Ana Moura always had the ambition to sing. She started working two years ago at Senhor do Vinho, the house of fado where she met Jorge Fernando, who went on to produce this album, her recording début. Prior to that, she had already tried her hand at  [less]

Indian singer Aruna Sairam is the most sought-after vocalist of Carnatic music of South India today. Her concert appearances regularly sell out - be it Chennai, or Paris - attracting record crowds that create "traffic jams around the auditorium." She  [less]

Catherine Russell isn't merely your basic soul, jazz, and blues singer. While excelling at the fore stated job description, Catherine has done much more. Performing and recording credits read like a who's who of trendsetters in recent popular music an [less]

C.J. Chenier, son of the 'King of Zydeco' Clifton Chenier, joined his father's Red-Hot Louisiana Band playing saxophone at the age of 21. After Clifton's death in 1987, C.J. picked up the accordion and took charge of his father's ministry - to spread  [less]

Justin Adams is one the UK's most original and inspirational guitarists. He was described by Robin Denselow in the Guardian as 'Britain's answer to Ry Cooder'. His solo debut, Desert Road, impressed Robert Plant and initiated their collaboration on pr [less]

Mamadou Diabate was destined to play the kora. He was born in 1975 in Kita, a Malian city long known as a center for the arts and culture of the Manding people of West Africa. As the name Diabate indicates, Mamadou comes from a family of griots, or je [less]

Marta Topferova started singing at age eight in her native Prague, Czech Republic with the Mládí choir. Upon moving to the US in 1987, she continued her vocal and music studies with The Seattle Girls' Choir. At an early age, she sang in many languag [less]