Youssou N'Dour

Youssou N'Dour

male, 50 years old
English-language singer, Wolof-language singer, French-language singer, Wolof language, dakar, traditional
Youssou N'Dour (born October 1, 1959 in Dakar) is a Senegalese singer and percussionist. He helped develop popular music in Senegal, known in the...

Chris Wood

male
Morris, Music of France, Ceilidh, Roger Wilson, Oysterband, Cérémonies…traditional
Chris Wood is an English folk musician and composer who plays fiddle, viola and guitar, and sings. He is an ardent enthusiast for traditional...

Zhuangzi

male
Logician, Chinese Taoist, Hundred Schools of Thought, Warring States Period, Pinyin, Wade-Giles…traditional
Zhuangzi (Traditional: 莊子; Simplified: 庄子, Pinyin: Zhuāng Zǐ, Wade-Giles: Chuang Tzŭ, "lit". "Master Zhuang") was an influential Chinese philosopher...
Jolie Holland

Jolie Holland

female
Escondida, Human the Death Dance, Shortlist Prize, The Be Good Tanyas, Shortlist Music Prize, blues…traditional
Jolie Holland is a Texas-born singer and performer who combines elements of folk, traditional country, jazz, and blues. She is one of the founding...
Babatunde Olatunji

Babatunde Olatunji

male, deceased (2003)
Death from diabetes, jazz, Morehouse College, musician, nigerian, yoruba…traditional
Babatunde Olatunji (April 7, 1927 - April 6, 2003) was a Nigerian drummer, educator, social activist and recording artist.
Turk Murphy

Turk Murphy

male, deceased (1987)
Bob Schulz, carnegie hall, Dixieland jazz musician, the ed sullivan show, jazz, American jazz trombonist…traditional jazz, traditional
Melvin Edward Alton “Turk” Murphy was renowned as a trombonist who played traditional and dixieland jazz in San Francisco. Murphy served in the Navy...
Wang Xiaoshuai

Wang Xiaoshuai

male, 43 years old
wikt 王, wikt 帅, wikt 小, Bigscreen festival, BigScreen Italia Film Festival 2006, Guiyang…Traditional Chinese, traditional
Wang Xiaoshuai (Simplified:王小帅; Traditional:王小帥; pinyin: Wáng Xiăoshuài) (born May 22, 1966) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter an...
Liu Xing

Liu Xing

male, 24 years old
Go player, traditional, chinese, Simplified, Pinyin, Traditional Chinese character
Liu Xing (Traditional: 劉星; Simplified: 刘星; Pinyin: Liú Xīng; born December 10, 1984) is a Chinese professional Go player.
David Fanshawe

David Fanshawe

male, 67 years old
Old Stoic, Musicologist, Alumni of the Royal College of Music, folk music, modern music, Ethnomusicologist…traditional
David Fanshawe (born 1942 in Devon, England) is an English composer and ethnomusicologist. His work is situated at the crossroads of traditional...
Elizabeth Wong

Elizabeth Wong

female
writer, Director of Social Welfare, Elizabeth Chi Lien "Libby" Wong, Secretary for Health and Welfare, The Frontier, popular fiction…traditional
Elizabeth Chi Lien "Libby" Wong née Chien (Traditional Chinese: 黃錢其濂) was a civil servant and politician from Hong Kong. Born in Shanghai, China, Wo...