Before there was world beat music, before there was Afropop or any of the other genres of African music marketed to Western audiences, there was Babatunde Olatunji. Olatunji's 1959 “Drums of Passion” ...

Babatunde Olatunji, the Nigerian drummer, bandleader and world beat pioneer who first brought authentic African music to the United States with his 1959 album, "Drums Of Passion," died Sunday from ...

Columbia Legacy's reissue of Drums Of Passion offers a chance for new listeners to fully appreciate the groundbreaking 1959 debut CD of the late African drummer Michael Babatunde Olatunji. Hailed as a ...

For half a century, percussionist Babatunde Olatunji has spread his message of fellowship through music around the globe. Now he’s trying to bring it to D.C. It’s Babatunde Olatunji’s 74th birthday, ...

Babatunde Olatunji, a Nigerian drummer whose decades of groundbreaking work were rooted in his native culture and influenced countless musicians, has died. He was 75. Olatunji died Sunday morning at ...

Groundbreaking Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji, who helped introduce the power and intricacy of African music in the United States, has died. He was 75. Olatunji died Sunday at Salinas Valley ...

Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji dies Sunday at age 76. Olatunji recorded an album in 1959 called Drums of Passion, and it was for many Americans their first exposure to African drumming. While ...

Groundbreaking Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji, whose decades of work was rooted in his native culture and influenced countless professional musicians, has died. He was 75. Mr. Olatunji died April ...

Babatunde Olatunji, 76, the Nigerian drummer whose 1959 Columbia Records album, "Drums of Passion," helped introduce African music into the American mainstream, died of complications of diabetes April ...

Groundbreaking Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji, who helped introduce the power and intricacy of African music to the United States, died April 6 in San Salinas, Calif., of diabetes complications ...