world music

Michael Babatunde Olatunji (born April 7, 1927– April 6, 2003) was a Nigerian drummer, educator, social activist, and recording artist.…

Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), known professionally by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an…

Ioanna “Nana” Mouskouri (Greek: Ιωάννα “Νάνα” Μούσχουρη [ioˈana ˈmusxuri]; born October 13, 1934) is a Greek singer. Over the span…

Anthony Frederick Levin (born June 6, 1946) is an American musician and composer, specializing in electric bass, Chapman Stick and…

John Graham Mellor (21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002), known from May 1975 as Joe Strummer, was a British…

Mickey Hart (born Michael Steven Hartman, September 11, 1943) is an American percussionist and musicologist. He is best known as…

Allahrakka Rahman (pronunciation(help·info); born A. S. Dileep Kumar on 6 January 1967), known professionally as A. R. Rahman, is an…

Yusef Abdul Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston; October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer,…