Former Police singer/bassist Sting (born Gordon Sumner) hides a passionate heart behind a cool exterior. His sophisticated melding of clean-edged rock, melodic jazz, and Third World rhythms are uniquel …

When a 20-year-old SinTad O'Connor recorded with U2's the Edge on his '86 soundtrack song "Heroine," few took notice of the Irish singer's unique sound. That changed when O'Connor followed it up with h …

O'Connor's gift is her voice, a strange and wonderful thing that can anchor the electronic soundscapes of Moby's "Harbour," sink into the soulful ache of "Jealous," and transform the classic reggae spi …

GRAMMYr-winner, social activist, performer at every major musical event from Lilith Fair to Live 8, collaborator with a staggering list of superstars on which Bono, Peter Gabriel, Tina Turner, and Alic …

Like many singers who break through to global fame, AngTlique Kidjo has forged some fascinating partnerships with artists around the world. For his Possibilities album, jazz keyboard king Herbie Hancoc …

Sean Kingston comes by the street-style swagger of the 2007 single "Colors" honestly - born in Miami and raised in Jamaica, he was only 11 when he ran up against jail time and homelessness. Receiving a …

The unfettered fury of his punk past never left Joe Strummer's work, even when he was crafting movie soundtracks or immersing himself in a global-beat carousel with his band the Mescaleros. He was a ro …

A true musical polyglot, Joe Strummer reveled in the results of giddy musical culture clashes, using them to fire his "fight the power" sociopolitical cannonballs. He first recorded New Orleans R&B sta …

A former pastor in his native Puerto Rico, Don Omar rose quickly as one of the most passionate performers of reggaet=n with his addictive 2003 anthem "Dale Don Dale." A self professed king of the genre …