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South Africa’s Pilani Bubu has ‘jumped off the shoulder of giants’ to create music filled with tradition from 2023-04-17T13:30
The singer-songwriter has always straddled between the worlds of globalization and the traditions of her homeland.
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The University of Liverpool new master’s makes a whole degree of Beatlemania from 2021-10-05T15:30
The Beatles degree dives into the band's shifting perceptions over more than half a century, and how it's affected other sectors such as tourism. Holly Tessler, the professor who founded the progra...
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Kiki Valera on Son cubano and how he developed a unique musical perspective from 2021-08-25T16:45
At the age of 16, Valera started to salvage radio and TV parts out of discarded electronics to build his own shortwave receiver and transmitter, connecting him to a wider world of musical trends.
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Lakou Mizik’s new album highlights Haiti’s creative spirit from 2021-08-13T15:30
Hatian band Lakou Mizik’s “Leave the Bones,” in collaboration with DJ and producer Joseph Ray of Nero, mixes traditional sounds with electronic beats.
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Haitian American artist Momma Nikki sings about a complicated father-child relationship — and reconciliation from 2021-06-23T14:00
On their most recent album titled “Momma Exposed,” Seattle-based, Haitian American artist Momma Nikki pays tribute to their late father.
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Dedicated BTS fans buy tickets to join virtual K-pop concert from 2021-06-14T15:30
Even fans in the US tuned in at 5:30 a.m. to watch the live BTS concert online. Culture critic Maria Sherman, author of "Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS," joins us to tal...
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Forging new space: The multidimensional Afrofuturism of Sammus from 2021-06-07T15:15
For Dr. Enongo Lumumba Kasongo, whose stage name is Sammus, Afrofuturism has been a well of inspiration and a living current underneath all her work.
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A new film explores the stories of 6 men from China who survived the Titanic sinking from 2021-06-04T12:00
Some hid their experiences after being scapegoated for surviving the shipwreck.
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The ‘strange grace’ of singer Arooj Aftab from 2021-05-04T13:30
In her latest record, “Vulture Prince,” Pakistani composer Arooj Aftab uses words from Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib and 11th-century Persian poet Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, alongside electronic samples ...
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Femi Kuti and Made Kuti continue Afrobeat legacy in two-part album from 2021-04-12T17:45
The roots of Afrobeat — not to be confused with the more pop-oriented Afrobeats, which has exploded in popularity in recent years — is socially conscious music, according to Made Kuti, Fela Kuti's ...
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Genesis Owusu's debut album 'Smiling With No Teeth' doesn't shy away from issues of race from 2021-03-03T11:15
Ghanaian Australian artist Genesis Owusu speaks with Marco Werman about his experience growing up in Australia and how Prince inspired him to be true to himself.
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Listen to some of the songs that topped the charts around the world in 1968 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
1968 was a year of political upheaval and the music reflected the restless times. The World's host Marco Werman went back and checked out the 1968 chart-toppers from the US, Japan, France and Brazil.
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This is a remix? Childish Gambino's 'This is America' has started a global wave of remix videos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
More than 15 artists from other countries have produced their own country-specific versions of Childish Gambino's 'This is America.'
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Artist Shungudzo feels an urgency to 'use her words' to fight against racism from 2021-01-18T11:15
In her music and poetry, Shungudzo tackles the racist experiences she had growing up in Zimbabwe and the US.
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‘African in New York’: Shirazee's personal twist on an iconic song by Sting from 2020-12-11T14:15
With Sting's blessing, Benin-born musician Shirazee flipped his 1988 hit "Englishman in New York," to "African in New York." Host Marco Werman speaks to Shirazee about his inspiration for the song.
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‘Osmanity': Ottoman Empire's founder inspires a new album from 2020-10-14T16:15
Trumpet player and ethnomusicologist Will Magid is the creative force behind the musical project Balkan Bump. He has a new album out Oct. 23 called "Osmanity."
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US immigration politics make their mark on Grammy-nominated J.S. Ondara from 2020-01-17T13:00
The World's host Marco Werman interviews Grammy-nominated musician J.S. Ondara.
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Iconic musician Carlos Santana creates ‘mystical medicine music to heal a twisted, crooked world’ from 2019-08-01T17:30
Woodstock 50th anniversary music festival has been officially canceled. Carlos Santana, who performed at the epic 1969 Woodstock festival, talks to The World about the power of music to unite and h...
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This Ugandan rapper was ‘miseducated,’ Lauryn Hill-style from 2019-03-12T10:00
The 1998 album "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" helped change Sarah Tshila's direction in life. This Ugandan-born college graduate with a degree in computer science decided to become a musician.
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This Kenyan musician followed his love for Dylan to a new life and career from 2019-03-01T15:45
Kenyan musician J.S. Ondara left his home in Nairobi, Kenya, for Minneapolis five years ago — to pursue a music career. He's about to tour for his debut album, "Tales of America."
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Zimbabwe's Oliver 'Tuku' Mtukudzi's career spanned four decades and 67 albums from 2019-01-23T16:30
Mtukudzi, Zimbabwe's most successful musician, largely steered clear of politics in his songs and told stories about people's everyday life struggles.
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The World's favorite albums of 2018 from 2018-12-27T11:15
There was a lot of great music released this year, but we had to narrow it down. Here's a selection of our favorites as chosen by The World's Marco Werman, April Peavey and Brandi Fullwood.
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Exclusive 360-degree video: Magos Herrera and Brooklyn Rider perform 'Balderrama' from 2018-12-04T15:45
The collaboration between Magos Herrera and Brooklyn Rider just released a 360-degree video of the song "Balderrama" shot in studio.
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