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Emerging from the Folk Music Department at the prestigious Sibelius Academy in 1983, Neikku have become trail-blazers for the “New Finnish Folk Movement” This six-person group present a stripped-down sound through a wide variety of instruments

Namagiripettai Krishnan Biography, Photos, Pictures

This late master of carnatic music played a double-reed instrument called a nagaswara, which looks like an antique ship’s captain spy glass, fully extended It is one of the most fascinating-sounding instruments in a genre of music known for exotic instruments that buzz and tingle and performers who play with extreme virtuosity

Night Ark is an instrumental quartet led by Ara Dinkjian, an American of Armenian descent The ensemble blends the sounds of the Middle East with elements of rock, pop, jazz, and classical forms of music

Night Star Musical Club Biography, Photos, Pictures

Night Star Musical Club is one of the younger bands in Tanzania Hailing from the Tanga-Mombassa region, the Club plays mchiriku: a music defined by its raw lyrics and down-and-dirty dance style

A seamless blend of Celtic music, jazz, and classical chamber music has given Nightnoise their distinct sound Nightnoise was initially conceived as a duo formed by Irish guitarist Mícháel Ó Domhnaill, formerly of Skara Brae and the Bothy Band, and classically trained American violinist Billy Oskay, shortly after Ó Domhnaill moved to Portland

Nikhil Banerjee Biography, Photos, Pictures

When Nikhil Banerjee died in 1986, India didn’t just lose one of its greatest sitar players, but one of its most influential classical musicians A former child prodigy who won the All-Bengal sitar competition at the age of nine, Banerjee grew up to earn international acclaim as a highly skilled musician

Nikki Giovanni Biography, Photos, Pictures

One of the most popular and acclaimed African-American poets of the 20th century, Nikki Giovanni came of age in the heady, militant era of the civil rights movement, and her most influential poetry was suffused with all the spirit and vitality of a new age

Nikki Leonti Biography, Photos, Pictures

CCM singer Nikki Leonti was tapped as a soloist in her Corona, CA church choir at age seven, and at 13 made her first recordings on a tiny local label Three years later, Leonti’s full-fledged debut LP, 1998’s Shelter Me, was issued on Pamplin Music

Born Nikkos Bifaro Vincenzo in Trapani, Italy, the new age performer known as Nikko began playing the accordion at the age of ten He moved on to several other instruments, eventually earning his master’s degree in flute from the noted conservatory V

Nikos Gatsos Biography, Photos, Pictures

Generally regarded as one of Greece’s finest 20th century poets, Nikos Gatsos also ranked as perhaps the greatest lyricist in Greek popular music Working with legendary songwriters like Manos Hadjidakis and Mikis Theodorakis, Gatsos helped to forge a new era of Greek pop in which traditional-style melodies could be married to intelligent, poetic lyrics, with all the accessibility of contemporary pop