Mento performer Joseph ‘Powda’ Bennett dies at 76

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FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2011 file photo, Joseph "Powda" Bennett, of the band The Jolly Boys, poses for a portrait in Port Antonio, Jamaica. The Jamaican folk musician died in his Caribbean homeland at age 76 on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. The Jolly Boys played a rollicking genre of Jamaican folk music known as Mento. (AP Photo/Caterina Werner, File)

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaican folk musician Joseph Bennett, who played a rollicking genre of traditional dance music with the long-running Jolly Boys, has died in his Caribbean homeland. He was 76.

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