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Alaap provides a practical demonstration of bhangra’s progress Founded in 1977 in Southall, their debut album, originally on their own label, focused on traditional Punjabi folk music

Alain Bashung Biography, Photos, Pictures

Though he was present at the birth of ’60s rock & roll in France, it took another 15 years for Alain Bashung’s star to rise Born in Paris in 1947, he was raised in Alsace but left home at the age of 16 to begin playing in a cover band with several friends

Alamaailman Vasarat Biography, Photos, Pictures

The avant-garde Finnish band Alamaailman Vasarat, which translates to “the Hammers of the Underworld” in English, create music influenced by Klezmer and other forms of European folk music and play it with the ferocity of a punk or metal act

Alan & Steve Freeman Biography, Photos, Pictures

The Freeman brothers have been tireless in their championing music from around the world that runs counter to popular culture, from the more experimental and underground veins of progressive and Krautrock to avant-garde electronic music and industrial

A longtime producer at the Black Lion label, Alan Bates worked on recordings by many of jazz’s most legendary artists, among them Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Charles Mingus, Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk

Alan Bergman Biography, Photos, Pictures

Alan Bergman teamed with wife Marilyn to forge one of the premier lyric-writing teams in contemporary film music, authoring a series of hit themes for movies including In the Heat of the Night, The Thomas Crown Affair, and The Way We Were

Alan Dale (born; Aldo Sigismondi) was once one of America’s biggest singing stars His baritone was heard on Perez Prado’s million-selling 1955 hit, “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White”, while his tune, “Sweet And Gentle”, introduced the cha-cha-cha to North America

Great things are predicted for piano accordion player Alan Kelly After playing with such stellar Irish artists as Cooney and Begley, Sean Tyrell, Sean Smyth, Vinnie Kilduff, Mike McGoldrick, and Arcady, Kelly showcased his instrumental wizardry with a powerful debut album, Out of the Blue

A Fina Flor Do Samba Biography, Photos, Pictures

In the ’70s, the choro experienced a revival through the combined efforts of Os Novos Baianos and some journalists The period dominated by widespread censorship and lack of possibilities for political expression drew young people to the country’s culture, and the choro was one of the best genres for those purposes, being a traditionally ethnic and therefore patriotic practice

Alan Maralung Biography, Photos, Pictures

Alan Maralung was an Australian aboriginal musician who fortunately was recorded several times during his life, providing important documentation of his musical traditions In the process he created some of the most enduring documents of a music and a culture that many find simply fascinating