PRI’s The World presents the Global Hit, 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. He is also one of the curators of the South By Southwest Musical Festival (SXSW) – “All Music Is World Music.” Subscribe and follow:
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Ken Bader tells us about a tribute album to the late Tito Puente from Bobby Sanabria and the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra. Download MP3
Video: El Lider by Bobby Sanabria Big Band at Lincoln Center
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Kesang Marstrand is an American folk singer living in Tunisia. Lisa talks to Kesang about how and why Kesang’s version of the Tunisian national anthem became a hit in that country. Download MP3
Video: Kesang Marstrand sings the National Anthem of Tunisia
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In today’s global hit Tom Schnabel of KCRW brings us the latest CD from Chinese singer Sa Dingding. Download MP3
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Reporter Betto Arcos profiles the Los Angeles-based, La Santa Cecilia. Download MP3
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It’s International Record Store Day on Saturday, and anchor Marco Werman guides us on a tour of three brick and mortar record shops in London, the Belgian city of Ghent, and Cambridge, Massachusetts. Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
We veer into the desert for the Geo Quiz. We’re headed to a West African city: the capital of Niger. The capital is pretty arid but it’s even dryer in towns like Agadez in the north. The climate is pretty inhospitable but the Touareg nomads who live there are warm and welcoming. One of them is musician Bombino. Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
The World’s Alex Gallafent profiles South Carolina guitarist Clay Ross who fuses Brazilian rhythms with American Jazz beats. Download MP3
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Bruce Wallace reports on jazz concerts being hosted by the Turkish Embassy in DC. The performaces commemorate a series of ground-breaking concerts organized in the 1930′s by the sons of Ambassador Mehmet Ertegun. Ahmet Ertegun went on to form Atlantic Records. Download MP3
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Many of Bob Dylan’s biggest hits were written and recorded in the 1960s during the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement. Last night the folk music hero performed in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and he played it safe. Dylan did not play Masters of War or Blowing in the Wind. BBC reporter Nga Pham went to the show and talks to Marco Werman about the expectations some Vietnamese had. Download MP3
What song do you think he should have played in Ho Chi Minh City?
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Anchor Marco Werman talks to Peruvian singer and songwriter Susana Baca who has recently released a new album called Afrodiaspora. Download MP3
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Hip-hop, swing, Gypsy jazz is how members of the Swedish trio Movits! describe their music. They also find inspiration from 1950s Rat Pack member Sammy Davis Jr. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with members of the band.
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DJ Betto Arcos tells anchor Marco Werman about two CDs by Moroccan musicians.Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Today’s Geo Quiz welcomes a new president. We’re looking for a nation in the Caribbean where people just found out who their new president is going to be. Voters first went to the polls in November but a second round of voting had to be held to settle the matter. Download MP3Zambian DJ and music critic Mannasseh Phiri tells us about a recent musical stage show by South African musician Hugh Masekela. The show is called “Songs of Migration.”
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Anchor Marco Werman tells us about two new CDs that include the sounds of cumbia. One is the traditional 1960 sounds from Colombia, the other is digital cumbia from Argentina. Download MP3
Which one do you prefer? Old cumbia or new? Share your thoughts with us.
