Danish-born and Berlin-based singer Agnes Obel is one of these quiet artists that were “discovered” on the internet. Only composing for herself, one of the songs she had uploaded on MySpace in 2009 was picked up by a German telecom company for a 40 seconds TV ad. A year later her début album Philarmonics, a […]
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Dino Saluzzi & Anja Lechner: Gabriel Kondor
A cousin of the concertina, the bandoneon is an instrument that immediately triggers associations with Argentine Tango music and of course with nuevo tango maestro Astor Piazzolla. But whereas Piazzolla was born on the coast and spent his early years between Buenos Aires, New York and Paris, Dino Saluzzi was born in the Andean foothills […]
Yann-Fañch Kemener & Aldo Ripoche: Ar veleien
Since his début in 1977, traditional Breton singer Yann-Fañch Kemener (b. 1957) has made a huge contribution to the popularity of gwerzioù (unaccompanied laments) and to the revival of the “kan ha diskan” style, the traditional call and response singing for dancers. Now one of the most recognizable voices on the Breton music scene, Yann-Fañch […]
Vyvienne Long: Let go
Vyvienne Long is a Dublin born classically trained cellist, pianist and singer songwriter who started her career playing in various chamber music ensembles around Europe before being recruited by Irish singer songwriter Damien Rice to tour with his band. Somewhere along that great tour, I discovered fun and exhilaration in singing and playing the cello […]
