Artist Profiles: Inka Mbing
Vocalist Inka Mbing performs rarely-heard Atayal songs as well as her own compositions that are unique in their focus on the perspectives of Atayal women.…
Artist profiles: Incesaz
Incesaz’s music has the full taste of the classical. The “makam” (the melodic texture) and “usül” (traditional rhythmic patterns) the instruments style and the way…
Artist profiles: Ihsan Ozgen
Ihsan Ozgen (kamenche, tanbur, co-director of Lux Musica) is a self-taught musician composer and teacher of the Classical Ottoman music of Turkey. He is sometimes…
Artist profiles: Ian Melrose
Ian Melrose was born in Middlesbrough, England. As a youth he moved back to Ayr in Scotland with his Scottish parents and younger brother Ian’s…
Artist profiles: Ian Carr
Ian Carr is a Welsh guitarist known for his work with Kathryn Tickell, The Old Rope String Band, Simon Thoumire, Syncopace and has guested on…
Artist profiles: Iain Mackay
Iain Mackay is a popular singer throughout the Scottish Highlands and Islands and beyond and is heard and seen regularly on radio and television. He…
Artist profiles: Huun-Huur-Tu
If you were to journey to the geographical center of Asia you would reach Tuva, an autonomous republic on the Russian-Mongolian border. This is the…
Artist profiles: Huracan de Fuego
Maracaibo drum ensemble Huracan de Fuego explores the regional drum patterns of Venezuela and the roots of Afro-Venezuelan percussion. Huracan de Fuego was founded by…
Artist profiles: Hugo Fattoruso
Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Hugo Fattoruso began his musical career as a prodigious and somewhat reluctant piano student at the age of four. By the…
Cajun Accordion Master Belton Richard Dies at 77
Louisiana accordionist and vocalist Belton Richard died on June 21, 2017. He was a well-known Cajun accordionist who recorded various hits. Belton Richard was born…