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Bouzouki

The bouzouki (gr. το μπουζούκι; pl. τα μπουζούκια) (plural sometimes transliterated as bouzoukia) is the mainstay of modern Greek music. It is a stringed instrument with a pear-shaped body and a very long neck. The bouzouki is a member of the 'long neck lute' family and is similar to a mandolin....
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Alex Lifeson

Alex Lifeson, OC (born Aleksandar Živojinović; August 27, 1953) is a Canadian musician, best known for his work as the guitarist of the Canadian rock band Rush. In the summer of 1968, Lifeson founded the band that would become Rush with friend and...

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  • Aug 27, 1953 (age 56 years)

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Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer–songwriter, best known for her singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Give Me One Reason", "The Promise" and "Telling Stories". She is a multi-platinum and...

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  • Mar 30, 1964 (age 45 years)

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Yasunori Mitsuda

Yasunori Mitsuda (光田 康典, Mitsuda Yasunori, born January 21, 1972) is a Japanese video game composer, sound programmer, and musician. He has composed music for or worked on over 35 games, and has contributed to over 15 other albums. He is best known...

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  • Jan 21, 1972 (age 37 years)

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Ian Anderson

Ian Scott Anderson, MBE (born 10 August 1947 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland) is a Scottish singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his work as the head of British rock band Jethro Tull. Ian Anderson's father, James Anderson, ran...

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  • Aug 10, 1947 (age 62 years)

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Alan Doyle

Alan Doyle is a Canadian musician and actor, best known for his work as one of the lead singers of Celtic band Great Big Sea. Born Alan Thomas Doyle, to Thomas and Regina Doyle in Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada, on 17 May 1969, Doyle grew up...

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  • May 17, 1969 (age 40 years)

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Emily Saliers

Emily Saliers (born July 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and member of the Indigo Girls. Saliers plays lead guitar as well as banjo, piano, mandolin, ukulele, bouzouki and many other instruments. Saliers was born in New Haven, Connecticut...

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  • Jul 22, 1963 (age 46 years)

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Martin Barre

Martin Lancelot Barre (born 17 November 1946, in Kings Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, England) is an English rock musician. Barre has been the guitarist for rock band Jethro Tull since 1969. He has appeared on every Jethro Tull album except This...

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  • Nov 17, 1946 (age 63 years)

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Mike Scott

Michael 'Mike' Scott (born 14 December 1958 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is the founding member and chief songwriter of rock band The Waterboys. He has also produced two solo albums, Bring 'em All In and Still Burning. Scott is an accomplished vocalist,...

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  • Dec 14, 1958 (age 51 years)

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Andy Irvine

Andrew Kennedy 'Andy' Irvine (born 14 June 1942) is a folk musician, singer, and songwriter, and a founding member of the popular band Planxty. He is an accomplished player of the mandolin, bouzouki, mandola, guitar-bouzouki, harmonica and hurdy...

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  • Jun 14, 1942 (age 67 years)

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David Lindley

David Lindley (born March 21, 1944 in San Marino, California) is an American musician whose work is most often remembered for his association and work with Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, and other rock musicians of fame, although he has also worked...

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  • 1944 (age 66 years)

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Keith Urban

Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967) is a New Zealand-born Australian country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Urban began his career in Brisbane having moved to...

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  • Oct 26, 1967 (age 42 years)

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  • 1990

Colin Meloy

Colin Patrick Henry Meloy (born October 5, 1974) is the lead singer and songwriter for the Portland, Oregon, folk-rock band The Decemberists. In addition to his vocal duties, he performs with an acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, electric...

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  • Oct 5, 1974 (age 35 years)

Jeff Martin

Jeffrey Scott Martin (born October 2, 1969 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian guitarist and singer-songwriter best known for fronting the rock band The Tea Party. Martin began his career as a solo artist in October 2005, when The Tea Party disbanded...

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  • Oct 2, 1969 (age 40 years)

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Orhan Gencebay

Orhan Gencebay (born August 4, 1944 in Samsun, Turkey as Orhan Kencebay) is a Turkish musician, bağlama virtuoso, composer, singer, arranger, music producer, music director, and actor. Orhan was born in the coastal town of Samsun on August 4, 1944....

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  • Aug 4, 1944 (age 65 years)

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Bob Hallett

Bob Hallett is a founding member of Canadian folk-rock band Great Big Sea and continues to play with them today. Hallett was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador on May 23, 1968, making him the only native St. Johnsman in Great Big Sea....

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  • 1968 (age 42 years)

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Zain Bhikha

Zain Bhikha (born August 9, 1974) is a South African Muslim singer-songwriter, who has achieved fame as a performer of nasheed songs. Tied to other prominent Muslim personalities, including Yusuf Islam and Dawud Wharnsby Ali, Bhikha has collaborated...

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  • Aug 9, 1974 (age 35 years)

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Tim O'Brien

Tim O'Brien (b. March 16, 1954 in Wheeling, West Virginia) is a Grammy Award-winning American country and bluegrass musician. In addition to singing, he plays guitar, fiddle, mandolin, bouzouki and mandocello. To date, he has released more than ten...

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  • Mar 16, 1954 (age 55 years)

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Carrie Newcomer

Carrie Newcomer (born on May 25, 1958 in Dowagiac, Michigan) is an American singer and songwriter. Performing since 1980, she has released a number of solo albums since 1991, most recently The Geography of Light. Carrie Newcomer was born in Dowagiac...

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  • May 25, 1958 (age 51 years)

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Brian Tyler

Brian Tyler is an American composer, producer, and conductor, most known for his scores of Eagle Eye, Rambo, Fast and Furious, and Constantine. Tyler is a symphonic conductor and conducts his own scores. He is signed with Sony Music as a songwriter....

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  • Mar 1972 (age 37 years)

Sean Watkins

Sean Charles Watkins (born February 18, 1977) is a guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is a member of the contemporary folk band Nickel Creek, the duo Fiction Family and the supergroup Works Progress Administration. Sean Watkins began his...

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  • Feb 18, 1977 (age 32 years)

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Karl Sanders

Karl Sanders (born June 5, 1964) is an American musician, most widely known as the founding member of the American Egyptian-themed death metal band Nile. He was born in California, and lives in Greenville, South Carolina. Karl is endorsed by Jackson...

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  • Jun 5, 1964 (age 45 years)

Marie Miller

Marie Miller is a Contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter. Her music has been compared to the folk music sound of Nichole Nordeman. She grew up in the Washington D.C. area. Miller's self-titled debut indie EP was released in 2005....
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