Musician
49 results in Musician.
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Andre Louis
London-based blind musician and producer (who records as Onj), composing across many genres and championing accessible music-production software.
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Lucy Illingworth
Blind British classical pianist who, at age 13, won Channel 4's The Piano and performed at the King's Coronation Concert; left totally blind by infant retinoblastoma.
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Matt Carson
Totally blind Ohio-based Americana and country singer-songwriter and producer who plays most instruments and self-produces his work, including his 2019 album "No Regrets."
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Mattmac
Mattmac (Matthew Monias) is a blind Oji-Cree pop/trap artist and self-taught producer from Garden Hill First Nation, Manitoba, and a Canada's Walk of Fame RBC Emerging Musician winner.
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Menuka Poudel
Menuka Poudel is a visually impaired (blind from birth) Nepali playback singer from Jhapa who competed on Indian Idol 14 and recorded a song for the film Salaar.
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Raul Midon
American singer-songwriter and virtuoso guitarist, blind since infancy, and a two-time Grammy nominee blending jazz, soul, and folk.
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Mustafa Said
Blind Egyptian oud virtuoso, composer and musicologist; founder of Asil Ensemble and inaugural Aga Khan Music Award laureate (2019) in the Performance category.
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NovaCain
Blind hip-hop artist and disability advocate from Fredericksburg, Virginia, known as "The Blind Rap God" and founder of the "Life After Blindness" movement.
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Ravindra Jain
Blind Padma Shri composer and lyricist who scored TV's Ramayan (1944-2015).
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Reuben Kigame
Reuben Kigame is a blind Kenyan gospel musician, author, theologian, and broadcaster who has recorded roughly 30 albums and pioneered disability-focused media and ministry.
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Marcus Roberts
Acclaimed jazz pianist, composer, and educator, blind since childhood, celebrated for reimagining the modern jazz trio.
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Sarah Hardwig
Blind Nashville country singer-songwriter with Leber congenital amaurosis; a Belmont songwriting student who made her Grand Ole Opry debut in 2024.
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Diane Schuur
Two-time Grammy-winning jazz singer and pianist, blind from birth, known for her perfect pitch and remarkable vocal range.
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Sirine Jahangir
Blind British singer-songwriter and pianist who lost her sight as a child and became a 2020 Britain's Got Talent semi-finalist.
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Stephen Letnes
Stephen Letnes is a legally blind American film and TV composer (Retinitis Pigmentosa) and founder/director of the Able Artist Foundation, supporting musicians with disabilities.
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Steve Kekana
Blind 1980s South African soul/disco star and law lecturer (1958-2021).
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Terri Gibbs
Blind American country and gospel singer best known for her 1981 crossover hit "Somebody's Knockin'," which earned her the ACM Top New Female Vocalist and CMA Horizon awards.
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Nobuyuki Tsujii
Japanese classical pianist, born blind, who learns by ear and won the gold medal at the 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
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Unsightly Opinions
Tamara, who creates as Unsightly Opinions, is legally blind with albinism and a professional musician who makes videos on blindness, low vision, and disability advocacy.
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Vaikom Vijayalakshmi
Born-blind Indian playback singer from Kerala and a leading exponent of the rare one-stringed Gayatri Veena, who set a world record playing it continuously for over five hours.
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Wanga Mukwevho
Blind gospel keyboardist, singer, and producer from Limpopo, South Africa, who founded Best Pro Entertainment and has played and produced for artists including Worship House.
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Matthew Whitaker
Jazz pianist and Hammond B3 organist, blind since birth, who has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Apollo.
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Stevie Wonder
Legendary singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, blind since infancy, and a 25-time Grammy Award winner.
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Yahaya Makaho
Yahaya Makaho (born Yahaya Usman) is a Nigerian singer, blind since early childhood, whose Hausa-language songs on social issues made him a star across northern Nigeria.