Biography: Aiofe Clancy, A. Paul Ortega, Airton Amorim, Airway, Ajoy Chakrabarty, Akabu, Akanni Animashaun, Åke Hodell, Aki Dean, Akiva Ben Horin,

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Aiofe Clancy Biography, Photos, Pictures

The daughter of Bobby Clancy, one of the Clancy Brothers, Aiofe is a fine singer in her own right She has sung in folk clubs and concert halls from Ireland to Australia, and lives in the U

A. Paul Ortega Biography, Photos, Pictures

Ortega’s songs celebrate the values of traditional Native American life through a combination of narration, guitar, song, bird calls and other vocable (non-translatable) sounds

Airton Amorim Biography, Photos, Pictures

Airton Amorim had success as a Carnaval composer with the sambas “Madalena” (with Ari Macedo), recorded by Linda Batista in 1951; “Me Deixa Em Paz” (with Monsueto), also recorded by Linda Batista in 1952; and the marchinha “Tem Nego Bebo Aí” (with Mirabeau, 1955)

Airway were part of the Los Angeles Free Music Society (LAFMS), a group of extremely radical experimental music anarchists in the mid-’70s Even more radical was Airway’s focus on live performance with the use of subliminal-message tapes in the background, used to persuade the audience in different ways

Ajoy Chakrabarty Biography, Photos, Pictures

Born in 1953 in Calcutta, Ajoy Chakrabarty is one of the finest classical vocalists of today His style of singing follows the teachings of Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, the doyen of the Patiala gharana

Arguably the first completely female reggae group, Akabu started out in 1981 as African Woman The group at that time was composed of Vyris Edghill, Valerie Skeete, Madeleine “Jo” Edghill, Paulette “Levi” Coke, Samantha Edghill, Diane “De Bass” White, Caroline Williams, and Shelome “Issachar” Coke

Akanni Animashaun Biography, Photos, Pictures

Traditional Nigerian drum ensemble ~ Myles Boisen, All Music Guide

The experimental Swedish composer Ake Hodell began working in the early ’60s and was still composing work up until his death in 2000 He produced many works in text-sound composition, which was a style definition the artist was responsible for coining

Dean was a producer who became famous when protégé Bunny Mack’s career took off Dean then released a series of maxi-45s on his own Discalypso label, often bringing in the premier musicians of the early ’80s

Akiva Ben Horin Biography, Photos, Pictures

When Klezmer musicians left Eastern Europe in the early 20th century, their choice of destination had a profound bearing on their musical style While those who went to America performed a European style of Klezmer, those who ended up in Israel tended to stress its religious and hebraic elements

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