Tunes Spun On The Word Between Our Reports for January 25, 2010. Artists featured are Philip Glass, Nguyen Le, Kila, Ali Farka Toure, Ry Cooder, Hamid Ekawel, Hassan Erajji.
Tunes Spun On The Word Between our reports for January 21, 2010. Artists featured are Baka Beyond, Jan Garbarek, RJD2, Moriba Koita, Nguyen Le.
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Our Global Hit today references another cultural icon from China. And it’s from around the same time period as the Ricci map now on display in Washington. We’re talking about an epic novel called Journey to the West. It’s also known by its Japanese title Saiyuki. The World’s Marco Werman met a musician who found inspiration in that epic volume.
