Some World Beat Figures

Johnny Clegg ~ 66 ~ South African singer/songwriter and Anti-Apartheid with 1980's band Juluka ("Scatterings Of Africa")

JULUKA ~ "SCATTERINGS OF AFRICA";


JULUKA ~ "AFRICAN DECEMBER RAIN";


JULUKA ~ "IBHOLA LETHU";



Kehinde Lijadu ~ 71 ~ Singer with 1970's Nigerian pop group the Lijadu Sisters

THE LIJADU SISTERS ~ "COME ON HOME";


Pat Kelly ~ 70 ~ Jamaican Reggae & Rocksteady singer

PAT KELLY ~ "WHITER SHADE OF PALE";


PAT KELLY ~ "HOW LONG";



Glen Brown ~ 75 ~ Jamaican reggae musician and record producer w/King Tubby and Glenroy Richards

GLEN BROWN ~ "DON'T BELIEVE IN DYING";


Simaro Lutumba ~ 81 ~ Guitarist with Congolese band TPOK Jazz

TPOK JAZZ;



TPOK JAZZ;



Jimi Hope ~ 62 ~ Togolese singer/guitarist

JIMI HOPE ~ "WOMAN";


João Gilberto ~ 88 ~ Brazilian Bossa Nova singer-songwriter and guitarist from the 1950's onward

JOAO GILBERTO ~ "DESAFINADO";



Gualberto Castro ~ 84 ~ Mexican singer & actor with 1950's vocal group Los Hermanos Castro

LOS HERMANOS CASTRO;


Celso Piña - 66 - Mexican cumbia singer, composer and accordionist

CELSO PINA;


Elton Medeiros ~ 89 ~ Brazilian Bosa Nova and samba singer

ELTON MEDEIROS ~ "RECOMECAR";


Patxi Andión ~ 72 ~ Spanish-Basque folk singer/songwriter

PATXI ANDION ~ "UNA DOS TRES";