PRI's The World - Global Hit
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 an US-based international news and analysis ...
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 an US-based international news and analysis program co-produced by the BBC World Service, Public Radio International, and WGBH Public Radio in Boston. Copyright 2009 PRI's The World Marco Werman
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Flamenco was the soundtrack in this Armenian family
We have a story of a Flamenco musician in Los ...
We have a story of a Flamenco musician in Los Angeles. But he's not Spanish ... he's Armenian. Vahagni's family left Armenia in September 1991, just a few weeks before the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Is a verse about being in a psych ward too personal to be included in a new version of a song?
The song "Sweet Fanta Diallo (Adieu Soleil)" by the group ...
The song "Sweet Fanta Diallo (Adieu Soleil)" by the group Magic System caught my attention the other day. The band is from Ivory Coast. That's the same country where Alpha Blondy, the original singer of Sweet Fanta, is from. However, in Magic System's ver
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Saudi singer: People say, 'I hope you die, I hope you burn in hell, you're a slut.'
If you think it's hard to make it as a ...
If you think it's hard to make it as a musician in the US, try Saudi Arabia. Music isn't officially illegal, but many Muslims there believe that music is forbidden — so not only are there no karaoke bars, but shredding that guitar solo might actually get
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Reimagining 'Alice in Wonderland' as a hip-hop opera
A rabbit hole worth heading down? This Lebanese trumpet player ...
A rabbit hole worth heading down? This Lebanese trumpet player has reworked the Lewis Carroll classic, setting it in modern France with a Malian beat.
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JiHAE cares more about what's underneath — and it shows on her new record 'Illusion of You'
Seoul-born artist JiHAE's fourth record is worldly. And you can ...
Seoul-born artist JiHAE's fourth record is worldly. And you can hear the maturity of her sound on the album titled "Illusion of You." It gets downright epic.
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Remembering Doudou Ndiaye Rose — a master who brought Senegalese drumming to the world
Doudou Ndiaye Rose was a master drummer from Senegal. And ...
Doudou Ndiaye Rose was a master drummer from Senegal. And he played with the best of 'em — Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, the Rolling Stones, Josephine Baker. But perhaps his most personal performances were with his children and grandchildren, sometimes al
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Upcoming elections in Haiti have politicians courting the 'King of Rabòday'
Haitian musician/producer Freshla is known as the King of Rabòday, ...
Haitian musician/producer Freshla is known as the King of Rabòday, a style of music he founded and whose roots are based in vodou. Freshla's also being courted by politicians who want his endorsement in this weekend's Parliamentary elections.
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In exile, Zimo becomes Syria's pre-eminent Techno artist
Zimo is a Syrian techno and video artist living in ...
Zimo is a Syrian techno and video artist living in exile in Lebanon. His real name is Samer Saem Eldahr and he calls his music project Hello Psychaleppo. From his home in Beirut, Zimo creates music and videos that pay homage to his homeland and city of Al
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To this Ethiopian American singer, 'home is always in flux'
Ethiopian American musician Meklit Hadero talks about landing in Iowa, ...
Ethiopian American musician Meklit Hadero talks about landing in Iowa, an ode to the Afro, and how her music is not so easily defined.
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Art-pop duo OY's new album is part-documentary and includes recordings of local sounds, people and music from across Africa
OY isn't, as you might guess, a hipster klezmer outfit ...
OY isn't, as you might guess, a hipster klezmer outfit from Brooklyn. Instead, it's an art-pop duo from Switzerland. And, the group likes to sing about turtles.
