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PRI's The World presents the Global Hit podcast, a daily spotlight on international musical artists or trends. Created by The World's Marco Werman, the Global Hit features interviews with musicians, critics and deejays around the globe. The World is US-based international news and analysis program co-produced by the BBC World Service, Public Radio International, and WGBH Public Radio in Boston. Copyright 2006 PRI's The World Marco Werman
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Sierre Leone is better known for its child soldiers than its musical beats. But a new generation of politically vocal musicians is beginning to emerge there. The World's Jessie Graham...
Host Marco Werman tells us about Sweden's PB and J - it's a music group, not something you eat. The band's name is actually Peter, Bjorn and John.
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Bulgarians have organized a campaign to support a Palesintian doctor and five Bulgarian nurses arrested in Libya. They've been accused of intentionally infecting children with HIV....
Our Global Hit today comes from Berlin. The German capital has a large Turkish population. It's the result of a long history of Turkish immigrants heading to Germany. Their presence...
Rhythms and energy generate from the duo Pacha Massive, composed of Maya Martinez and Ramon Nova. Martinez's the bass player. She's from Columbia. Nova's roots are in the Dominican
As Brazil's minister of culture, Gilberto Gil is not allowed to pursue his other career as musician full-time. So he actually views his on-going 11 date tour of North America as a
Nigeria is home to one of the most popular musical styles in Africa. It's called "Afrobeat."
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The World's Marco Werman profiles the Italian trio, Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel.
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The World's Patrick Cox introduces us to Chris Ho. He's a radio DJ and musician in Singapore -- and a maverick critic of the government there.
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Reporter Richard Adams tells us about a group of Irishmen who fought in the Mexican-American War on the Mexican side.
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South African singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka has launched a new foundation to fight malaria. Anchor Lisa Mullins profiles the mission of the singer known as the 'Princess of Africa.'
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Correspondent Will Freeman profiles a Chinese rock band that hopes to make it big in America. The band, "Re-TROS" is performing at the South by Southwest music festival in Texas this...
The World's Marco Werman tells us about Algerian singer and violinist Akim el Sikameya. Sikameya's music taps into the kind of multicultural spirit that thrived centuries ago -- at...
The World's Marco Werman tells us about the latest CD by Uruguayan musician Jorge Drexler. He's an Oscar winner -- for best song in 2005 -- for a tune he wrote for the movie "The Motorcycle...
Anchor Marco Werman profiles Iranian born singer Azam Ali, whose voice has contributed to the futuristic sound in many Hollywood movies and TV shows.
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The World's Gerry Hadden reports from Barcelona, Spain, on a band from Sweden that goes by the name "I'm from Barcelona."
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Reporter Julie Siple tells us about the singer-songwriter, Teitur, who plays a melancholy mix of folk, pop, and fifties rock and roll...
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Lisa Mullins tells us about TangoJointz -- a group of Argentine musicians directed by German-born producer Claus Zundel. The group offers a funky mixture of tango with techno music.
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The subject of today's Global Hit is a trio of musicians and continents. The three members of "Ashe" are from North America, Europe, and Africa. And their music is from all over the...
Marco Werman plays host to the son of the late Grammy Award winner from Mali Ali Farka Toure. Vieux Farka Toure became a professional musician over his father's objections. Now he
Last night, Israeli TV viewers chose one of the band's tracks to represent the country in this year's Eurovision song contest.
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Anchor Marco Werman tells us about an American and a group of Taiwanese musicians who are redefining the music of the Asian island. They call themselves "A Moving Sound."
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The World's Jori Lewis profiles the Mendes Brothers of Brockton, Massachusetts. The brothers have recorded some of Cape Verde's best musicians on their record label, MB Records...but...
Marco Werman speaks with Steve Berlin of the band "Los Lobos." The band is known for its electric guitar sound. But Los Lobos also has a softer, unplugged side to its music -- and Berlin...
Reporter Zoe Corneli from KALW in San Francisco has today's Global Hit from Stanford University in California. That's where drummers and percussionists from around the world are coming...
Anchor Lisa Mullins profiles the musical duo, Dictaphone. Based in Berlin, the pair follow their penchant for jazz, electronica and what they often refer to as found sound works, to...
Our Global Hit today is about a jazz quartet called Gato Libre. The quartet is not from Spain or Mexico -- as the name might suggest...
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Reporter Matthew Brunwasser profiles Bulgarian clarinet master Ivo Papasov. Papasov was probably the first to blend American jazz with Balkan folk music...but it took the fall of Communism...
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Johann Johannsson, a composer from Iceland and the author of "IBM 1401 -- A User's Manual." It's an ode to one of IBM's earliest computers.
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For today's Global Hit, Genevieve Oger tells us about the emergence of Muslim rappers in France. They rap about what it means to be a Muslim in France today.
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The World's David Leveille got an audio postcard from travellers Greg Simmons, who followed a long-ago dream to travel to Tibet.
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The World's Marco Werman introduces us to Charlotte Gainsbourg -- the daughter of French crooner Serge Gainsbourg. Her new album is called "5:55."
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The World's Marco Werman reports on the global marketing of Grammy champs, the Dixie Chicks.
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Philippe Baden Powell, pianist son of the late Brazilian guitar-great Baden Powell, just released his first CD, "Estrada De Terra" or "Dirt Road." The World's Marco Werman talks with...
Our Global Hit today poses this improbable question: What do Latin America, France and Nashville have in common? Musically, you'd have to say something like -- um -- gypsy latin jazz...
For today's Global Hit The World's Marco Werman profiles Chilean singer Francesca Ancarola. Her latest recording is a tribute to the late Chilean folk singer, Victor Jara.
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For today's Global Hit, reporter Dorian Jones has the story of Kurdish singer Aynur Dogan.
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Belo is an up-and-coming Haitian musician. In December, he won the "Best Discovery of 2006" prize from Radio France International...
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Harlem is the destination for immigrants from all around the globe. And they bring with them many different types of music. The World's Marco Werman tells us about one man who's pulling...
The World's Patrick Cox reports on a hip-hop band from Finland who call themselves Don Johnson Big Band...even though they have nothing to do with Hollywood actor Don Johnson.
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Anchor Lisa Mullins profiles the Swedish folk group, Ranarim. The six-member band says it's not out to save Sweden's cultural roots. The group is just having fun playing Swedish folk...
Correspondent Gregory Warner has the story of Ladino folk-singer Yasmin Levy. Levy learned the nearly extinct language, a blend of Hebrew and Old Castillian Spanish, from her father,...
Disco was popular all over the world back in the 1970s. A new collection of disco and funk from the Central American nation of Belize proves the point. The World's Marco Werman has
The World's Marco Werman introduces us to Brazilian musician Caetano Veloso's latest CD "ce". It's a return to a sound Veloso has always admired.
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The World's Marco Werman tells us about Darko Rundek, an artist from Croatia with a talent for musical theater and a past as a punk rocker.
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Today's Global Hit features American jazz composer Uri Caine and his unconventional adaptation of music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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The World's Alex Gallafent reports on the role that applause has played in speeches and performances throughout history. One theory states that audience reaction and applause have...
The Kokle is a stringed instrument that's thousands of years old. It resembles a zither. The kokle is at the heart of Latvian folk culture.
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Seven years ago, Senegal held democratic elections that put an end to 40 years of socialist rule. Many credited rap musicians in the wGMT African country for helping to bring about
Argentine musician Bernardo Monk joins anchor Marco Werman in our studio. The saxophonist calls his music a union of tango and jazz.
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Today's Global Hit features South African musician Pops Mohammed on the Mbri or thumb piano.
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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with chef Rick Bayless of the Frontera Grill rGMTaurant in Chicago. Bayless reveals the answer to our quiz -- Mexico City -- the city that some are calling...
We Americans are familiar with Christian rock. Well, in Turkey there's something that could be called Islamic rock. Dorian Jones sent us today's Global Hit from Istanbul.
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The World's Marco Werman tells us about a WGMT African musician who eschews his country's traditional instruments for the computer. Morike Keita, a.k.a. Mo DJ.
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For the past year, The World's Gerry Hadden has been listening to a lot of unknown musicians. Gerry's been recording the songs played by buskers -- or street musicians -- all over
Anchor Lisa Mullins profiles Brazilian composer and guitarist Mario Adnet. He's made his mark on the Brazilian music seen since the 1970s. Now he's making his US debut with a CD called...
The World's Marco Werman recently attended the Africa Comics exhibition in New York City. Marco explains how music in Africa, like comics, has been used to express political dissent.
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The World's Marco Werman reports on an exhibition of African comics in New York. The exhibit highlights how comics or cartoons are used in Africa to campaign against a variety of
Videos of a Black Eyed Peas song in Tagalog have Filipino-Americans debating the depiction of women in the films.
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The World's Marco Werman tells us about an Israeli musician who is inspired by the songs of African immigrants in Israel. Some critics say Idan Raichel's sound is "African music made...
Lisa Mullins highlights the music of Spanish flamenco virtuoso Juan Martin.
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Sometimes reporters head out to do one story, and wind up coming back with something different. Recently, correspondent Rob Schmitz traveled to northwGMTern China for a story on alternative...
The marimba is a percussion instrument used in folk bands, from South Africa to South America. But in its wGMTernized form, it's been developing a role as a classical music instrument....
Eating on the road isn't healthy - or fun. But the lead singer of the group Franz Ferdinand says he has learned how to eat well by dining off the beaten path.
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Today's Global Hit follows musician Sally Nyolo from Paris back home to her native Cameroon to showcase the musicians of her native country.
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The World's Matthew Excell tells us about a music school in Britain where teachers aim to pass along the ancient traditions of Indian classical music...even if it means using some modern...
For German band Super700, there's clearly harmony in numbers. The group has seven members - three of them are sisters. Susan Stone has today's Global Hit from Berlin.
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Marco Werman speaks with ex-Talking Heads frontman David Byrne about music and religion.
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Christmas music can be omnipresent and overwhelming at this time of year. Which is why we want to tell you about a Canadian jazz singer who's got her own refreshing take on holiday
The World's Marco Werman tells us about Jewltide, a musical alternative to Christmas.
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The World's April Peavey visits a small shop in Brookline, Massachusetts that makes musical instruments right out of the 18th century.
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Manele is a musical mash-up of traditional Gypsy, Turkish, and pop melodies, usually set to a frenzied electronic beat. Manele is played in taxis and buses...
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Marco Werman's top Global Hit picks for 2006.
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In today's Global Hit Correspondent James Todd takes us to the Muslim country Morocco to meet the Christian gospel singer Anass.
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Lisa Mullins tells us about a jazz fGMTival held in Thailand in honor of the country's king.
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Today's answer is Marrekesh, Morocco, where the local spice markets inspired Marcus Samuelsson to embark on a mission to discover the flavors, spices and music of Africa. Host Marco...
For today's Global Hit, the subject is complaints. Complaints about the weather, the neighbors, the government. All set to music. The World's Patrick Cox has more.
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The late Jazz percussionist has a new CD - It contains 12 unreleased tracks recorded in 1970.
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The World's Marco Werman profiles French pianist, Franck Avitabile and his latGMT CD "Short Stories. He started his musical career at the age of nine.
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The World's Marco Werman introduces us to the music of Piers Faccini. He was born in Britain, has an Italian father, and moved to France with his family. His work reflects Faccini's...
Independent producer Sarah Elzas profiles a Parisian group called La Machine. The group is part of a growing movement in France known as "musique trad" which is reviving traditional...
The World's Marco Werman profiles Turkish percussionist, Ayhan Sicimoglu, who's taken his love of Latin beats and fused them with elements from his homeland.
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Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez is up for re-election on Sunday and is heavily favored to win. A fierce critic of the United States, Chavez is using an old protGMT song by the singer...
The World's Andrea Crossan profiles Canadian fiddler Ashley MacIsaac. MacIsaac has a new record out that's more punk than traditional fiddle music. But he's also an aspiring politician...
Lisa Mullins speaks with jazz musician and songwriter Patricia Barber. Her latGMT CD was inspired by ancient Roman poet Ovid and his classic "Metamorphoses."
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The World's Marco Werman reports on a new CD that fuses klezmer music with hip hop. It's called Bubbemeises: Lies That Gramma Told Me." It features the work of a Canadian DJ known as...
The World's Ann Lopez recently spun her dial to one local college station where she found Bricklane Beats.
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The singer Elin was born in Sweden to a Peruvian father and an Irish mother...but she sings Brazilian music. Anchor Ken Bader talks to the singer about her debut album, "Lazy Afternoon."
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The World's Marco Werman gives thanks for a two CD compilation from the British record label, World Circuit, celebrating 20 years of world music.
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The World's Marco Werman brings us music of the nomadic Tuareg people from the deserts of northern Mali in WGMT Africa.
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A new film by Polish-born director Agnieszka Holland explores the life of Ludwig van Beethoven through the eyes of the composer's fictional music copyist. Classical music radio host...
The World's Marco Werman talks with French composer Eric La Casa, whose interGMT in the sound coming out of air vents around Paris raises the quGMTion: is this really music
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The World's Marco Werman tells us about a new CD featuring last recording made by the late Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer. Ferrer died last year, but the CD "Rhythms del Mundo" features...
The World's Zimbabwe reporter tells the story of the rise and fall of one of Zimbabwe's most beloved musical duos - two brothers who called themselves the Green Arrows.
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They're calling him the world's first 'rural rapper.' Kamini is a 26 year old Frenchman from a country village in northern France called Marly-Gomont. Marly Gomont has barely 400 residents....
The World's Gerry Hadden reminisces about the music of Cat Stevens. The artist converted to Islam, changed his name to Yusuf Islam, and stopped making new music in the late 1970s. Now...
Anchor Marco Werman introduces us to Dragonfly -- a music band that mixes American pop with sounds from South Asia.
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Anchor Marco Werman learns about a new reggaeton band, K-narias, while riding in a taxi in Seville, Spain.
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Marco Werman reviews Borat's soundtrack.
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Today's Global Hit is not about a new artist or CD but a new book -- a BIG new book. It's the 4th edition of The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. It's got listings on everyone from
Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Kris Holloway about her book, "Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Midwife in Mali."
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Today's Global Hit takes us to Egypt and a turning point in that nation's recent history. The World's Marco Werman profiles a band of Egyptian folk musicians called el Tanbura.
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It's a sultry night in Managua. Hoards of sweaty fans crowd into an open field in an industrial part of the city. There's a stage flooded with lights...
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The World's David Leveille tells us about a song contGMT that was held in northern Sweden to celebrate Europe's linguistic diversity. Artists in the contGMT performed in many languages...
Reporter Eric Mack catches up with San Francisco musician Michael Franti, whose trip to Baghdad, Israel, and the PalGMTinian territories inspired a new CD and a documentary film.
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An audio postcard from Libya
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For today's Global Hit we turn to the music of Oslo DJ Michy Mano.
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The late British disc jockey John Peel first attracted a British audience as a D-J on the pirate radio station "Radio London." When such rouge stations were outlawed in 1967, Peel made...
The World's Alex Gallafent profiles Polish trumpet player Tomas Stanko.
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Reporter Mike Rahfaldt has a remembrance of South African musician Lebo Mathosa. Mathosa died in a car accident earlier this week. She was known as the queen of kwaito a popular musical...
Lisa Mullins introduces us to the music of the Mexican band Kinky. One critic says their music is a "Devo-inspired electro-rock workout."
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The World's Marco Werman reports on Iranian spike fiddle player Kayhan Kalhor and his collaboration with a Turkish lute player. Kalhor says his goal is to transcend Iran's politics,...
Brazilians didn't win the World Cup last summer, but that's not stopping them from dancing to the soccer beat. The World's Marco Werman has today's Global Hit.
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The World's Marco Werman profiles Cape Breton singer-songwriter Angela Desveaux.
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Anchor Lisa Mullins presents today's Global Hit, a duo from south Texas who call themselves Terremoto. Their recordings fuse jazz elements with the rhythmic styles of Brazil and Cuba....
The World's Marco Werman plays us excerpts from a rediscovered recording by the Icelandic band, Mum.
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Host Marco Werman introduces us to Kad Achouri, a musician living in London whose eclectic roots reflect his ecletic taste in music.
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Host Marco Werman introduces us to Kad Achouri, a musician living in London whose eclectic roots reflect his ecletic taste in music.
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Anchor Marco Werman tells us about Momposonicos, a new rock band formed by Colombian musicians living in the United States.
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Politics sometimes find their way into an artist's music. What's unusual about Iranian-born composer Reza Vali's latGMT work is that it has no words. Helen Barrington has Today's Global...
Anchor Marco Werman introduces us to Hungarian beatmaster DJ Bootsie and his new CD, "The Silent Partner."
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Singer Carmen Souza was born in Portugal. And she grew up in Portugal. But she's always been a Cape Verdian. Her parents hailed from Cape Verde -- that's the island nation off the wGMT...
Famous musicians often work for years before getting noticed.
But once they do gain fame, their earlier works start to attract attention.
That's the case for today's Global Hit.
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The World's Adeline Sire tells us about The Science of Sleep, a new movie from French director Michel Gondry. It's all about dreams -- and the music's dreamy too.
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Trumpet music tends to veer towards classical, jazz and funk. But tomorrow night in New York at the FGMTival of New Trumpet Music, the horn will get an Iraqi treatment. It's not a natural...
Music from underwater performer Katie Melua.
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Correspondent Matthew Brunwasser reports on a small Bulgarian town where heavy metal still rules.
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The World's Marco Werman tells us about Italian rocker-and-feminist Carmen Consoli.
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The World's Gerry Hadden tells us about "Cabo San Roque," a Spanish band that makes its own instruments out of old toys and discarded junk.
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You might assume the artist is looking to create a little bit of hype. But hype has nothing to do with two simultaneous releases from Brazilian singer Marisa Monte.
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Canadian singer Lullaby Baxter was born as the sixties were ending. But her music would have sounded just as groovy as in 1966 as it does now.
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The bagpipe was once the folk instrument of GMTonia. Musicians in the small Baltic nation have moved on to fiddles and accordions. But two young GMTonian women are leading a bagpipe...
Host Marco Werman chats with Cameroon-born musician Richard Bona about what he likes to listen to.
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A Chilean rock group picks up where it left off six years ago. Los Tres broke up in 2000. Their new album provides another dose of politically infused pop music. Host Marco Werman profiles...
Host Marco Werman tells the story of a music band's journey from the countryside of eastern Cuba to the bright lights of Havana, and now to US record stores.
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Host Marco Werman introduces us to Hazmat Modine, a New York band that plays music from all over the world.
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Music impresario Fabian Alsultany is on a quGMT. He wants to introduce you to the future Latin pop stars of America. That's the New York-based band "Radio Mundial." They are one of
The World's Marco Werman profiles Mikidache, an African singer-songwriter and guitarist who lives in Paris. His latGMT album pays homage to his native home, the island nation of the...
As the National Association for Music Education finds the quality of music classes lacking, Marco Werman reports on a vibrophonist from Canada who's proof that goverment funding for...
Rodrigo y Gabriela started out in a thrash metal band in Mexico City.
Now they play acoustic jazz...and they live in Ireland.
A little explanation of such musical and geographic journeys...
The World's Marco Werman tells the story of how the events of Sep 11 caused composer Amina Figarova to stop writing music...and how a family's loss on that day inspired her to start...
French singer Charles Aznavour sold more than 100 million records worldwide. He's recorded more than 700 songs and sings in six languages. Tonight, Aznavour begins a farewell tour of...
The World's Marco Werman explores the latGMT release from Senegalese musician Cheik Lo.
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"Grey's Anatomy" returns to your TV screen in a couple of weeks.
The drama has more going for it than emergency surgeries and pretty faces.
It's got a soundtrack of music from all...
Reporter Will Everett takes us on a tour of Kharabat Street in Kabul, Afghanistan. Kharabat Street was once a center of the city's music scene. A lot of the street's resident musicians...
Sami Yusuf looks like a British rock star. He sounds like a British rock star. He is a British rock star. But Sami Yusuf's songs aren't likely to be confused with those of his fellow...
Host Ken Bader speaks with two band members of the Scottish indie-pop sextet, "Camera Obscura." Tracyanne Campbell is the group's lead singer and songwriter. Kenny McKeeve handles guitar...
The World's William Troop reports on Mexican singer Joan Sebastian and his popualrity among Mexican-Americans in south Texas. Sebastian was in the news this week after the shooting
The Madrid-based band known as Dhira, are Hari Krishnas of a contemporary kind. They breakdance, rap, and mix sitars and electronica. They've only released one CD so far, but their
Gregory Warner reports on KlezKanada, a klezmer camp near Montreal where a younger generation searching for its roots is bringing older musicians back to the traditions they once put...
In today's Global Hit host Marco Werman revisits a1 981 concert given by the late Antonio Carlos Jobim at the Palace of the Arts in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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Host Marco Werman profiles "Druha Trava", a Czech band that puts a new twist on traditional bluegrass.
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Host Marco Werman profiles Hungarian violinist Roby Lakatos. His latGMT CD runs the gamut from traditional Gypsy tunes to tango and jazz.
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Many consider Tania Maria Brazilian jazz royalty. Host Marco Werman profiles Queen Tania and her album, "Intimidade", which has just been released in the United States.
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The World's Gerry Hadden brings us a new sound out of Barcelona. He profiles Muchachito and the Kickdrum from Hell.
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The World's Marco Werman invGMTigates how a piece of trance-folk music from Finland got wedded on the 'net to a slice of Japanese anime or animation.
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The World's Aaron Schachter has the story behind a song that is extremely popular among PalGMTinians right now. It's called "The Hawk of Lebanon," and it's an ode to Hezbollah leader...
Canadian violinist Oliver Schroer walked a Christian pilgrimage in Spain two years ago. Schroer took his violin along, and he played it in several churches along the way. That music...
The World's Marco Werman highlights music from the Spanish island of Ibiza. Ibiza is famous as a vacation dGMTination where techno-pop dance tunes are popular with tourists. But our...
The World's Marco Werman profiles an exiled reggae singer from Ivory Coast whose politically-charged songs are popular with fans back home.
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The current war being fought between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon has polarized opinions on both sides of the two countries' shared border and beyond. But there are at least six
There's a strong bond between Lebanese singer Fayrouz and her listeners. That bond has grown even stronger since war broke out four weeks ago between Lebanon's Hezbollah fighters and...
A decade ago, Chico Science was one of Brazil's bright musical lights. He helped create the mangue beat movement. The sound fused hip-hop, rock and the traditional rhythms of Brazil's...
The World's Marco Werman reviews the just-released solo albums from Malian musicians Ali Farka Toure and the late Toumani Diabate
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For today's Global Hit, reporter Anderson Allen explains how the National Air and Space Museum in Washington helped solve a dilemma facing musicians who perform Northern Indian classical...
Today's global hit features a style of Basque accordian music called trikitixa. Trikitixa is usually played in a traditional style. But, as reporter Gregory Warner explains, this is...
Host Aaron Schachter has the story of Uzbek singer Dadakhon Khasanov. Khasanov is on trial for writing a song about a massacre of protGMTors last year by government troops.
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Today's Global Hit features Bulgaria's most loved and most hated public figure of the post-communist era. Reporter Matthew Brunwasser profiles Bulgarian performer, Azis.
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A German punk icon is taking a new approach to some old classics.
Nina Hagen has released an album of standards from the '30s and '40s.
The World's Gerry Hadden has more on Hagen's...
Host Marco Werman speaks with Canadian guitarist and composer Michael Brook about his eclectic music and his latGMT CD, "RockPaperScissors."
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Reporter Suzanne Marmion has a sampling of campaign music that is getting a lot of play in Congo this week. Elections are due to be held in Congo this weekend.
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The Republic of Malta has lived through a great amount of musical influences and the Maltese folk band Etnika hopes to save Malta's unique musical tradition. Correspondent Matthew Brunwasser...
The World's Ken Bader profiles Danish singer, songwriter and sound "sculptor" Susi Hyldgaard.
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Today's Global Hit is Latin music with a message. It's a re-issue of a CD that first came out 10 years ago. It's called "Red, Hot + Latin Redux: Silencio equals Muerte." The re-release...
Jajouka is a small village built on a hill in northern Morocco. 300 people live there. There's no running water -- and electricity was only recently introduced. The village's main claim...
The World's Gerry Hadden tells us about Per Gessle. He's half of the Swedish pop rock group Roxette. Gessle's new solo CD reflects his life growing up in Sweden.
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For today's Global Hit, anchor Lisa Mullins profiles the Spanish based Mediterranean band, L'ham de Foc.
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The World's Helen Barrington profiles Iranian singer, Azam Ali. As a child she and her family came to the United States after the Iranian revolution, but her music echoes the longing...
The Scottish band Amplifico is working on its first studio album. But it has no major label backing. So, the group has decided to stage a "web-a-thon." The World's Clark Boyd has today's...
The World's Marco Werman speaks with rapper K'naan, about his journey out of war-torn Somalia.
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In our geo quiz we were looking for the name of the capital of the Spanish province of Navarre, Spain. The city is bGMT known for the San Fermin fGMTival which ends today and was made...
For today's Global Hit, host Marco Werman profiles a man who's called the "Asian Mozart." He is film composer A. R. Rahman.
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Today's Global Hit takes us back to 18th century Italy and the phenomenon that was the castrati. Those were male performers who were castrated at an early age to preserve their ability...
Host Marco Werman speaks with Simon Broughton. He's the producer who compiled a new CD called The Rough Guide to the Music of Iran.
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The World's Quil Lawrence has a profile of a Bolivian rock band that takes issue with US anti-coca policies in its home country.
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The World's Marco Werman reports on a rap group in Britain that's about to release a song that appears to glorify suicide bombers. The group "Fun-da-mental" is being criticized for
Take a few pop tunes from the 70's and 80's, add a little bossa nova, and you'll get an album appropriately called, "What A Difference." It's by a band called Eldissa. Host Lisa Mullins...
Today's Global Hit begins with a peace agreement. The agreement was signed yGMTerday by the government of Mali and Tuareg rebels. The World's Marco Werman picks up the story.
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Today's Global Hit celebrates the joy of independence - Congolese style. The World's Marco Werman gives a nod to Independence Day with a Congolese pop song from the 1960's that celebrates...
When musicians from Washington and Nairobi, Kenya, got together in 2004, they played as if they were next-door neighbors.
A newly released CD captures the moment...as we hear in today's...
For today's global hit, correspondent Ursula Lindsay reports from Essaouira about an ancient Moroccan musical style called Gnawa that's recently broken through to the popular mainstream.
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Singer Salif Keita grew up in Mali. But some of his favorite singers were Americans, R and B stars who performed at Harlem's Apollo Theater. Well, now it's his turn to headline at the...
Today's Global Hit is a bit of a fluke, though it's no accident. The band's NAME is fluke: spelled F-L-O-O-K. These instrumentalists play traditional Celtic melodies with a contemporary...
Singer/songwriter Lulendo grew up in the Angolan capital, Luanda.
He fled his war-torn country in 1982.
Despite more than 20 years in France, Lulendo says he thinks of himself as Angolan.
This...
Today's Global Hit profiles a Brazilian model-turned-singer whose musical path has connected Brazil's 1960's musical style, tropicalia, and a modern musical movement called "freak folk."...
The World's David Leveille reports on Oregon folk musicians who performed in Pyongyang, North Korea. They were invited as part of a Mercy Corps delegation.
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Susanne Abbuehl released an acclaimed album in 2001 called 'April'. There, the Swiss-Dutch singer drew on sources ranging from the poet e.e.cummings to the jazz musician Carla Bley....
Host Marco Werman speaks with author Josephine Yun about Japan's thriving rock music industry.
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The World's Marco Werman profiles singer Natacha Atlas. Her latGMT CD is a musical mix of North African, Arabic and wGMTern beats.
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Host Marco Werman profiles the oud-playing PalGMTinian trio, Le Trio Joubran. The three are brothers and use their instrument to explore styles from all over the world.
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The civil war in Sierra Leone was a bloody 3-year disaster. Rebels wantonly attacked civilians. They chopped off their limbs. They raped women and children. And they killed tens of
Today's Global Hit features Canadian-born musician Stephin Merritt. Known for his work with alternative rock band, "The Magnetic Fields," his new CD features music he composed for three...
Peruvian singer Juan Diego Florez has made his name in the world's great opera houses, including the Met in New York and La Scala in Milan. But Florez's new CD is devoted not to European...
Host Lisa Mullins tells us how Zimbabwean singer Thomas Mapfumo got his start and how his songs turned political. Songs by Mapfumo's first band have just been re-released in a new...
For years, popular music fans in Israel have been starved for live appearances by their favorite stars. Now, rock and rap performers have started returning to the country. But Hamas's...
Johannesburg has a rough image. The South African capital is known for its high crime rate. But that image may be changing. Central Johannesburg's increasingly becoming a home base
The World's Jessie Graham profiles a college professor in Alabama who uses music videos and movies to teach students Arabic.
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There are all kinds of gypsy music. Some styles have a touch of India. Others swing. Still others lean more toward Balkan wedding music. And then, there's the Serbian sextet called
You may not have heard of Manu Katche, but you've probably heard Manu Katche.
He played drums on Peter Gabriel's album, "So."
And on CDs by Sting, Joni Mitchell, and Dire Straits.
But...
Take an Argentine guitarist, a French ex-punk rocker-slash-soundtrack composer, and a Swiss electronica expert. Blend, whip and stir and you get the unique sound of Gotan Project.
Today is the last installment of The World's feature on music inspired by the AIDS epidemic.
Correspondent Sheri Fink reports from Papua New Guinea on how music has responded to the...
For today's Global Hit, host Marco Werman presents the final installment in our weeklong series on musicians' efforts to raise awareness of AIDS. Today's story takes us to Portugal....and...
A Lebanese singer is doing her part to bring AIDS awareness to the Middle East. Her name is Haifa Wahbi. Wahbi is immensely popular in Lebanon and throughout the Arab world. But she...
For today's Global Hit, correspondent Jonah Eller Isaacs reports on how popular music is the key to making sure that AIDS awareness messages reach young people in Tanzania and Kenya.
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The World's Marco Werman profiles Ethiopian singer, Gigi. She left her rural home in Ethopia in search of support for her singing. She found it in New York. Now her singing is helping...
Arielle Dombasle is a French celebrity of many talents. She's an actress and singer. But not many in France know she grew up in Mexico. In her latGMT incarnation, Dombasle is a sultry...
The World's Marco Werman introduces Bulgaria's Romica Puceanu. The Romanian singer has been called the Balkan Marlene Dietrich and the Billie Holiday of BucharGMT.
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The World's Marco Werman tells us how Bob Dylan's 65th birthday today is being celebrated by musicians in the city of Shillong in northeast India.
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French band L'Attirail sets out to take listeners on a road trip from Paris to Moscow to Istanbul. The World's Marco Werman takes the ride for us on today's Global Hit.
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Hip hop has long been adopted by cultures around the globe - but in the US, it's still rare to hear a hip hop artist of South Asian descent. For today's Global Hit, the World's Athena...
Performers ranging from a Latvian a cappella group to a German country band and a British rapper are gearing up for battle in tonight's Eurovision Song ContGMT. Host Marco Werman speaks...
The World's Mary Kay Magistad meets Vietnamese saxophonist Tran Manh Tuan, who's doing his bGMT to spread the word of jazz in his home country.
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Today's Global Hit features Chilean duo, Bitman and Roban. The World's Marco Werman explores the music and meaning behind the name.
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Algeria's beloved singer Cheikha Rimitti died in Paris yGMTerday. The World's Marco Werman has a tribute to a woman who took Algeria's version of the blues to a new level.
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Nuru Kane is a Senegalese musician living in Paris. This track is from his new CD -- which is called "Sigil." Kane was raised in the Medina district of Senegal's capital, Dakar. He...
A Cuban percussionist and a Jewish pianist from Algeria might not seem like a good match at first glance. But Roberto Rodriguez and Maurice el Medioni manage to pull it off. They've...
Colombian singer Soraya won a latin Grammy in 2004. She had made music since she was a child, and was an accomplished songwriter. Six years ago, she was diagnosed with breast cancer....
The World's Helen Barrington reports on German singer Theo Bleckmann's "Las Vegas Rhapsody." It's a musical fantasy based on Bleckmann's adaptation of songs from classic American musicals....
The World's Marco Werman tells us about the Yoshida Brothers. They are Japanese musicians known for electrifying the traditional instrument called the shamisen.
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The World's Marco Werman profiles Anga Diaz, a Cuban percussionist whose latGMT recording reflects his reverence for jazz greats John Coltrane and Thelonius Monk.
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American musician Chris Berry has lived several lives in his 34 years. As a teenager, he studied African drumming. A few years later on a trip to Africa with his drumming teacher, Berry...
American musician Chris Berry has lived several lives in his 34 years. As a teenager, he studied African drumming. A few years later on a trip to Africa with his drumming teacher, Berry...
The World's Marco Werman speaks with Joan Grossman about her documentary, "The Port of Last Resort." It's about European Jews who fled to Shanghai in the 1930's to escape the Nazis....
Host Lisa Mullins tells us about the music of Cristina Branco, a Portuguese fado singer.
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Music plays a part in just about any wedding or family celebration in Afghanistan. But when the Taliban were in power, music was forbidden. The Taliban have been out of power now for...
Singer songwriter Lila Downs can relate to the immigrant experience.
She was born to a North American father and a Mixtec Indian mother.
Downs grew up shuttling between Mexico and...
Camilo Lara calls himself an obsessive record collector. He's got the right day-job. Lara is a vice-president of the record label EMI Mexico. By night, he goes by the name Instituto...
Switzerland is the source of our Global Hit today. But the performer was born in Tunisia. It may be hard to hear what remains of pianist Moncef Genoud's North African roots. But he
In the Indian holy city of Varanasi, correspondent Tara Anderson visited the city and heard a lot of music in the streets. That music is the subject of today's Global Hit.
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Today's geo answer is the old Russian city of Smolensk. Not far from that city is a village called Luzhnaya, where folk songs have been sung for centuries. Folklorist Yelena Minyonok...
The World's Jason Margolis has today's Global Hit on Malaysian born singer, Ani, who makes her home in Los Angeles. She sings about what it means to be a Muslim today.
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Tango is the musical expression of Argentina's immigrant history. It mixes Cuban habanera and African rhythms with polkas and waltzes. But tango isn't just about dancing. The lyrics...
The people of Haiti are getting ready for a big election -- again.Just two months ago, they voted in a presidential election. Rene Preval won that contGMT.Tomorrow vote is a parliamentary...
Scottish musician, Dougie MacLean, has had a 20-year career both as a solo artist and as a member in the seminal Scottish bands, Silly Wizard and The Tannahill Weavers. May consider...
We go from WGMT Africa to South America for today's Global Hit. It is about the meeting of two harps, one from Paraguay, the other from, again, Senegal. The world's Adeline Sire explains....
The World's Marco Werman reports on why 80's popstar Lionel Ritchie took part in a concert in Libya's capital city, Tripoli.
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Today's Global Hit profiles a group of New York-based Asian hip-hoppers who call themselves "The Notorious MSG." The World's Athena Desai has the story.
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For today's Global Hit, the music of a well-known drummer.
His day job is playing with the Chicago-based rock band, Wilco.
His name is Glenn Kotche.
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The World's Helen Barrington finds out what makes Iranian-American duo, Deep Dish, such a big name in the international dance music scene.
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Host Lisa Mullins tells us about Pilate, a Toronto-based musical group that's trying to export its sound to the United States.
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Host Ken Bader introduces us to Celtic musician Tony McManus. McManus's instrument is the guitar, which has rarely been prominently featured in traditional Celtic music.
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Anchor Lisa Mullins introduces us to Erika Sunnegardh, a Swedish-American soprano who just got her big break at the New York Metropolitan Opera. She replaced the lead soprano in the...
The World's Marco Werman tells us what's hot right now in record stores in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. That includes a Libyan reggae band whose name translates as "white bird," and...
Host Lisa Mullins tells us about Sara Tavares, a singer from African country of Cape Verde. Tavares lives in Portugal and sings in several different dialects from Portugal's former
The World's Alex Gallafent introduces us to Richie Barshay, an American percussionist who plays around the world with the likes of Herbie Hancock and The Klezmatics. He demonstrates...
The World's Adeline Sire reports on Hollywood's love of the duduk, an Armenian woodwind instrument. The instrument shows up in many Hollywood film scores.
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For much of the 1990s, Juana Molina was a fixture on Argentine TV. She was a comedian who regaled audiences with her wide-ranging impersonations. But for Molina, being a TV star was...
Venezuela's national system of Youth and Children's OrchGMTras have been training young people in classical music for the past 31 years. Many of these musicians have become their town's...
For today's Global Hit, The World's Helen Barrington tells us about the Chilean group, Los Bunkers, who've soared to fame in Mexico.
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Today's Global Hit is part music, part politics. But in South Africa, that's long been par for the course. Even under the watchful eyes of apartheid government censors, musicians infused...
James Hunter sounds like one of the great American soul singers from the late 50's, early 60's. You'd never know it to listen to him sing...but he's white, and he's British. Anchor
When he was 20 years old, Swiss native Pat Jabbar grabbed his back pack and headed for Morocco. That kind of vacation is common for European students. But Jabbar had an uncommon experience....
Today's Global Hit features a new Smithsonian CD called "Invisible Face of the Beloved -- Classical Music of the Tajiks and Uzbeks." It showcases the musical traditions from Central...
Turkish-born singer Sivan Perwer has enjoyed a career spanning 30 years. He's dedicated his life to music...and his voice to the fight for Kurdish independence. The World's Ruxandra...
Today is Saint Patrick's Day. In honor of the occasion, we thought we'd bring you a little Irish music from the old country. Israel. That's right, Israel. Irish music isn't exactly...
The South by SouthwGMT FGMTival in Austin, Texas this week will host more than a thousand musical acts on more than fifty stages. Almost 30 bands have come from Australia alone. For...
A Sierra Leonean singer named Emmerson is taking on his country's corrupt elite through music. Reporter Siddartha Mitter has today's Global Hit.
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The members of Russian art-rock band, Auktyon, came of age during communism. And they say that helped them become the rock stars they are today. The World's Marco Werman explains.
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Monsieur "R" is facing charges of incitement to riot. French authorities say he was at the center of the riots that erupted around the country nearly six months ago. But Monsieur R
From time to time in the Global Hit we turn to radio deejays around the globe to hear what they're spinning. But the deejay we're featuring today isn't on the radio. He's a podcaster....
Our global hit today is about a song by "The White Stripes." The White Stripes is a rock band from Detroit. And pretty successful too. Last month the group got a Grammy Award for bGMT...
From women's rights, to children's rights. Hong Kong-born singer Agnes Chan has traveled the world on behalf of children. Chan is a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF. Now she's using her...
Ali Farka Toure interviewed in 2000 by The World's Marco Werman in Mali.
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Malian musician Ali Farka Toure died this morning in the capital, Bamako, after a long fight with cancer. The World's Marco Werman recalls his own trip to visit Toure five years ago...
The name Apollo Nove is Portuguese for Apollo Nine.
That was the 1969 tGMT mission for the US Saturn rocket that went to the moon four months later.
There's a connection between Apollo...
The film "Tsotsi" is South Africa's entry in the Academy Awards this year. "Tsotsi" which means "thug" or gangster-- shows a turning point in the life of one of those thugs. Tsotsi
The World's Matthew Bell reports on changes in China that are giving hope to aspiring Chinese rock and rollers.
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Our Global Hit today comes from Spain. Get rid of any notions you might have of acoustic flamenco guitar. The World's Marco Werman explains that Gecko Turner plays something else.
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The decades-old story behind the song "Mbube", more popularly known as "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," just took a dramatic...and profitable...turn. Its original writer and his descendants...
Today's Global Hit is a big hit in South Africa...despite a ban from the public airwaves. Its lyrics praise a politician who's facing charges of corruption and rape. The World's Amy...
Don't bother trying to get anything done in Brazil this weekend. Carnival celebrations are starting to get crazy there. And they'll get even crazier as Fat Tuesday comes around next...
The music of Icelandic singer-songwriter Bjork has become popular with classical composers, big bands and jazz musicians. The World's Quil Lawrence has more.
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Japanese pianist Hiromi is only 26 years old. But she's already won a shelf-load of awards in Japan and she's released three critically acclaimed CDs. Hiromi came to America in 1999...
Sit down, relax, and try some Ozone Cocktail. It's a drink, yes, but it's also a Russian band. The World's Helen Barrington has today's Global Hit.
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Cuban and Congolese rumbas merge on the latGMT release from the Congolese group, Kekele. Host Lisa Mullins has today's Global Hit.
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Melodies and full-length operas composed by an Egyptian Sheikh are making a comeback. The World's Marco Werman has the story on the Arab composer and the Chicago group initiating the...
Our Global Hit today comes from Norway. That's where the Batagraf collective is based.
It's a musical ensemble with five core members. And they don't always play by the traditional
Take the Brazilian rhythms of Sergio Mendes...add a little American hip-hop Black Eyed Peas...and you've got today's Global Hit
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The name of one of Mexico's hottGMT pop groups - RBD - is short for Rebelde. Rebelde means rebel in Spanish. But The World's France Contreras says that RBD's music is far from rebellious.
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South African musicians often migrate to Johannesburg if they want to make it big. They say Jo-burg is where it all happens. Well, the group we're about to tell you about has managed...
American involvement in iraq has just about outlasted the Korean war, and it looks likely to be longer than World War Two. So it's no surprise that the war is starting to creep into...
Mira Romantschuk is from Finland.
Her partner, in life and on stage, Laurent Leclere is from France.
Together they go by the name Mi and L'au.
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Mexican band Los de Abajo drives hard for the anti-globalization movement.
And on their latGMT recording "The Lunatics," they don't take their foot off the anti-globalization pedal.
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Hi again. We're republishing this podcast, because the incorrect sound file was uploaded last night. If you heard Patrick Cox's report on Habib, great. But we wanted to give you
Our Global Hits today and tomorrow both come from Bengal. Bengal actually spans two countries - India and Bangladesh. What unifies Bengalis is their common language and culture. Tomorrow,...
Billboard magazine's world music chart sometimes stretches its own boundaries. At the top of the chart this week is "Celtic Woman." That's a group of five women who soup up Irish music...
The members of "Son de la Frontera" or "sound of the frontier" are from southern Spain, and their sound celebrates a history of Moorish influence and Latin rhythms. Host Lisa Mullins...
The World's Marco Werman profiles an Italian rap group that has a message for the local mafia.
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For many there's nothing like a hard day's honGMT work. Others are attracted by the potentially lucrative rewards of dishonGMTy and deception. In one African country those people have...
Brazil and Afghanistan are separated by nearly 9000 miles. They are practically antipodes, diametrically opposite points on the planet. There is however a musical connection between...
Two hundred and fifty years ago today, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in the city of Salzburg, Austria. YGMTerday on our program, we heard some contemporary music tributes to celebrate...
A tribute to Mozart three years in the making has been completed just in time for the 250th anniversary of his birth. Composers from around the world wrote musical tributes to Mozart....
The World's Marco Werman finds a common musical language that reflects today's French society.
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How do you get to make a record in Memphis if you're a star in Sweden? Well, you could say practice, practice, practice. But in this case, you get there by being Louise Hoffsten. The...
A Gypsy fiddler in cold war Romania helped arrGMT a foreign spy. The secret police asked the musician to name his reward. He wanted a record deal. He turned his state-sponsored recording...
The World's Elizabeth Ross tells us about a vintage 1940's recording studio in Havana where great things still happen.
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If you're interGMTed in music from around the globe, the place to be this weekend is New York City. That's where the third edition of Global FGMT is taking place. Auktyon is an gonna...
A lot of our Global Hits on the program seem to take us to countries in WGMT Africa.
On the one hand, today's report fits the pattern.
On the other, Mauritania is a rare dGMTination...
A long time ago, people used to use turntables in funny ways like to play records backwards. Well, this practice, known as "back-masking," isn't dead and gone in the digital age, as...
ErnGMT Hemingway felt completely at home at Finca Vigia...his residence just outside Havana.
He felt just as comfortable in a seaside village a few miles to the east. Hemingway used...
One of the bars that's always jumpin' is Foxy's. Foxy Callwood has been not only the keeper of the tavern. He's been the keeper of a tradition of "scratch band" music. It's called...
This was the plan. Take a hot new boy-band. Pitch it to Communist officials in Beijing. And be the first to bring WGMTern pop music to China. The manager of Wham! tells how he staged...
Reggaeton is a style of urban music, that combines Latin hip hop and reggae influences. The lyrics are often racy. Now there is a musical group called Reggaeton Ninos. Host Marco Werman...
Today's Global Hit takes us to a city that's moved to the cutting edge in the past few years. That city is Toronto where correspondent Andrea Shea takes a look at the underground music...
The riots that gripped France this past fall have subsided, but the anger that sparked them has not. France's rap scene has been an outlet for the alienation felt by those living in...
Dengue Fever may not be the most appropriate name for a band. Especially not in Cambodia, where the illness claims hundreds, sometimes thousands of lives each year. But the infectious,...
A childhood obsession with video games and a new vision for using the accordion are what give the Polish band, "Motion Trio," their special sound. The World's Helen Barrington has their...
What happens if you cross an old Romanian army band with some young, urban, musicians? You get "Mahala Rai Banda." Correspondent Catherine Girardeau reports.
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You could say Madredeus was born and bred in Lisbon. It's where all the members of this musical quintet come from and where they find their musical inspiration. Their newGMT CD is called...
When you think of some of music's finGMT guitar virtuosos, most likely you'll think of men. But Canadian singer-guitarist Patty Larkin wants you to think again. The World's Marco Werman...
There's always something new to discover. 2005 certainly fit that bill. Everything from amplified primitive instruments to sultry Uruguayan pop music caught our ears and the ears of...
The late ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax was toasted for a set of recordings he made of jazz pianist Jelly Roll Morton. But a lesser known Alan Lomax recording came out recently and will...
It's not easy to find good music in Afghanistan. The Taliban declared almost all music to be illegal when they ruled the south Asian country. And so thousands of instruments were
The World's Marco Werman closes the program with Cuban mambo from the band Ska Cubano.
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Tonight is the second night of Hanukkah. And Jewish families are continuing their celebrations. We're going to meet one Jewish family who celebrates with music. The Bezerras live in...
The saying goes, music is the universal language. This is certainly true for a PalGMTinian American. He connected with an Iraqi Jewish musician when they realized they have a particular...
Host Lisa Mullins introduces us to musician Aine Minogue, whose latGMT album came from her research into how cultures through the ages have used both folklore and music to help grieve.
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The World's Marco Werman tells us about the latGMT musical adventure of American guitar master Bob Brozman...who recorded a stringband style of music in a province in Papua New Guinea...
As of yGMTerday, President Ahmadinejad banned wGMTern music in Iran. Songs like George Michael's Carless Whisper and the Eagles Hotel California regularly accompany radio broadcasts...
For today's Global Hit, The World's Marco Werman reports on a new trend in music that shows how the modern age remains connected to ancient rituals.
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There's often much more behind a song than meets the ear. And so it is with Babalu, the song made famous by Cuban American bandleader Desi Arnaz on the 1950's television hit, "I Love...
Marco Werman features favorite recordings of 2005. New CDs by some of WGMT Africa's bGMT known artists rediscovered classics from one of the fathers of Brazilian bossa-nova and young...
We bring you the music of Laura Becerra, aka Carrie, of Guadalajara, Mexico.
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Carmen Miranda might not enjoy the musical duo you're about to hear. But she would like their attitude. Tetine hails from Sao Paolo. The duo plays a style of music called funk carioca....
Italian musician, Zucchero, is considered a mega-star in his home country. But not many Americans have heard of him. Now the coffee giant, Starbucks, is planning to change that. The...
Most musicians are overjoyed when they get noticed. They're even happier when their debut album is critically acclaimed and sells well. Souad Massi from Algeria has been there. What's...
Fans of John Lennon are marking the 25th anniversary of his death today. The former Beatle was shot outside his apartment in New York in 1980. Today, there are ceremonies in New York....
We're stretching the boundaries of our Global Hit today. This story is about a balloon twister. His name is Addi Somekh. A film documenting his career has its US debut tomorrow. When...
PRI's The World presents the Global Hit podcast, a daily spotlight on international musical artists or trends. Created by The World's Marco Werman, the Global Hit features interviews...
PRI's The World presents the Global Hit podcast, a daily spotlight on international musical artists or trends. Created by The World's Marco Werman, theGlobal Hit features interviews...
PRI's The World presents the Global Hit podcast, a daily spotlight on international musical artists or trends. Created by The World's Marco Werman, the Global Hit features interviews...
PRI's The World presents the Global Hit podcast, a daily spotlight on international musical artists or trends. Created by The World's Marco Werman, the Global Hit features interviews...
PRI's The World presents Global Hit podcast, a daily spotlight on international musical artists or trends. Created by The World's Marco Werman, the Global Hit features interviews with...
