World Music
Born to Greek Immigrants on 2nd December 1923 in the beautiful city of New York, USA, Maria Cecilia Sophia Anna Kalogeropoulous, who is popularly known as Maria Callas began her journey to becoming one of the most influential and renowned Soprano Opera singers of the 20th century at a tender age. Callas developed an […]
Depeche Mode which means fashion dispatch or hurried fashion, was formed in 1980 at Basildon, Essex, England. Depeche Mode is an English electronic music band which currently consist of the trio of Dave Gahan, Andy Fletcher and Martin Gore who play the roles of lead vocal, keyboardist, and guitarist of the band respectively. Depeche Mode’s […]
Frank Sinatra was one of the best and the most famous performers of the 20th century, building a profession as a high-quality vocalist and movie actor. He was born in Hoboken, a city of New Jersey, on Dec 12, 1915. Frank Sinatra got his popularity by singing great band records. In the […]
1) How did you become interested in playing the ancient Nordic instruments like the lur etc? When I grew up we only had one radio channel in Norway. And on every Sunday afternoon there was a program with Norwegian folk music. This program I insisted on listening to as a 4-5 year old, […]
Claude Debussy was a French composer whose harmonic innovations opened the way to the radical musical changes of the 20th century. He was the founder of the so-called impressionist school of music. He was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye on August 22, 1862 and trained at the Paris Conservatory, where he began studying at the age […]
