Famed saxophonist Charlie Mariano succumbs to cancer
Long before "world music" became a record-store bin label, Charlie Mariano was living world music lives without the need of the name.
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Saxophonist Charlie Mariano dead at 85
Long before "world music" became a record-store bin label, Charlie Mariano was living world music lives without the need of the name.
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The Baaba of world music
Senegalese star Baaba Maal was one of the original icons of the 1980s world music boom and he's still finding new ways to cross over.
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Captain Creole
Jamaica is the cradle of reggae and its offshoot, dancehall. Yet outsiders appropriate it.
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'A baobab of music is dead'
Veteran world-music star Papa Wendo, considered the father of the Congolese rumba, has died aged 82, an NGO announced.
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The other world
Percy Zvomuya talks to Putumayo head Dan Storper about the complex task of compiling world music.
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The generation game
Malian kora star Toumani Diabate has been nominated for a BBC World Music Award.
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A personal work of colour
SA flautist Wouter Kellerman's Colour reflects the journey of a classically trained musician towards world music and jazz-informed improv.
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