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Also Known As world music • international music

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MuḼammad ʿAbd al-Wahhāb
Egyptian musician
Bob Marley
Bob Marley
Jamaican musician
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
American musician
Mohammad Rafi
Mohammad Rafi
Indian singer
Clegg, Johnny
Johnny Clegg
South African musician
Peter Gabriel sings into a microphone while playing keyboard onstage, wearing a blue shirt and black vest, with stage lights and equipment in the background.
Peter Gabriel
British musician
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Ry Cooder
American musician
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Gangubai Hangal
Indian vocalist
Michel Martelly.
Michel Martelly
president of Haiti
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Pakistani singer
Hugh Masekela
Hugh Masekela
South African musician
Mahal, Taj
Taj Mahal
American musician
Cesaria Evora
Cesaria Evora
Cabo Verdean singer
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Francis Bebey
Cameroonian writer and composer
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ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm Ḥāfiẓ
Egyptian singer
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Isang Yun
German composer
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Andy Vivien Palacio
Belizean musician
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Kazimierz Serocki
Polish composer
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David Byrne
Scottish-born musician and interdisciplinary artist

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