Bassist Tomasz Lato was born in Cracow in 1968. Both his parents were musicians, and so he started playing the piano as a child. At…
Artist Profiles: Tomasz Lato
Tag: world fusion
Artist Profiles: Warsaw Village Band
The Warsaw Village Band (Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa in Polish) emerged in 1997 and simultaneously conserves traditional music and experiments with modern instrumentation and subject…
The Entertaining Crosscultural Brass Sounds of Salento
Cesare Dell’Anna and GirodiBanda – Guerra (11/8 Records, 2018) On the album Guerra, Italian trumpeter Cesare Dell’Anna explores various musical genres from a brass band…
Artist Profiles: Wissam Joubran
Wissam Joubran was born in 1983, and was introduced very young to ud by his brother Samir. He attended numerous local and international festivals, among…
Artist Profiles: Samir Joubran
Samir Joubran was born in 1973 in Nazareth. He is a Palestinian ud virtuoso and graduate of the Abdul-Wahab Conservatory for Eastern Music, Cairo. He…
Artist Profiles: Nizar Rohana
Nizar Rohana is a Palestinian ud player living in the Netherlands. He stands out for bringing together virtuosity within fresh contemporary compositions, while maintaining the…
Artist Profiles: Riffat Sultana
Riffat Sultana channels the musical wisdom of 500 years and eleven generations of master musicians in her family in India and Pakistan. But in all…
Artist Profiles: Sukhawat Ali Khan
Sukhawat Ali Khan is the son of the legendary Indian-Pakistani Vocalist Ustad Salamat Ali Khan. Sukhawat belongs to the school called Sham Chorasi which was…
Artist Profiles: Youssef Hbeisch
Youssef Hbeisch is an Arab percussionist of Palestinian origin, who developed contemporary ways of playing and combining complex Arabic rhythms. Born in 1967 in Galilee,…
Artist Profiles: Babatunde Olatunji
Babatunde Olatunji was one of the 20th century’s greatest masters of percussion. A beloved cross-cultural ambassadors, he made an unparalleled contribution in the saga of…