world music
world music: what it is, how it sounds and 50 musicians associated with it.
world music musicians
Joni Mitchell
b. 1943 · Canadian musician
Miriam Makeba
1932–2008 · South African singer and civil rights activist (1932–2008)
Angelique Kidjo
b. 1960 · Beninese-French world music singer (born 1960)
Anna Maria Jopek
b. 1970 · Polish musician and singer
Zakir Hussain
1951–2024 · Indian tabla player, musical producer, film actor, and…
Manu Dibango
1933–2020 · Cameroonian musician and songwriter, recording artist…
Bobby McFerrin
b. 1950 · American jazz vocalist and composer (born 1950)
Pat Metheny
b. 1954 · American jazz musician
David Murray
b. 1955 · American jazz musician (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet)
Herbie Mann
1930–2003 · American jazz flutist (1930–2003)
Sadao Watanabe
b. 1933 · Japanese jazz saxophonist, composer, bandmaster (1933-)
Andreas Vollenweider
b. 1953 · Swiss musician
Eddie Harris
1934–1996 · American jazz musician (1934–1996)
Dhafer Youssef
b. 1967 · Tunisian musician
Manu Katché
b. 1958 · French drummer, studio musician, composer, singer…
Oregon
1970– · American jazz and world music group
Nino Katamadze
b. 1972 · Georgian singer and artist
Stanley Jordan
b. 1959 · American jazz guitarist
Aldo Romano
b. 1941 · French-Italian jazz drummer (1941-)
Jesse Cook
b. 1964 · Canadian guitarist, composer, and producer
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
b. 1956 · American musician
Steve Jordan
b. 1957 · American producer, musical director and musician
Jeff Berlin
b. 1953 · American musician
Kroke
1992– · Polish world music band
Alex Acuña
b. 1944 · Peruvian musician
Susheela Raman
b. 1973 · English singer
Ron Korb
b. 1961 · Canadian musician
Mino Cinelu
b. 1957 · French musician
Ed Mann
1954–2024 · American musician (1954–2024)
Nguyên Lê
b. 1959 · French jazz guitarist
Roby Lakatos
b. 1965 · jazz violinist, composer (1965–)
Roberta Gambarini
b. 1964 · Italian singer
Carlo Domeniconi
b. 1947 · Italian musician
Johnny Alegre
b. 1955 · jazz guitarist and composer from Manila, Philippines
Markus Stockhausen
b. 1957 · German trumpeter, music producer and composer (jazz…
John Marshall
1941–2023 · British drummer (1941–2023)
Émile Parisien
b. 1982 · French saxophonist
Magdalena Thora
b. 1952 · German guitarist and singer
Ross Mintzer
b. 1987 · American jazz saxophonist, guitarist, singer-songwriter…
Vincent Peirani
b. 1980 · French musician
Dino Saluzzi
b. 1935 · Argentine musician
Craig S. Harris
b. 1953 · American musician
Joe Barbieri
b. 1973 · Italian singer
Fareed Haque
b. 1963 · American musician
Che Sudaka
2002– · musical group of Argentina, Colombia and Spain
Ara Dinkjian
b. 1958 · Armenian-American musician
Celso Duarte
b. 1974 · Paraguayan - Mexican musician
Megitza
b. 1984 · Polish singer, double bass player, and composer
Paul Shapiro
b. 1956 · American musician; jazz, world, and klezmer saxophonist…
Celia Mara
b. 1961 · Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer