Ann Lopez

Ann Lopez has written 862 posts for PRI's The World

Music Heard on Air for June 19, 2013

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for June 19, 2013 by the following artists: Salif Keita, Jamshied Sharifi, Mocean Worker, Toubab Krewe, Bombino, Fela Kuti.

Music Heard on Air for June 18, 2013

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for June 18, 2013 by the following artists: Malombo, Nogabe Randriaharimalala, Quantic, Marcos Valle.

Music Heard on Air for June 13, 2013

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for June 13, 2013 by the following artists: Gustavo Santaolalla, Tezeta Band, Amadeus Mozart, World Kora Trio, Stephane Wrembel.

Music Heard on Air fo June 12, 2013

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for June 12, 2013 by the following artists: Rodrigo Y Gabriela, World Kora Trio, Orsten, Incas in Cyberspace, AfroCubism, Los Chicharrons.

Music Heard on Air for June 11, 2013

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for June 11, 2013 by the following artists: Bio Ritmo, Bombino, Toubab Krewe, Nogabe Randriaharimalala, Quantic.

Music Heard on Air for June 10, 2013

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for June 10, 2013 by the following artists: AfroCubism, Ensemble FizFuz, Toubab Krewe, Nogabe Randriaharimalala, Yoshida Brothers, Pressure Drop.

Music Heard on Air for June 4, 2013

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for June 4, 2013 by the following artists: Jamshied Sharifi, Kalaban Coura, AfroCubism, World Kora Trio.

Music Heard on Air for June 3, 2013

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for June 3, 2013 by the following artists: The East Harlem Orchestra, Stephane Wrembel, Lobi Traore, Vieux Farka Toure.

Music Heard on Air for May 31, 2013

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for May 31, 2013 by the following artists: Kaya Project, Lucky Dube, Los Chicharrons, Alison Brown, Forro in the Dark.

Mexico City Drivers Beware, Peatonito is Watching You

Pedestrians in Mexico City don’t get a lot of respect from drivers. Cars zoom up on sidewalks, ignore red lights and generally have walkers on the run. But now they have a champion: Peatonito. He’s a mask-wearing self-appointed “protector of pedestrians.” Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Wall Street Journal reporter Nicholas Casey who met up the pedestrian avenger.

Music Heard On Air for May 30, 2013

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for May 30, 2013 by the following artists: Toumani Diabate, Ali Farka Toure, Aqua Velvets, AfroCubism, Nogabe Randriaharimalala.

How Syria’s Civil War in Spilling into Iraq

The fighting in Syria is driving thousands of refugees into camps in Northern Iraq. Carolyn S. Miles, president and chief executive officer for Save the Children tells Marco Werman what she observed on her visit to a refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Music Heard On Air For May 29, 2013

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for May 29, 2013 by the following artists: Kila, Charanga Cakewalk, 2raumwohnung, Freshly Ground, Vieux Farka Toure, AfroCubism, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Harouna Samake.

Music Heard on Air for May 28, 2013

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for May 28, 2013 by the following artists: Nogabe Randriaharimalala, Toubab Krewe, Lamine Konte, Malombo, Rodrigo Y Gabriela.

Music Heard on Air for May 24, 2013

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for May 24, 2013 by the following artists: Bombino, Mbongeni Ngema, Charanga Cakewalk, World Kora Trio.