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Henk Badings (17th January 1907 - 26th June 1987) was a Dutch composer. Born in Bandung (Java), he studied mining technology at the University of Technology in Delft, received his degree cum laude in 1931 and worked at the university until 1937. In the meantime he developed his skills as a composer. He was also active with painting, sculpting and writing poetry. The only music lessons he followed were lessons in orchestration with Willem Pijper. Already in the same year of his graduation, his First Cello Concerto was performed in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, after which performances of other works...

Obadiah Parker is a viral phenomenon. Mat Weddle and his version of ‘Hey Ya’ has been viewed over 3 million times on YouTube, not counting all the other video websites. The performance was recorded at a local open mic night, morphed with the original Outkast video and uploaded on YouTube by a friend. The song has since been playlisted at stations across the US and internationally, André 3000, who performed the original has made positive comments about Weddle's version and in January 2008, coverage from Howard Stern Show fuelled the viral activity. Today, as a solo artist, he’s found a...

Porthos started his career as a guitarist with Lovy du Zaïre, and later Orchestre Kara in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. In pursuit of greater success he eventually moved on to Lomé, Togo and again to Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, where he was a member of L'African All Stars. Okominiokolo Originally released by Sterns in 1994, this album is a fine showcase of Pablo Lubadika's talents as a main draw in his own right having served as a session musician and played bass on the 1983 debut LP by well known Soukous band Les Quatre Etoiles. The order of the...

Ahmad Ebādi (Persian: احمد عبادی) (b. 1906 - d. 1992) (1285 - 1371 Š) was an Iranian musician and setar player. Born in Tehran, Iran. He was a member of the most extraordinary family of Iranian music. Ahmad's father, Mirza Abdollah, was arguably the most influential figure in Persian traditional music, and his paternal uncle, Mirza Hossein Gholi, was well-known for his mastery in playing the tar. Ahmad's paternal grandfather, Ali Akbar Farahani, was also a talented musician. Ebādi started learning music at early age. Mirza Abdollah Farahani taught his son many Iranian songs. At the age of seven, Ebādi...