, Nawang Khechog spent his earliest years as the child of nomads. In his boyhood he first learned to play the bamboo flute,…
Artist Profiles: National Taarab
All Stars Kikundi cha Taifa (National Taarab Orchestra) of Zanzibar was founded many years ago having a flexible set up but always featuring the finest…
Artist Profiles: Najma
Vocalist Najma Akhtar, better known as Najma, was born in 1964 Chelmsford, England. Najma has Indian ancestry and holds a degree in chemical engineering. Najma’s…
Artist Profiles: Nadi Ikhwani Safaa
Founded in 1950, the Nadi Ikhwani Safaa orchestra can probably trace its roots back further than any other orchestra in Africa. Every known musician from…
Artist Profiles: Na h-Oganaich
Na h-Oganaich (pronounced “na hawkanich” and means Young Blood) are widely credited with reviving interest in Gaelic music in the 1970s for a younger generation…
Artist Profiles: Muxicas
Muxicas was one of the great innovators in Galician folk music. The group was formed in 1978 with the intention of developing and updating Galician…
Artist Profiles: Muhammad Qadri Dalal
Muhammad Qadri Dalal was born in Aleppo in 1946. He is a first-class master of the Arabic lute (ud) and is very well-known in his…
Artist Profiles: Shubhangi Sakhalkar
Mrs. Shubhangi Sakhalkar had an early early tutelage with Smt. Kunda Vaishampayan. She spent several years learning from acclaimed artists Dr. Prabha Atre and Smt.…
Artist Profiles: Mozayik
Mozayik’s sound draws upon the rich heritage of traditional Afro-Haitian rhythms, mixing them with the instrumentation, melodic and harmonic sensibilities and improvisation of jazz. Mozayik…