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Bruce Wallace
Video: Myanmar’s All-Girl Band Me N Ma Girls
Me N Ma Girls is an all-girl group from Myanmar (Burma). The girls conjure up images of the Spice Girls and other female pop singers like Britney Spears with their colorful wigs and dance tunes.
Tibet on the Pages of Comic Books
The “Hero, Villain, Yeti” exhibit at the Rubin Museum of Art in Manhattan examines the history of comic books about Tibet.
Saving New York’s ‘Little Syria’
Bruce Wallace reports from Lower Manhattan, home to a neighborhood known as Little Syria. Arab Americans are working to preserve what’s left of this once-thriving immigrant neighborhood, and its links to the history of Arabs in New York.
Watching Changes in Myanmar with Cautious Optimism
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced that Washington will start the process of exchanging ambassadors with Myanmar (Burma) following the release of political prisoners there.
GlobalFest 2012 to Get Colombian Flavor with M.A.K.U Sound System
M.A.K.U is a young band out of the thriving Colombian music scene across New York’s East River in Queens.
Burma’s Key Dissidents
Most political prisoners in Burma are serving long sentences and are expected to remain in jail.
‘Opika Pende’ – Weaving the 78-RPM Magic Again
The Dust-to-Digital label is at the forefront of a new school of record labels that scours the world’s music bins to discover, polish and bring to light forgotten music.
Myanmar’s Fraught Relationship With its Ethnic Minorities
New conflict in Kachin State shows how hard reform in Myanmar will be.
Mickey And Minnie May Be Undocumented
Costumed cartoon characters delight the tourists in Times Square. Many of the people inside those costumes are undocumented workers from Latin America. Reporter Bruce Wallace tells their stories.
‘Indie Salsa’ Band Bio Ritmo
Reporter Bruce Wallace met up with the Virginia-based band Bio Ritmo that plays what iTunes calls “Indie Salsa.”
Why Brazil Loves the Cordel
A centuries-old style of poetry is inspiring new music and TV drama in Brazil.
Burmese Diplomat Defects to the US
A long-serving Burmese diplomat ended his career last weekend and has decided to defect to the US.
Documenting India’s languages
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India has hundreds of languages and dialects. Audio recordings were made a century ago in an attempt to document them and they have just come to light. Bruce Wallace reports. Download MP3
Mehmet Ertegun and jazz
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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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