http://www.theworld.org/rss/glohit.xml 30 en-us http://www.theworld.org/global-hit/ 2010 Public Radio International PRI's The World presents the Global Hit, a daily spotlight on international musical artists and trends. Created byThe World's Marco Werman, the Global Hit features interviews with musicians, critics and deejays around the globe. The World is a US-based international news and analysis program co-produced by the BBC, PRI, and WGBH. 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 2010 PRI's The World Marco Werman Public Radio International Public Radio International interactive@pri.org no foreign, news, bbc, wgbh, public, radio, npr, headlines, afropop, reggae, music, cuban http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/06182013.mp3 Guest DJ Tom Schnabel recommends two new releases for us Tuesday. First, there's the new album by Chinese singer Sa Dingding. Then, we play a track from Korean vocalist Youn Sun Nah. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/06182013.mp3 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 4:30 Tom Schnabel, KCRW, Rhythm Planet blog, Sa Dingding, Youn Sun Nah, China, Korea http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/06142013.mp3 When Prime Minister Erdogan called the protesters çapulcular, he wasn't paying them a compliment. The term translates roughly to "looters", "marauders" or "bums". http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/06142013.mp3 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 4:30 Gezi Park, Turkey, Istanbul, song lyrics http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/06132013.mp3 A great musician from Nigeria died yesterday: guitarist Fatai Rolling Dollar, who performed the style known as Highlife. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/06132013.mp3 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 4:30 Fatai Rolling Dollar, Highlife, Nigerian Music, Pa Benedict Odiase, Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/06112013.mp3 At a fine arts high school in southeast Turkey, students are learning western classical music. But this type of music has often struggled to catch here. Matthew Brunnwasser pays a visit to a fine arts school where western classical music is taught. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/06112013.mp3 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 4:30 Classical music, Arabesk, Mustafa Baran, Turkey, Diyarbakir, Matthew Brunwasser http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/06062013.mp3 Sao Paulo-based rapper Kleber Gomes is known throughout Brazil simply as Criolo. He started from humble beginnings, but these days he's making hip-hop that's reaching a whole generation of young Brazilians. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/06062013.mp3 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 4:30 Brazil, Sao Paulo, Kleber Gomes, Criolo, Mirissa Neff, hip-hop, rap music, Nao Existe Amor Em SP http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/06042013.mp3 Bedük is a musician who doesn't see himself as a political person. But perhaps he anticipated something was in the air because he wrote the song, It's a Riot, months before the current protests in Turkey. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/06042013.mp3 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 4:30 Bedük, Turkey, Istanbul, Protests http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05312013.mp3 Anchor Marco Werman features a few tracks by rappers from Egypt, Syria, and the Palestinian territories whose music is now inspired by the Arab Awakening. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05312013.mp3 Fri, 31 May 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 4:30 Arab Spring, Arab rap, khat Thaleth, Rami GB, El Far3i, Marco Werman http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05302013.mp3 For today's European DJ pick, Marius Asp tells us about the fourth release from the Norwegian trio Splashgirl. He describes their music as a bit of drone jazz, doomy metal with a bit of folk and classical mixed in as well. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05302013.mp3 Thu, 30 May 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 4:30 Marius Asp, Splashgirl, Drone, Jazz, Metal, Norway, DJ Pick http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05292013.mp3 The Swiss trio Mama Rosin is influenced by bands like The Clash and the Velvet Underground, but their real love is music from Louisiana: Cajun, Creole, and Zydeco. Reporter Bruce Wallace met up with them on their first visit to Louisiana. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05292013.mp3 Wed, 29 May 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 4:30 swiss, mama rosin, punk, cajun, zydeco, louisiana, bruce, wallace http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05282013.mp3 Spanish musician Alejandro Sanz has won more Grammy awards than any other Spanish-language singer. His sales top more than 20-million albums. He now lives in Miami and he's hoping to gain more awards, sales and acclaim. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05282013.mp3 Tue, 28 May 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 4:30 Alejandro Sanz, Mi Marciana, La Música No Se Toca http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05242013.mp3 Members of the Colombian band Bomba Estéreo performed an acoustic version of a track off their latest album, Elegancia Tropical. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05242013.mp3 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 4:30 Simón Mejía, Bomba Estéreo, Elegancia Tropical, Colombia, Sintiendo http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05212013.mp3 Ray Manzarek, keyboard player and founding member of the 60s rock band The Doors, has died aged 74. Marco Werman gives Manzarek a send-off with some of the sounds he helped influence from Togo, Nigeria and Cuba. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05212013.mp3 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 4:30 Ray Manzarek, The Doors, Rosenheim, Robby Krieger, John Densmore, Jim Morrison, Riders on the Storm, Marco Werman http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05202013.mp3 The World's Jason Margolis went to a local record shop in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and he sent us this report. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05202013.mp3 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 4:30 Jason Margolis, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Seu Jorge, Chico Buarque, FNAC, Roberto Carlos, Marisa Monte http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05172013.mp3 New York-based composer Kevin James's Vanishing Languages Project explores the musicality in four endangered languages: Ainu, Quileute, Dalabon and Jawoyn. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05172013.mp3 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 4:30 endangered languages, Ainu, Quileute, Dalabon, Jawoyn, Vanishing Languages Project, Kevin James, UNESCO,Australian Aboriginal, Japan http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05162013.mp3 'The National' is one of the more popular American bands around. For their latest video, they took inspiration from an unlikely source: a Soviet-era punk band called Zvuki Mu. The World's Clark Boyd reports. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05162013.mp3 Thu, 16 May 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 4:30 Soviet Union, Clark Boyd, Zvuki Mu, Russia, The National http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05152013.mp3 When he was 11 years old, Beka Gochiashvili played piano for then Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice when she visited his country, Georgia. Now he's 17, studying jazz at Julliard in New York. This Friday, he takes part in a concert, hosted by Chick Corea, called "Musicians of the Future." The World's Alex Gallafent met up with Beka in New York. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05152013.mp3 Wed, 15 May 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 3:50 Chick Corea, Alex Gallafent, Georgia, Jazz, Lincoln Center, Piano, Tbilsi, Beka Gochiashvili http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05132013.mp3 Earlier this month, Cuban composer César Portillo de la Luz, died in Havana at the age of 90. Reporter Betto Arcos offers this appreciation. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05132013.mp3 Mon, 13 May 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 4:15 Cesar Portillo de la Luz, Betto Arcos, Cuba, Havana http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05092013.mp3 Brian Sadler plays trombone for the US Navy's Seventh Fleet Band, based out of Yokosuka, Japan. Sadler's also a prolific composer, and now he's written music for an animated fim that's going viral online, "Maker vs Marker." http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05092013.mp3 Thu, 09 May 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 6:00 Action movie, Brian Sadler, Hans Zimmer, Maker vs Marker, Seveth Fleet Band, Alex Gallafent http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05082013.mp3 Musician Anthony Joseph grew up on the Caribbean island of Trinidad, where he began writing poetry at the age of 10. But it was only after moving to London at the age of 22 that he started setting his words to music. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05082013.mp3 Wed, 08 May 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 6:00 Mirissa Neff, Anthony Joseph, Caribbean, Trinidad, Port of Spain, London, Lord Kitchener, Mighty Sparrow, Anthony Joseph and the Spasm Band http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05072013.mp3 Tuesday's DJ pick was chosen for us by Mannasseh Phiri of JOY-FM in Lusaka, Zambia. The CD is called "Brothers in Bamako" and is by blues singer Eric Bibb and Malian guitarist Habib Koité. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05072013.mp3 Tue, 07 May 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 6:00 Eric Bibb, Habib, Koité Mannasseh Phiri, Brothers in Bamako, Mali http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05062013.mp3 The members of The Yellow Dogs fled Tehran's underground rock scene after being featured in a movie about that scene. They're now based in Brooklyn, touring the US, and living the dream. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05062013.mp3 Mon, 06 May 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 6:00 The Yellow Dogs, No One Knows about Persian Cats, Bruce Wallace, Obaash http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05032013.mp3 Ken Boothe is one of Jamaica's great "rocksteady" stars from the 60s. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05032013.mp3 Fri, 03 May 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 6:00 Ken Boothe, rocksteady, reggae, Global Hit http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05022013.mp3 A major Bollywood star died in Mumbai last week. During the golden age of Indian cinema, in the 1940s and 50s, Shamshad Begum was the voice of many actresses, yet was not seen on movie screens. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05022013.mp3 Thu, 02 May 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 6:00 Shamshad Begum, India, Bollywood, Indian cinema, golden age of indian cinema http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05012013.mp3 In Kansas City, a group of musicians decided to dig into the Portuguese traditional song of fado, and created a new band specialized in this music new to them, overcoming cultural challenges along the way. Reporter Suzanne Hogan of KCUR radio in Kansas City met with the band "Fado Novato." http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/05012013.mp3 Wed, 01 May 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 6:00 Fado Novato, Fado, Portuguese song, Portuguese blues, Mournful portuguese song, Kansas City, Suzanne Hogan http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04302013.mp3 The late Algerian singer Lili Boniche is remembered with a new collection of his songs called "Anthologie." The World music reviewer Betto Arcos has more. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04302013.mp3 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 6:00 Lili Boniche, Algeria, DJ picks, Betto Arcos, Karina Feredj http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04292013.mp3 The term "Remix Culture" has come to signify the combination of old cultural materials to make brand new works. From Morocco, producer Jordan Fletcher goes on a journey with a musician who hopes to use this remix culture as a way to educate consumers and give back to struggling folk artists. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04292013.mp3 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 6:00 Jordan Fletcher, Morocco, remix, culture http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04242013.mp3 The landscapes of the central Australian region and the culture of the Aboriginal people who live there have inspired a new sound. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04242013.mp3 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 6:00 Hiatus Kaiyote, Melbourne, Australia, Mirissa Neff, Melbourne, Soul http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04232013.mp3 This month the ancient port city of Zanzibar in Tanzania, Africa, has been mourning the death of one of its great musical stars, Bi Kidude. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04232013.mp3 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 6:00 As Old As My Tongue documentary, As Old As My Tongue Bi Kidude, Zanzibar Bi Kidude, Tanzania Bi Kidude, Arabic and African culture, musician Bi Kidude, Zanzibar music Bi Kidude, Rita Ray http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04222013.mp3 Sarawoga is the first new album Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi has recorded since the death of his son in 2010, who was killed in a car crash in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04222013.mp3 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 6:00 Oliver Mtukudzi, Tuku, Sarawoga, Harare, Zimbabwe, Alex Gallafent http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04172013.mp3 Residents of Cape Breton and throughout Canada are mourning the death of singer-songwriter Rita MacNeil. She died Tuesday night at the age of 68. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04172013.mp3 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 6:00 Rita MacNeil, Cape Breton, Canada, Canadian singer, Rita and Friends http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04152013.mp3 We first told you about the pop group the Me N Ma Girls early last year. Their career was taking off just as their country, Burma, was in emerging from decades of military rule. There have been some big changes in the country and for the group since then, including their first show in the US. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04152013.mp3 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 6:00 Me N Ma Girls, Burma, Mynanmar, Bruce Wallace, United Nations, Women in the World Summit http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04112013.mp3 The melding of photographs and songs help tell the story of Northern Ireland's recent violent history. The photos were taken in the 1970s and 80s by award winning photojournalist Bobbie Hanvey. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04112013.mp3 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 6:00 Steafán Hanvey, Bobbie Hanvey, Nuclear Family, Look Behind You, Boston College, Northern Ireland http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04102013.mp3 The Mexican-American car subculture of lowriding with roots in Los Angeles has spread around the world from Japan to Brazil. There is even a Japanese lowriding magazine about L.A. Chicano and Chicana studies professor Denise Sandoval grew up near the mecca of lowriding in East L.A. and has been studying the global spread of the lowriding. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04102013.mp3 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 6:00 lowriding car culture, East L.A., Los Angeles, Mexican-American, Chicano, cholo, hydraulics, Denise Sandoval, South American Cholo, Japan, MoNa a.k.a. Sad Girl, War, car hopping, low and slow http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04092013.mp3 A traditional wood carver on the Indonesian island of Bali has started a new career - making high-end guitars, even though he knows little about Western music. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04092013.mp3 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Irwin Loy, Bali woodcarver, Bali guitar maker, high end guitars Bali, woodcarver guitar Bali http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04052013.mp3 Shivkumar Sharma and Zakir Hussain are masters of north Indian classical music. Sharma plays the santoor, a stringed instrument from the Kashmir Valley, and Hussain plays the tabla, a percussion instrument. When collaborating, Sharma's melodic sounds mix with Hussain's powerful rhythms. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04052013.mp3 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Shivkumar Sharma, Zakir Hussain, north Indian classical music, Hindustani music, tabla, santoor, Sonia Narang, India, Indian music http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04032013.mp3 We visit the rolling hills of South West England, where church bell ringing is both, a family tradition, and an art. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04032013.mp3 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 church bells chagford, Ibby Caputo church bells, South West England church bells, church bell family tradition http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04022013.mp3 Srey Channthy went from working in the rice fields to becoming a singer of an international Khmer psychedelic rock band. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04022013.mp3 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Srey Channthy, Cambodia, Khmer psychedelic rock band, Srey Channthy psychedelic rock http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04012013.mp3 A documentary tells the story of National Wake, a South African punk band that challenged the country's apartheid divisions in the 1970's. Unfortunately, the group didn't last very long, as reporter Mirissa Neff tells us. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/04012013.mp3 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 National Wake, Mirissa Neff, South Africa, apartheid, punk http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03262013.mp3 Tom Schnabel is our guest DJ today. His pick is a new collection of music from Singapore and Malaysia from the 1960s. A Malaysian journalist from the era dubbed this music 'Pop Yeh Yeh.' http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03262013.mp3 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Tom Schnabel, Pop Yeh Yeh, Singapore, Malaysia, Psychedelic Rock, Surf Rock, The Beatles, The Beach Boys http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03252013.mp3 Perhaps one of Haiti's most famous musicians has re-emerged after a decade. Beken, a melancholy artist, who had stopped making music for years, has become suddenly popular again. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03252013.mp3 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Beken, Jean-Prosper Deauphin, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, earthquake. Susana Ferreira http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03212013.mp3 The South African band Freshlyground isn't afraid to sing about social and political issues going on in Africa. But members claim they're not a political band. Their focus is on the music. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03212013.mp3 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Freshlyground, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zolani Mahola, Kyla-Rose Smith, African music, South African music, Afro-pop, Xhosa music, Freshly Ground http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03192013.mp3 The music of German composer Richard Wagner is considered taboo by many in Israelis. That's because Wagner is widely linked with Hitler and antisemitism. But an Israeli researcher says it may be time to rethink Wagner, as Daniella Cheslow reports from Tel Aviv. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03192013.mp3 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Richard Wagner, Hitler, antisemitism, Tel Aviv, Daniella Cheslow, Opera http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03182013.mp3 One of the hits of Rio de Janeiro's carnaval this year was Bloco Sergento Pimenta, a samba tribute band dedicated to the music of The Beatles. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03182013.mp3 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Bloco Sergento Pimenta, Leandro Donner, The Beatles, samba Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Band http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03152013.mp3 Three bands from Cuba are performing at South by Southwest tonight. It's the first time any of them are performing on U.S. soil. Organizers of the festival faced challenges getting them into the country and convincing others that Cuba's musical outreach is more than just rumba and son. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03152013.mp3 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Alicia Zertuche, South by Southwest, Cuba, Heavy Metal http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03142013.mp3 If Pope Francis is aiming to reach out to younger members of the flock, we strongly recommend he also check out some of the newer music coming out of his home city. Try Boogat for starters. Even though Boogat is from Quebec, he's been a hot number on the electro-latino circuit in Buenos Aires. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03142013.mp3 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Pope Francis, Boogat, Tango, Cumbia, Buenos Aires, Quebec, El Dorado Sunset http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03132013.mp3 Cuban rumba percussionist, Pedrito Martinez released a new CD recently in tribute to Spanish Flamenco singer Camaron de la Isla. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03132013.mp3 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Pedrito Martinez, cuban percussion, rumba, Flameno, Camaron de la Isla, Spain, Cuba, Gerry Hadden http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03122013.mp3 Tuesday's Global Hit comes from the South American country of Uruguay, where percussionist Daniel 'Tatita' Marquez is working to get his country's music better known around the globe. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03122013.mp3 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Tatita Marquez, Uruguay, candombe, Betto Arcos, SXSW http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03112013.mp3 The UK-based band My Bloody Valentine has made a comeback with their first release in 22 years. DJ Marius Asp tells us what he thinks of the band's comeback album, called "MBV." http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03112013.mp3 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 My Bloody Valentine, Marius Asp, mvb, alt-rock http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03082013.mp3 Canadian country-folk musician Stompin' Tom Connors , a music legend in Canada, passed away this week. He wrote hundreds of songs and sold nearly four million albums. but unlike most Canadian musicians, he wasn't interested in courting American fans. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03082013.mp3 Fri, 8 Mar 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Stompin' Tom Connors, Canada, country, folk http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03072013.mp3 Marco Werman speaks with singer Camila Zamith, front woman of Sexy Fi, about how the band's tropical chic sound on their debut record is redefining Brazilian music. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03072013.mp3 Thu, 7 Mar 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Sexy Fi, Brazil, Em Casa de Neguinho, Camila Zamith, Nunca Te Vi De Boa http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03062013.mp3 The World's Clark Boyd profiles the Danish trio Efterklang. The band headed to the far north to find sounds for their latest album, "Piramida." They ended up in an abandoned Russian coal mining settlement on Spitsbergen. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03062013.mp3 Wed, 6 Mar 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Denmark, reverberation, Efterklang, Piramida, Sweden, Ghost Town, Spitsberbergen, Clark Boyd, Rasmus Stolberg http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03052013.mp3 Black Grace is New Zealand's leading contemporary dance company. They incorporate the haka, a traditional Maori warrior dance, while also being at the cutting edge artistically. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03052013.mp3 Tue, 5 Mar 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Black Grace, Maori Haka, New Zealand, Dmae Roberts, Portland Oregon http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03042013.mp3 Cristina Pato thought she'd left the Galician bagpipe behind when she left Spain. But playing the bagpipes provided her with more musical opportunities when she made the move to New York. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/03042013.mp3 Mon, 4 Mar 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Cristina Pato, Gaita, Galician bagpipe, Osvaldo Golijov, Silk Road Ensemble, Betto Arcos http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02282013.mp3 In an exclusive performance, Cuban pianist Omar Sosa and Italian trumpet player Paolo Fresu play songs from their recent album 'Alma.' http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02282013.mp3 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Omar Sosa, Paolo Fresu, Alma http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02272013.mp3 With bleach-blonde hair, thick black eyeshadow, a big bright smile, and a collection of tattoos, 26-year-old Kiwi musician Gin Wigmore is an interesting sight to see. But perhaps what meets the ear is even more captivating than what meets the eye. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02272013.mp3 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Gin Wigmore, Kiwi musician, Dillon Rand http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02262013.mp3 Malian singer Oumou Sangare performs in concerts all over the globe, but it's only in Mali where consumers can buy her cars. Michael May profiles this African singer who's parlayed her musical success into other business endeavors. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02262013.mp3 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Oumou Sangare, Mali, Michael May, Afrika Nyaga Festival, Gonow http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02252013.mp3 Beatboxers make sounds most of us think we can't make. Sounds that native English speakers usually have trouble making. Sounds sometimes borrowed from other languages. So say researchers at the University of Southern California. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02252013.mp3 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Patrick Cox, beatboxing, University of Southern California, MRI http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02222013.mp3 Emy Tseng is a singer, born in Taiwan and living now in Washington DC.Her debut album is full of Brazilian jazz. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02222013.mp3 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Emy Tseng, Sonho, bossa nova, Brazilian jazz, Taiwan http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02212013.mp3 For over 20 years, Wu Man has made it her mission to introduce the little-known pipa to western audiences and to perform western genres of music on it. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02212013.mp3 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Wu Man, Pipa, Chinese lute, The Knights, Lou Harrison, Kronos Quartet, Yo Yo Ma, Silk Road Ensemble, Chinese traditional music, Chinese classical music, contemporary classical music http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02202013.mp3 Wednesday marks the two-year anniversary of Morocco's version of the so-called Arab Spring. It didn't unseat a dictator, but Morocco's King did offer a few reforms. Little has changed, though, for most of Morocco's youth and now they're voicing their protests in rap. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02202013.mp3 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Soultana, Morocco, Mary Stucky, Muslim rap, hip-hop http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02192013.mp3 Maqam is an Arabic musical term, and for the past two years there's been a festival in New York devoted to it. Reporter Bruce Wallace attended this year's Maqam Fest to find out what maqam is exactly. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02192013.mp3 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Maqam, Arabic, Bruce Wallace, Global Hit http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02182013.mp3 Jimi Hendrix's career was brief, but the guitar great left behind a wealth of recorded material. New tapes of Hendrix seem to surface all the time. But none quite like the one The World's Clark Boyd is going to tell you about. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02182013.mp3 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 8:00 Jimi Hendrix, London, Clark Boyd, Global Hit, new tape http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02142013.mp3 Indian-American college kids pay tribute to Bollywood and bring their Indian and American identities together in a Bollywood Dance-Off. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02142013.mp3 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Bollywood Dance off, Berkeley, Bollywood Berkeley, Lonny Shavelson, Indian-American students, dance moves, Bollywood dance Berkeley http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02132013.mp3 Most of the members of band Matteo did their Mormon mission in Taiwan and came back with traditional Chinese instruments. Now, they use those instruments to play American indie folk music. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02132013.mp3 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Chinese instrumnets American folk music, Matteo, Salk Lake City, Matteo chinese instruments, Matteo american indie folk music, matteo american music chinese instruments, Benjamin Bombard, Matteo the sichuan project http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02122013.mp3 Roger Knox is known in his native Australia as the Black Elvis. But his latest album has the aboriginal singer offering up a distinctly country vibe. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02122013.mp3 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Black Elvis, Roger Knox, Stranger in My Country, Australia, aboriginal http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02112013.mp3 Francis Falceto has spent decades collecting Ethiopian music and introducing Americans to the sounds of Ethiopian Jazz from the '60s and '70s. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02112013.mp3 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Francis Falceto, Ethiopian Jazz, Ethiopiques, music, Ethiopia http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02082013.mp3 Japanese jazz guitarist Yuto Kanazawa is from Fukushima and when the earthquake and tsunami struck his home city he was far from home. Kanazawa was in Boston studying at Berklee College of Music. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02082013.mp3 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Yuto Kanazawa, Zwelakhe-Duma Bell le Pere, Earthwards, The Ocean, Fukushima, in-studio performance, jazz http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02072013.mp3 Retro-style jazz sounds from Dutch singer Caro Emerald. Her music recalls the days of big band and jazz divas of the 1940s and 50s. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02072013.mp3 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Caro Emerald, Mirissa Neff, Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02062013.mp3 Mariachi music is a quintessential sound of Mexico. But in Mexico, it's a style of folk music that's never been taken all that seriously and certainly not among music educators. It's considered bar music, unworthy of academic study. But it's becoming different story just north of the border in Texas. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02062013.mp3 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Jason Margolis, Mexico, Mariachi Music, Texas State, Texas, San Antonio, Mariachi, Mariachis, Belle Ortiz, John Lopez, mariachi in texas school http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02052013.mp3 Jamaica's former PM Edward Seaga used to be a record producer, and he's just curated and produced a four-CD set commemorating the 50th anniversary of the birth of reggae. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02052013.mp3 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Jamaica, Edward Seaga, reggae,Bob Marley, One Love Concert http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02042013.mp3 Tom Schnabel of KCRW in Santa Monica, California spins a few of his favorite tracks from the new compilation CD "Diablos Del Ritmo." The album highlights the wide range of musical styles from Colombia. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/02042013.mp3 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 KCRW, Tom Schnabel, Diablos del Ritmo, Colombia, Analog Africa http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01312013.mp3 Born and raised in Miami, 23-year-old Cécile McLorin Salvant grew into a jazz singer only by leaving the US and heading to France. The singer, whose heritage takes in Haiti, France, and Guadeloupe, has since won acclaim from her peers in the jazz world. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01312013.mp3 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Cécile McLorin Salvant, Haiti. Guadeloupe, Alex Gallafent, American Songbook http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01292013.mp3 The Swedish band Graveyard has a muscular, hard rock sound that drives their new album "Lights Out." Marco Werman speaks to Alex Sjoberg, the group's drummer. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01292013.mp3 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Graveyard, Sweden, Hard Rock, Axel Sjöberg, Lights Out http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01282013.mp3 Landlocked Hungary gets surf music of its own. Summer Schatzies put a dark Central European spin on Southern California genre. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01282013.mp3 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Hungary,Nate Tabak, summer Schatzies, Zsofia Nemeth http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01252013.mp3 We spin tracks off Tania Maria's new album 'Canto.' The Brazilian singer, composer and pianist swings to the sound of choro, samba and jazz. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01252013.mp3 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Tania Maria, Brazil, Jazz, Samba, choro, Canto http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01242013.mp3 Quebec's new separatist government is promising to require French exams in English language schools and to ban bilingual newsletters in some municipalities. That's enraging many English speakers. So the government is bankrolling a province-wide tour by a pro-English musician. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01242013.mp3 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Quebec, French, English, Francophone, Anglophone, David Hodges, Notre Home, Bill 14, bilingual newsletter, Montreal http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01232013.mp3 Betto Arcos tells us about singer Lara Bello who grew up surrounded by flamenco music and dance in Granada, Spain. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01232013.mp3 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Después Malva, First Yellow, Lara Bello flamenco, Lara Bello Granada, Lara Bello Spain, First Yello Later Purple, Lara Bello First Yello Later Purple, Lara Bello First Yellow Then Purple http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01222013.mp3 France and Germany on Tuesday mark the 50th anniversary of a key treaty that officially cemented the peaceful reconciliation of the two nations two decades after World War II. Another factor that cemented the nascent France-Germany friendship in the 1960's was a song by a French singer named Barbara. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01222013.mp3 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 France, Germany, Elysee Treaty, Charles De Gaulle, Konrad Adenauer, mikerass, Michael Rass, Merkel, Hollande, Berlin, Franco-Prussian War, Goettingen, Göttingen, Barbara http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01182013.mp3 Samuel Yirga is a member of the UK/Ethiopian group Dub Colossus. Now, the pianist and composer branches out with a solo CD called 'Guzo.' http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01182013.mp3 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Samuel Yirga, Dub Colossus, Guzo, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01172013.mp3 Songs about murder, both real and fiction, have a long history in Finland. The album "Murhababalladeja" features six tracks in the genre. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01172013.mp3 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Murder Ballads, Finland, Murhababalladeja, Kimmo Pohjonen http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01162013.mp3 Stephane Wrembel studied guitar in, among other places, Roma camps outside Paris. He wrote the distinctly Django Reinhardt-like theme for Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris." But he disdains the term 'Gypsy Jazz', and woe betide anyone who says he's just following in Reinhardt's footsteps. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01162013.mp3 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Alex Gallafent, Stephane Wrembel, guitar, Roma, Paris, France, Django Reinhardt, Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris, Gypsy Jazz http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01152013.mp3 This past weekend in New York, Host Marco Werman had the chance to speak with Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara, who had landed in the city from Mali's capital Bamako just three days earlier. Like most of her musical colleagues back home right now, music takes a backseat to the daily concerns of war. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01152013.mp3 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Mali, Islamists, Fatoumata Diawara, War, West Africa, Toumani Diabate, Habib Koite, Oumou Sangare http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01142013.mp3 Back in the 1960s, American musicians wrote songs of social justice. Today, Indonesian singer-songwriter Iwan Fals does the same. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01142013.mp3 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Iwan Fals, Jakarta, Indonesia, Maria Bakkalapulo http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01112013.mp3 French singer Nolwenn Leroy made her US debut this week in New York. Leroy's is a name with Celtic roots. And that's the kind of music she plays on her first US album. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01112013.mp3 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 France, Nolwenn Leroy, New York, Celtic http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01092013.mp3 The musical group, which was the highlight of the festival, gives a modern and funky vibe to traditional instruments. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01092013.mp3 Wed, 9 Jan 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Eric Longsworth,Cherif Soumano,Jean-Luc DI Fraya, Paris, France, Mali, American, Malian, Cello, Kora, Africolor festival, Amy Bracken http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01082013.mp3 After a 10-year musical silence David Bowie is back. Early this morning he released a new single and video online. A new album is on its way in February. The news comes on the British singer's 66th birthday. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01082013.mp3 Tue, 8 Jan 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 David Bowie, Where are We Now, The Next Day, Tony Visconti, British rock http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01072013.mp3 South Africa's Mthetho Maphoyi discovered an opera CD left behind by his dad who had abandoned him. The chance to sing opera made him feel closer to his father. And it was while singing on a street corner that he was discovered. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01072013.mp3 Mon, 7 Jan 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 South Africa, Mthetho Maphoyi, Derk Blaisse,Opera http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01042013.mp3 When Samoa jumped over the international dateline at the end of 2011, Howl Griff wrote a song about it. At the stroke of midnight of this year, a Samoa radio station played it, thus making the song "International Dateline" the first song played in 2013. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01042013.mp3 Fri, 4 Jan 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Howl Griff, Wales, Samoa, International Dateline http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01032013.mp3 M.S. Gopalakrishnan was a violinist whose intense study led him to develop new styles of playing the instrument in Indian classical music. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01032013.mp3 Thu, 3 Jan 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 M.S. Gopalakrishnan, violin, violinist, Chennai, Indian classical music, instrument, Arun Rath http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01022013.mp3 Marlon Bishop reports on a street musician from Sierra Leone who is cultivating an American audience with a little help from the Internet. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01022013.mp3 Wed, 2 Jan 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 street musician, Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sorie Kondi, Marlon Bishop, Boima Tucker, Luke Wasserman, Without Money, No Family, album, internet http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01012013.mp3 Until this past week, no one has been charged with the death of Chilean singer Victor Jara. The folk hero died during a military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet back in 1973. Marco Werman speaks to American folk singer Pete Seeger about the death and legacy of Victor Jara. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/01012013.mp3 Tue, 1 Jan 2013 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Victor Jara, Pete Seeger, Estadio Chile http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/12312012.mp3 To help promote their new single "Blue Ice," Swedish indie rockers Shout Out Louds reached out to a Stockholm ad agency to create working records out of ice. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/12312012.mp3 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Shout out Louds, Sweden, global hit, world music, rock band, blue ice, marketing, promotion, TBWA, Stockholm http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/12282012.mp3 Anchor Lisa Mullins visits Cambridge, England, where she stumbles upon a bizarre and fascinating church service. It features Goths in leather bustiers and the music of Leonard Cohen. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/12282012.mp3 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Leonard Cohen, Lisa Mullins, St. Edward, Cambridge, Goth Service http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/12272012.mp3 The man who founded Voice of America's "Music Time in Africa" program retired this past fall after 47 years on air at the age of 91. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/12272012.mp3 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Richard Harris, Leo Sarkisian, Voice of America, Music Time in Africa, VOA http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/12262012.mp3 The origins of the glass harp can be traced to Benjamin Franklin, who developed one of the early versions of this instrument before it fell out of fashion for about a hundred years. Today, two classically trained musicians from Poland are touring the world with a glass harp of their own. The couple performs under the name GlassDuo. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/12262012.mp3 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 GlassDuo, Gdańsk, Poland, Alexa Dvorson, Glass Harp, Anna Szafrańiec, Arik Szafrańiec http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/12252012.mp3 How often does a tune intrude on your thoughts and plays and replays in never-ending loops? Scientists call these intrusive musical thoughts "ear worms." http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/12252012.mp3 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 ear worms, music, music snippets, universal language, loop music, stuck in our heads, Rhitu Chatterjee, Global Hit http://media.theworld.org/pod/language/WIWpodcast200.mp3 A new study finds that boys' voices are breaking at age 12, two years younger than in 1960. That's bad news for boy sopranos and the choirs they sing in. http://media.theworld.org/pod/language/WIWpodcast200.mp3 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 boys choirs, Handel's Messiah, Haydn's Nelson Mass, Bach, Jonty Ward, New College Choir, early onset puberty, soprano, vocal cords, Edge Hill University http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/12212012.mp3 Anchor Marco Werman and producer April Peavey talk about their top music picks of 2012. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/12212012.mp3 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Marco Werman, April Peavey, music picks, top picks, Hollie Cook, Tim Maia http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/12202012.mp3 In Japan, obsessive collectors of comic books and anime have a name -- Otaku. Their lifelong devotion to their collections can result in some startling life changes in the fictional worlds they inhabit. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/12202012.mp3 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Otaku, Otaku Spaces, cosplayer, manga, anime, Androniki Christodoulou, Japan, Patrick Galbraith http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/12182012.mp3 For most of the 20th century, the country of Georgia was under Soviet rule. A lot of Russian traditions flowed across the border--sometimes influencing--sometimes replacing native Georgian traditions. Now, 20 years after Georgia became independent, religious communities want to unearth one of those lost traditions: sacred song. http://media.theworld.org/pod/glohit/12182012.mp3 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:30:00 GMT no 5:00 Caitlan Carroll, Global Hit, Bodhe convent, Georgia, Sacred Songs