X-Nico

unusual facts about traditional singer



Rita Keane

Rita Keane (born 31 December 1922, Caherlistrane, near Tuam, County Galway, Ireland - died 28 June 2009, Galway City) was an Irish traditional singer and accordionist.


see also

Annie Ebrel

Annie Ebrel is a traditional singer of Breton from the village of Lohuec, in the district of Callac.

Black Indians in the United States

Radmilla Cody, 46th Miss Navajo Nation (1998), traditional singer, enrolled member of the Navajo Nation with ancestry, and advocate against domestic violence in both the Navajo Nation and the state of Arizona.

Mahmud Salah

Mahmud Salah performed with such renowned Azerbaijani traditional musicians, as a famous khanende (traditional singer), khanendes Arif Babayev, UNESCO prize winner Alim Qasimov, Janali Akberov, Aghakhan Abdullayev and Sakine Ismailova, professors and assistant professor of Azerbaijan National Conservatoire, tar performers Ramiz Quliyev, Agha Salim Addullayev, Mohlat Muslimov, Malik Mansurov, kamancha performers Shafiga Eyvazova, Adalat Vazirov, Fahraddin Dadashev, Elshan Mansourov.

Meyaneh

Among famous people from Meyaneh are Jafar Panahi, director of the movies The Circle, The White Balloon and Crimson Gold, singers Dariush Eghbali and Davood Behboodi, traditional singer Bahram Saranag (Azmakan), actress Afsar Asadi, volleyball player Behnam Mahmoudi, Olympic medalist Yossef Karami.

Phil Tanner

The editor of one reissue, the eminent folklorist Alan Lomax wrote: "When Phil died, England lost her best traditional singer".

Yann-Fañch Kemener

Yann-Fañch Kemener (born April 7, 1957) is a traditional singer from Brittany, born in Sainte-Tréphine (Côtes-d'Armor), France.