Artists

• Artist Mamadou Diabaté Mamadou Diabaté (b. 1975, Kita, Mali) is a kora player from a jeli family; his father Djelimory Diabaté played kora… View →
• Artist Seckou Keita Seckou Keita (b. 1978, Ziguinchor, Senegal) is a kora player from the Casamance region of southern Senegal. Through his father… View →
• Artist Ballaké Sissoko Ballaké Sissoko (b. 1968) is a Malian kora player and son of kora master Djelimady Sissoko. He began learning at… View →
• Artist Toumani Diabaté Toumani Diabaté (1965–2024) was born in Bamako, Mali, into a jeli (griot) family whose kora lineage runs 71 generations, father… View →
• Artist Peter Phippen Peter Phippen is a musician based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, who took up the flute after touring as a rock… View →
• Artist Turgun Alimatov Born in Tashkent, Turgun Alimatov was self-taught, learning dutar at age nine and tanbur at fifteen by ear from his… View →
• Artist Alim Qasimov Born in 1957 in Shamakhi, Azerbaijan, Alim Qasimov studied at the Asaf Zeynalli Music College and the Azerbaijan University of… View →
• Artist Kayhan Kalhor Born in 1963 in Kermanshah, Iran, to a Kurdish family, Kayhan Kalhor began kamancheh studies at age seven and later… View →
• Artist Kudsi Erguner Born in 1952 in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Kudsi Erguner studied with his father Ulvi Erguner and attended Mevlevi Sema and Dervish… View →
• Artist Hossein Omoumi Born in 1944 in Isfahan, Hossein Omoumi began ney studies at 14 and later trained directly under Hassan Kassai. He… View →
• Artist Hassan Kassai Born in Isfahan, Iran, Hassan Kassai began ney studies in 1947 under Mehdi Navai and later studied with Abolhassan Sabba.… View →
• Artist Vatche Hovsepian Born in Yerevan, Vache Hovsepyan began performing Armenian popular and folk music on Yerevan radio in 1945 and is described… View →
• Artist Levon Minassian Born in Marseille to an Armenian family, Levon Minassian was discovered by Peter Gabriel to play on the Last Temptation… View →
• Artist Gevorg Dabaghyan Born in 1965 in Yerevan, Gevorg Dabaghyan studied at the Komitas State Conservatory and is now a professor of duduk… View →
• Artist Djivan Gasparyan Born in Solak, Armenia, Djivan Gasparyan began playing the duduk at age six and became a soloist with the Yerevan… View →
• Artist Andrew Vasquez Andrew Vasquez is a member of the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma (Kiowa Apache). He began his career as a traditional… View →
• Artist Tommy Wildcat Tommy Wildcat (b. 1967) is a full-blood Cherokee from Park Hill, Oklahoma, who has worked to promote Cherokee cultural awareness… View →
• Artist Xavier Quijas Yxayotl Xavier Quijas Yxayotl was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, and is of Huichol (Wixarika) heritage. In the 1970s he left… View →
• Artist Jan Michael Looking Wolf Jan Michael Looking Wolf Reibach (b. 1966, Portland, Oregon) is a Kalapuya tribal member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand… View →
• Artist Vince Redhouse Vince Redhouse is a Dine (Navajo) musician, one of six musical siblings in the Redhouse family. Known for playing the… View →
• Artist Charles Littleleaf Charles Littleleaf is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon through his mother,… View →
• Artist Joseph FireCrow Joseph FireCrow (1959-2017) was born on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana and studied flute formally at Brigham Young University… View →
• Artist Tony Duncan Tony Duncan is of San Carlos Apache descent through his father and Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikara descent through his mother. He first played… View →
• Artist Bill Miller Bill Miller (b. 1955) was born on the Stockbridge-Munsee reservation near Shawano, Wisconsin. A three-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, painter, and Native… View →