Maya Youssef is a Syrian musician who plays the qanun. She has performed on the BBC Proms and WOMAD. She is also a campaigner against sexism in music and has been called 'The Queen of the Qanun'.
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Piers Baron
record producer and musician
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Laura Mvula
British recording artist, songwriter and composer
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Chvrches
Scottish synthpop group
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Madeon
French music producer
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Hannah Peel
Northern Irish musican
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Alessia Cara
Canadian singer
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Maya Jane Coles
British musician
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Michael Bublé
Canadian singer, songwriter and actor
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Sheryl Crow
American musician and actress
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Kinnie Starr
Canadian recording artist
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Diana Krall
Canadian recording artist; jazz singer and pianist
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Birdy
English singer, songwriter and musician
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Delia Derbyshire
English musician and composer of electronic music
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Kimya Dawson
American musician
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Warren Ellis
Australian musician and composer
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Alanis Morissette
Canadian-American singer-songwriter
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Ellie Goulding
English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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Foxes
British singer-songwriter
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Metric
Canadian indie rock band
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Jessie Reyez
Canadian singer-songwriter
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Dreadzone
British electronic group
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Daphne Oram
British composer, electronic musician and inventor
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Ilse Huizinga
Dutch singer
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Santigold
American singer and songwriter
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Annie Lennox
Scottish singer and songwriter
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Mica Paris
English soul/jazz singer
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High Contrast
musician
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Cathy Dennis
British singer, songwriter, record producer and actress
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Una Healy
Irish singer
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Kate Rusby
English folk singer
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The Professionals
band
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Emily Barker
Anglo-Australian singer-songwriter and composer
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Bryan Adams
Canadian guitarist
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Corinne Bailey Rae
British singer and songwriter
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Duffy
Welsh singer-songwriter
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Juno Reactor
band
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Haim
American pop rock band
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Natacha Atlas
Belgian Egyptian-British recording artist, singer
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Greg Wells
Canadian songwriter
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Raye
British recording artist; singer-songwriter
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Arkells
Canadian rock band
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Esther Yoo
violinist
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Bobbie Gentry
American singer-songwriter
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Debbie Gibson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress
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Maya Beiser
American musician
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Bernard Butler
musician, songwriter, record producer
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Rita Ora
British singer, songwriter and actress
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Loreena McKennitt
Canadian musician and composer
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Mabel
Swedish-English recording artist; singer and songwriter
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Gabrielle Aplin
British singer and songwriter
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Courtney Pine
British musician